Visitors Australia handed India a 21-run defeat in the decider at the MA Chidambaram Stadium to clinch a 2-1 win over the hosts.
England stood on the brink of the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup after Jos Buttler's batting pyrotechnics secured their comprehensive eight-wicket victory against Australia in a Group I match on Saturday.
Apart from Rohit, Guptill is closely followed by former India captain Virat Kohli (3,308), Ireland's ODI skipper Paul Stirling (2,894), and Australian captain Aaron Finch, who is fifth in the list with 2,855 runs.
Game 26 of the Super 12 competition in the T20 World Cup will see Australia take on the West Indies at the Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi beginning 1530 IST.
Opener Kusal Mendis struck an unbeaten 69 off 58 balls to help secure a consolation five-wicket victory for Sri Lanka, who fired with both bat and ball against Australia in the fifth and final Twenty20 international on Sunday.
In 136 ODIs, Smith has scored 4,722 runs at an average of 44.13. His best individual score is 164.
Marsh is a vital part of Australian white-ball teams because of his powerful hitting and accurate seam bowling. He also is seen as a potential T20I captain following the recent retirement of ICC T20 World Cup winning skipper Aaron Finch.
Batting first after losing the toss, Sri Lanka started sluggishly and were reduced to 51-4 at the halfway mark of their innings after Richardson claimed two early wickets.
Australia's top order fired in unison to secure a six-wicket win over England with Dawid Malan's career-best 134 for the tourists in vain as in the first one-day international on Thursday.
Suresh Raina was not picked by any franchise
Uncapped Inglis joins Australia stars in T20 World Cup squad.
After an action-packed month, Aaron Finch's Australia, written off after a horrendous build-up, emerged with their maiden 20-overs world title in their arms.
IMAGES from the 1st ODI between Australia and India played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday
Former Australia coach Justin Langer reopened old wounds over his acrimonious resignation, lashing out at unnamed "cowards" in the team who complained in the media about his intense coaching style.
Australia limited overs captain Aaron Finch has set himself a goal of playing the 2023 One-day World Cup in India before bowing out of international cricket.
Australia's limited-overs captain Aaron Finch wants the home team players to strike a fine balance when they confront Virat Kohli in the opening Test as he believes, if provoked too much, the India skipper can be ruthless against his opponents.
Images from the second ODI between England and Australia, at Old Trafford in Manchester, on Sunday
Leggies Ravi Bishnoi (3 for 32) and Murugan Ashwin (3 for 21) did the star turn for KXIP to give RCB no chance in their IPL match on Thursday.
India will need their bowlers, especially Harshal and Chahal, to overcome their struggles ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Suryakumar is on 838 points, behind Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan.
With Ravindra Jadeja unavailable because of injury, will India include the left-handed Rishabh Pant over Dinesh Karthik who is a designated finisher in the squad?
It will be quite a role reversal with Australia being the proverbial underdogs in Thursday's semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup against a red-hot Pakistan who have displayed rare consistency to set alight the tournament.
Australia are going to wear an Indigenous-themed kit for the first time.
Australia's limited-overs skipper and Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Aaron Finch says there will be lots of games played over and over on the same wickets, which will get slower and the dew factor will become even more.
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Mayank Agarwal is likely to open with Shikhar Dhawan in Rohit's absence in the ODI series beginning on Friday.
Josh Hazlewood was the pick of Australia's bowlers, taking 3-22 in addition to his miserly Super Over, capping a brilliant weekend for the 31-year-old after he was bought for $1 million in the Indian Premier League auction on Saturday.
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Pat Cummins is focused on doing justice to his appointment as Australia's new test captain and believes limited-overs leadership would be "too much" for him, the 28-year-old said on Saturday.
he win gave England an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series providing a boost to their confidence ahead of the World Cup, which kicks off with the qualifying group stages on Sunday.
The 16 skippers made history, coming together in Melbourne for the first time at a T20 World Cup.
Spinners Dunith Wellalage (3-42) and Maheesh Theekshana (2-26) kept Sri Lanka in the hunt but Dasun Shanaka's side were left to rue a limp performance with the bat.
"We should certainly be talking about it," said Australian batting great Ricky Ponting
The visiting Australians are wary of the threat Bumrah could pose in the series starting in Mumbai on January 14.
While ODI captain Aaron Finch said the team backed Justin Langer "100%", reports of players being put off by the coach's "grumpy" temperament have continued to surface.
Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa collected three wickets apiece in Australia's eight-wicket demolition of Zimbabwe on Wednesday, giving the home side an unassailable 2-0 series lead from the second One-Day International at Riverway Stadium in Townsville.
For Iyer, pressure of scoreboard gets the best out of him.
When KKR were cruising along nicely, as the two-time IPL champions needed 40 off 24 with six wickets in hand, Chahal produced an incredible over to take four wickets in it and turned the match on its head.
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