Matt Short’s Grit: Injury & Breakout Knock vs India

October 25, 2025—In a display of sheer grit that has redefined resilience in modern cricket, Australian all-rounder Matt Short turned a harrowing injury scare into a heroic breakout knock, smashing an unbeaten 112 off 78 balls in the third ODI against India at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on October 23, 2025, powering Australia to a thrilling 7-wicket victory and keeping the five-match series alive at 1-1. Short, the 29-year-old Victorian dynamo who has risen from domestic obscurity to T20I captaincy, was nursing a grade 1 hamstring strain from the first ODI