Wednesday January 20, 2016 |
Manuka Oval, Canberra |
Time : 14:20 local (03:20 GMT | 08:50 IST) |
Wednesday Jan 20, 2016
4th One Day International game of Australia vs India 5 match ODI series has been played in Canberra today. After winning toss, Australia with top orders superb batting put huge score of 348 with AJ Finch 107 and DA Warner's 93 runs. India in reply managed to score 323 runs in 49.2 overs and lost the match by 25 runs. S Dhawan 126 and V Kohli 106 runs played good innings for India. KW Richardson (Australia) picked-up 5 wickets and declared man of the match for his good peace of bowling performances.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first on flat wicket of Canberra. AJ Finch and DA Warner gave Australia perfect start and both contributed well 107 and 93 runs from the top. MR Marsh also played good inning of 33 runs before lost his wicket. In later overs skipper SPD Smith 51 of 29 balls and GJ Maxwell 41 of 20 balls quick innings put Australia on huge score of 348 runs in 50 overs.
Following huge target of 349 runs, India got firing start with RG Sharma and S Dhawan initially. RG Sharma played quick inning of 41 runs of just 25 balls brfore lost his wicket. V Kohli joined with S Dhawan and took charge in hand for India. Both played sensible and quick cricket and kept wickets in hand in middle overs and rotate stikes as well. Both added 212 runs for 2nd wicket before S Dhawan got out scoring superb 126 runs. Next coming mand MS Dhoni also followed hims for a duck in the same over. Virst Kohli also lost his immideately after playing good inning of 106 runs in 92 balls and put India in trouble. Other middle and lower orders batsmen could not holds the nerves well and India lost the match by 25 runs. Australia led 5 match ODI series 4-0.
Man of the match : KW Richardson (Australia) |
Series - Australia led the 5-match series 4-0 |
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