Two sweet little moments captured a heartwarming evening in Sydney on Saturday where two modern ODI masters synced together in a jugalbandi to remember. The first came right when Virat Kohli clenched his fist with a smile when he got his first run after two ducks in the previous games. It was a light-hearted gesture, not an angsty relief, that said much about his relaxed state of mind.

The second was right at the end, when Rohit Sharma and Virat warmly hugged each other after their unbeaten 168-run partnership steered India’s 9-wicket win against Australia. It was a dead rubber since the Aussies had won the first two games of the three-match series, but the game meant a lot for the two ageing superstars (Rohit is 38 years old and Virat is 36).

This was perhaps their last sighting in a

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