India, Oct. 26 -- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma do share a special connection with Australia as a country where they play their best cricket. This was made clear as the duo took time out after their match-winning 168-run partnership, with their pads still on, to address to Sydney crowd. Often maligned but just as often recipients of plenty of credit from a truly sporting nation, Kohli and Rohit have spent years entertaining Australia with their cricket - and their final knocks again earned them plaudits from the Australian media.

Rohit and Kohli ensured that India won the consolation game at the SCG in truly comfortable fashion, putting all their class on display to seal a nine-wicket victory with 12 overs to spare. It wasn't a big or dif...