Indian opener Rohit Sharma shed light on the match-winning partnership with Virat Kohli after their nine-wicket win against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. After Indian captain Shubman Gill was dismissed for 24 runs in the run-chase of 237, Rohit and Kohli added 168 runs off 169 balls for the second wicket to take the team over the line.

While Rohit scored an unbeaten knock of 121 runs off 125 balls, Kohli added 74 runs to get back to form after two ducks in the last two games. Sharma said they tried to make the most of their experience to deliver the goods for the side.

“It was a fantastic partnership after a long, long time I think we haven’t had a 100-run partnership for a long time. It was good to get that partnership from the team’s perspective,” Rohit said.

“Looking at how we were placed at one point, we had lost Gill early there. Not early perhaps, we managed to get off to a start and then he got out so obviously we knew with Shreyas not being there it was an added responsibility on other batters, and it was a great partnership. We enjoyed every moment we spent out there, there was a lot of chatter between the two of us,” he added.

“We’ve played so much cricket together we understand each other really well so it was just about taking the game and understanding what was required at that point and it comes with the experience as well which we have in abundance between the two of us and we used it pretty well,” the former Indian skipper said.

The Indian opener expressed his gratitude to all the people for their unwavering support.

“Very very grateful to have people standing beside you and I’m pretty grateful to that, honestly whenever we have played people have come out and supported us, not just the two of us but the entire team and that was good to see,” the opener added.

Rohit and Kohli will be next seen in action in the three-match ODI series against South Africa.