India beat Australia in 3rd ODI

India beat Australia in 3rd ODI

India defeated Australia by 7 wickets in Bengaluru and winsthe series 2-1 today. India beat Australia by seven wickets with 15 balls tospare to win the three-ODI series. Chasing a target of 287, India got off to agood start as Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul shared a 69-run stand. In ShikharDhawan's absence due to injury, Rahul opened the innings. Ashton Agar took hiswicket.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli took up the mantle to keep therun chase on track. Rohit scored his 29th ODI century, eighth against Australiawhereas Virat Kohli registered his 100th fifty-plus score in ODI cricket. Rohitgot out for 119 losing his wicket to Adam Zampa. Kohli missed his century as helost his wicket to Josh Hazlewood on 89. Shreyas Iyer ensured India reach homesafely as he scored an unbeaten 35-ball 44 alongside Manish Pandey who finishedthe run chase with two boundaries.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were involved in a 136-runstand to keep India on track of the chase. Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten on 44to see India home. Earlier, Mohammed Shami picked 4 wickets as bowlersrestricted India for 286 runs.

Rohit Sharma (119) and Virat Kohli (89) played audaciouslyto put India on the course of victory. Shreyas Iyer then fired 44 off 35 ballsto see India home. Earlier, Australian skipper Aaron Finch won the toss andelected to bat first. Mohammed Shami got the early breakthrough by taking DavidWarner's wicket in the third over. Finch fell victim to a horrible mix-up withSteve Smith as he got run out for 19. Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne added127 runs for the third wicket.

Manish Pandey scores the winning runs for India. After losing the Mumbai ODI, India came back strong to take the series 2-1 and avenge their last defeat against Australia.

Labuschagne departed soon after reaching his maiden fifty. Smith went on to score his 9th ODI century, his first after two years. The ploy to send Mitchell Starc at No.5 didn't work as he got out for a duck. Ravindra Jadeja got Starc and Labuschagne's wicket. Alex Carey looked threatening but Kuldeep Yadav got his wicket in the last over of his spell. Ashton Turner failed to make an impact as he lost his wicket to Navdeep Saini. Shami ended with four wickets for 63 runs. He got the wickets of Smith, Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa in the death overs.

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