Player of the Match : James Faulkner (Australia)
3rd One Day International : The 3rd ODI match of Australia Tour in India 2013-14 has been played today in Chandigarh at the PCA Stadium, Mohali between India and Australia.
Australia registered tremendious 6 wickets win over India and made 2nd win of One Day Series. James Faulkner (Australia) declared man of the match for his quick inning of 64 runs of just 29 balls.
Earlier Australia won the Toss and put India into bat first. Today, Indian openers batsmen failed to stood in middle for long and lost early wickets. But, Virat Kohli (68) played well inning and played good cricket again. Skipper MS Dhoni anchore the inning till the end and made superb 139 runs of just 121 balls and pur huge score of 303 runs for Australia.
Following huge target of 304 runs, Australia strated slowly but lost wickets early. Middle order batsmen played good cricketl and contributed well. AC Woges made 76* runs. but James Faulkner played splinded inning of 64 runs of jusr 29 balls and lifted possible win from India. Australia registered 4 wickets win over India in 49.3 overs and lead 7 match series 2-1. |