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India defeated hosts Australia by 13 runs in t꧑he final One-Day International (ODI) of the three-match series to register their first victory in ongoing tour.
Chasing a challenging target of 303, Australia did not start well as debutant T Natarajan provided the first breakthrough to the visiting side. The left-armer picked up his maiden wicket by dismissing Marnus Labuschagne (7).
Soon, Shardul Thakur also joined the party as he removed Australia’s highest run-scorer in the ODI leg, Steve Smith (7).
Aussie skipper Aaron Finch held his end and kept on scoring runs to ease off the pressure. But his team kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. This made excessive pressure on Finch (75) and soon Ravindra Jadeja sent him back.
Although, Glenn Maxwell kept Australia in the game with his outstanding knock of 59 from 38 deliveries laced with three fours and four sixes. However, a brilliant delivery from Jasprit Bumrah ended Maxwell’s innings as well as the hopes of Aussie fans.
In the end, Australia were bundled o♍ut on 289🃏, losing the contest by 13 runs.
Pandya, Jadeja drive India to 302/5
Earlier, India managed to reach 302/5 after some impressive knocks from Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli and Jadeja. In fact, Pandya was the chief architect of India’s total as he smashed the maximum 92 runs from 76 deliveries with seven fours and one six. At the same time, Jadeja scored 66 off 50 balls with the help of five fours and three maximums.
Pandya and Jadeja achieved a milestone by scoring the highest sixth-wicket stand for India against Australia in ODIs. The pair went past the previous best of 123 runs between Sadgopan Ramesh and Robin Singh.
India’s highest partnership for the sixth wicket in ODIs
- 160 – Ambati Rayudu-Stuart Binny vs Zimbabwe (Harare 2015)
- 158 – Yuvraj Singh-MS Dhoni vs Zimbabwe (Harare 2005)
- 150* – Hardik Pandya-Ravindra Jadeja vs Australia (Canberra 2020)
Kohli, on the other hand, contributed 63 from 78 deliveries. During the knock, Kohli also leapfrogged Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest to score 12,000 💦runs in the 50-over format.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Don’t tweet when ur wifi is reꦰliant on airplane connect🌄ion. When it was abbot and agar I heard super over 🤦🏾♂️ but the game was over ! @klrahul11 team win
— Sheldon Cotterell (@SaluteCotterell)
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After five consecutive losses, India finally clinc🍌h an ODI win.
Australia manage just 25 runs off their last 33 balls, 🤪losing four wickets.
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket)
Great to see debut and pick up his first wicket. An🌠other prodigy from Tamil Nadu. Big scalꦆp to.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
Always pleasing to see a young pacer doing well in his debut match. More so if he is a left-armer like Natarajan. Well playe💜d India and great debut for yorker specialist!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
2-1 is way better than 3-0 🤸🏽 💥
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
India take the win in the final ODI by 13 runs.
Australia take the series 2-1
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
3/51 for Shardul Thakur. He took vital wickets in the game once. Does go for runs at times but finds a way to keep your side in ꦺthe game. Hope he can only go from strength to strength.
Go well, ! 💪
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
win the final ODI by 13 runs.
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Without question is the best ever ODI Batter I have seen …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Star of the bowling unit – Bumrah.
Defending 303 runs – took the wicket of Maxwell and made the game easier for India – 35 dot balls in 9.3 overs – One of the best bowler in the generation.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Fastest to reach another Mil⛄estone 🔥 12,00🌠0 Runs in ODI cricket. What a Player 👏
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)
India beat Australia by 1️⃣3️⃣ runs!
They have grabbed their first points in the ICC Men's Super League table 📈 👏 👉
— ICC (@ICC)
This is first time Australia men have lost an international matc𒀰h in their capital city.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
That's a wrap! India beat Australia by 13 runs to conclude the ODI series 😍🔥
An excelle꧙nt all-round display from the boys! 👏👏
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— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
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— Virat Kohli Trends (@Trend_Virat)
Player of the Series is Steve Smith for his 216 runs at a strike rate of𝐆 149
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
2nd most total runs scored in a 3-O🦂DI series (2,000 runs); behind only India v England in 2017 (ꦆ2,090)
Australia scored 3rd most runs by a team in a 3-ODI series (1,052 run༺s); behind only New Zealand (1,054 v Sri Lanka in 2019) and🐬 India (1,053 v England in 2017) 🇦��🇮🇳
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab)
