Adelaide [Australia], October 23 (ANI): Following his side's series loss against Australia in the second ODI, India middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer spoke on his century partnership with Rohit Sharma and hailed young all-rounder Cooper Connolly's half-century that helped the Aussies win.

Iyer scored 77-ball 61 and had a 118-run stand for the third wicket with Rohit (73 in 97 balls, with seven fours and two sixes), which took India to 264/9, but half-centuries from Matt Short (74 in 78 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) and Connolly (61* in 53 balls, with five fours and a six) helped Aussie seal the series.

Speaking during the post-match presser, Iyer said that during the partnership with Rohit, they both aimed to build momentum for India after losing two early wickets--skipper Sh

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