It had been more than 18 months since Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni featured in a partnership. The last time these two got together was in Perth in January 2016 when Rohit scored an unbeaten 171 and Dhoni came in only in the 45th over with India trying to scale the 300-run mark while batting first. Before this game, Rohit as an opener and Dhoni as a No. 6 batsman had been involved in a century stand only once - when Rohit had scored a 158-ball 209 and Dhoni contributed with a belligerent 38-ball 62 to help India to a mammoth total of 383 against Australia in Bengaluru in November 2013.
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Dhoni-Rohit spearhead India's dominance; Bumrah's five, icing on cake
The assured manner in which Dhoni went about his game, provided solid support to Rohit who was doing most of the boundary scoring. © AFP
On Sunday (August 27), however, it was a completely different situation. India were
