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Kohli, who hit 8 smashing boundaries and 7 scintillating sixes, smashed the fastest century by an Indian in one-day internationals in just 52 balls when he surpassed the Virender Sehwag's 60-ball record.
On the other hand, the immensely talented Rohit Sharma completed his brilliant century in 102 balls with 17 boundaries and 4 sixes to his credit.
The Rohit-Kohli duo also put up a sensational unbeaten 186-run partnership for the second wicket to help India chase the mammoth target, which is the second highest run chase ever in the history of the game.
Kohli started his onslaught as soon as Shikhar Dhawan fell short of a well-deserved century after an impressive 176-run opening wicket partnership with Rohit.
Rohit and Shikhar looked in no mood to show mercy towards the Australian bowlers as they put up the record opening wicket partnership against Australia.
However, Shikhar (95) was dismissed by James Faulkner when the Oz bowler had the southpaw caught behind by Brad Haddin. Shikhar hit 14 smashing boundaries in his 86-ball knock.
Earlier, Australian batsmen yet again took the Indian bowling attack to the cleaners as they scored a massive 359 for five, equaling their highest ever total against India.
Led from the front by their skipper George Bailey (92 not out), the Australian batsmen made merry of a listless Indian attack on a good Sawai Man Singh Stadium track with as many as five of them notching up 50-plus scores.
This incidentally is Australia's highest total on Indian soil surpassing their previous best of 350 for four in Hyderabad in 2009. This total also equalled their highest ever total of 359 for two against India made during 2003 World Cup final in South Africa as well as 359 for four in a VB Series match in Sydney back in 2004.
Phil Hughes (83), Aaron Finch (50), Shane Watson (59) set up the platform for skipper Bailey and Glenn Maxwell (53) to finish the innings with a flourish.
Indian bowlers conceded 122 runs in the last 10 overs of the innings as Bailey and Maxwell sent the Indian attack on a leather-hunt putting on a staggering 96 runs in only 8.3 overs for the fourth wicket.
Bailey bludgeoned the Indian bowling as he faced only 50 balls in his unbeaten innings, hitting eight fours and five sixes.
Both Ishant Sharma (0/70 in 9 overs) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0/54 in 10 overs) lacked penetration as both Finch and Hughes negotiated the duo with ease.
The third seamer R Vinay Kumar was guilty of bowling either too short or only slower deliveries and it only added to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's woes. Vinay (2/73 in 9 overs) had the worst figures among the pacers.
The worst among the Indian bowlers was though left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja (0/72 from 10 overs) and Yuvraj Singh (0/35 from four overs) and the duo gave away 107 runs in 11 overs between them. Ravichandran Ashwin (1/50 from eight overs) fared marginally better.
While Finch, as usual, was at his attacking best, Hughes complemented him by playing the second fiddle to perfection. Any width outside the off-stump was dealt with severity by Finch, who also pulled a slow bouncer from Vinay Kumar for a six to complete his second successive half-century of the series.
Just when it looked like the well-built Victorian was gearing up for a big knock, he failed to beat a direct throw from Suresh Raina stationed at mid-on. Finch scored 50 off 53 balls with seven fours and a six as the opening partnership again proved to be productive, yielding 74 runs.
Hughes took his own sweet time to settle down as he showed some assured footwork against spinners Ashwin and Jadeja. He completed his 50 off 68 balls and brought up the team's hundred with a big six over deep mid-wicket off Jadeja's bowling. His 83 came off 108 balls with eight fours and a six.
Once Finch was gone, Watson took over. He did not attack from the word go but once he settled down, the all-rounder was in a mood to punish India's 'spin twins'.
Both Jadeja and Ashwin were guilty of bowling a lot of half-trackers as Watson time and again rocked on his back-foot to punch it through the region between mid-wicket and deep mid-wicket. Even one of his unintended airy shot off Jadeja's bowling also went for maximum while Ashwin's short delivery was dispatched into the stands.
It was rush of blood that became Watson's undoing as he was finally dismissed for a quick-fire 59 off 53 balls.
Having swatted a couple short balls from Vinay to the boundary, Watson failed to connect another rising delivery trying to hit a six as he was caught at the long-on boundary by Ishant.
He hit six boundaries and three sixes adding 108 runs for the second wicket with Hughes in only 16.4 overs to set the platform for others to cash in.
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