Rajkot: Team India captain Virat Kohli has described Lokesh Rahul's half-century innings played in the second ODI against Australia as his best innings ever. Rahul, who usually started the innings, batted at No.5 in the second ODI against Australia on Friday, scoring 80 runs from 52 balls.
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Thanks to his innings, India had scored 340 runs for 6 wickets and then all-out Australia for 304 runs in 49.1 overs to win the match by 36 runs, with this India won the three-match ODI series. After the match, Kohli said that, "We live in a social media era, where the 'panic button' is pressed very soon."
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Kohli said, "When you see Lokesh Rahul batting, it is difficult to get a player like him out. You saw what kind of batting he did for the team. This is definitely Rahul's best at the international level. It was a performance. This innings proved his maturity and standard to everyone. We know what we are doing in the dressing room. "
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