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"Overview In the third ODI of the 2025 series against Australia in Sydney, Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 121*(125) It helped him win the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series Awards at the age of 38 years and 178 days MS Dhoni and Sunil Gavaskar are among the other oldest Indian players to have won the Player of the Series Awards in ODIs Advertisment Cricket is a sport where age can truly just be a number for certain individuals. Even after being well past their prime, some of the players have pulled off great performances in the past. Even in the current times, some of the players have showed what experience means by performing well over the age of 35 to their teams in different formats. Also Read: 3 Indian batters with most hundreds against Australia in ODIs It is not common for players to have turned over 35 to turn up for the national team and have the highest impact compared to the rest of the teammates. However, some players who were aged well over 37 have been instrumental for India with their performances, which helped them to win the Player of the Series Awards. 3 oldest Indian players to win Player of the Series Award in ODIs Sunil Gavaskar (37 years and 190 days) Sunil Gavaskar won the Player of the Series award in the 1987 series against Sri Lanka, which acted as a preparatory series ahead of the ODI World Cup. In the series, Gavaskar scored 202 runs in 5 innings at an average of 50.50, including two fifty-plus scores. In the first ODI, Gavaskar had a bad outing, as he managed just 2(8). Also Check: 3 biggest positives for India from ODI series against Australia However, in the second ODI, he bounced back with a match winning 70*(83). In the third ODI, Gavaskar scored 36(67) in Delhi. In the following ODI, he scored 69 runs in 94 balls. In the last match of the series, the right-handed batter scored 25(35) in Mumbai. He won the Player of the Series Award at the age of 37 years and 190 days. MS Dhoni (37 years and 194 days) Gavaskar's record remained intact for over 32 years, as no other veteran won the Player of the Series Award. It was MS Dhoni, who set a new record for India with his great performance in the 2019 series against Australia in their backyard. The first ODI witnessed him scoring 51(96) in Sydney, which India lost. Read More: 5 Indian batters with most runs against an opponent away from home in ODIs In a must-win game in Adelaide, Dhoni made an unbeaten 55*(54), which meant India stayed alive in the series. In the decider at MCG, the Indian batter scored an unbeaten 87*(114) and took India home. In 3 matches in the series, the star batter scored 193 runs at the same average and became the oldest Indian to win the Player of the Series Award in ODIs. Rohit Sharma (38 years and 178 days) In the third ODI of the 2025 series against Australia in Sydney, Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 121*(125), which helped him win the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series Awards. When he did, the star player was 38 years and 178 days old, which now makes him the oldest Indian player to win the Player of the Series Award in ODIs. Tap Here: 'Still a long way to go,' - Ravi Shastri on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's presence in ODI World Cup 2027 In the first ODI, Rohit was dismissed for a single digit score in Perth. However, he batted better in the second ODI and scored 73(97), where he had to survive in tough conditions at the start. In the last match of the series, he played a match winning 121*(125) in Sydney and became the Player of the Series."
