India, Oct. 25 -- IN THE END, the script that the packed Indian crowds over the three ODIs had been waiting - and desperately hoping - for played out rather gloriously as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli rolled back the years to put on a memorable chase, with glimpses of some vintage form. The match, which was all but certain to mark the last outings in Australia for the duo, saw India finally register a win in the series, albeit a little too late.

A dead rubber after Australia secured the series with a two-wicket victory in Adelaide, the third and final ODI in the series was nonetheless significant for India to avoid a whitewash, and for the hosts, a chance to clean sweep their visitors for the first time in a men's bilateral ODI series.

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