Rohit Sharma scored his maiden ODI century against Pakistan, at Jaipur on 18 November 2007. and was selected as part of India's 16-man squad for the CB series in Australia. Here, he scored 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with 2 fifties,including his score of 66 in the 1st final at Sydney partnering Sachin Tendulkar for most of India's successful run chase.