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3rd ODI: Rohit Sharma eyes first series win as captain

By Athar Ansari December 16, 2017 • 14:40 PM View: 12629

Visakhapatnam, Dec 16 (CRICKETNMORE) - Rohit Sharma will aim to maintain his superb batting form and win his first series as captain when India take on Sri Lanka in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.

After a thumping seven-wicket loss against Sri Lanka in the first match, Rohit created history by becoming the first batsman to score a third double century in ODIs as India bounced to back to win by 141 runs and level the series at 1-1.

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