Adelaide, Oct. 23 -- Following his side's series loss to Australia, Indian skipper Shubman Gill hailed batter Rohit Sharma's knock, saying that he fought out a tough spell from Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc really well and missed out on a big knock.

Rohit's 97-ball 73 and Shreyas Iyer's 61, helped India to a solid 264/9 in 50 overs, giving fans some cheer after flop shows by skipper Gill (9) and Virat Kohli (0). During the run-chase, Matt Short (74 in 78 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) and Cooper Connolly (61* in 53 balls, with five fours and a six) produced valuable half-centuries, and Mitchell Owen's cameo of 36 in 23 balls (with two fours and three sixes) killed the game for India as the target was chased down with two ...