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In Pics: India vs Australia, 3rd ODI
Unbeaten half-centuries from Dhoni and Jadhav, along with Chahal's 6/42, guided India to a seven-wicket win for India in the decider against Australia at the MCG.
Last Published on - January 18, 2019 4:25 PM IST
Australia’s openers again failed to get a start and Alex Carey was out in the third over when he got a nick off Bhuvneshwar Kumar and was taken by Virat Kohli at second slip for five. His partner Aaron Finch followed six overs later again to Kumar trapped leg before wicket for 14. (AFP Image)
Yuzvendra Chahal, playing in his first match in the series after coming in for Kuldeep Yadav, mesmerised the Australians with his 6/42 to set India 231 to win the match. (AFP Image)
Marcus Stoinis lasted 20 balls before he became Chahal’s third victim, caught at slip by Rohit Sharma for 10, leaving Australia rocking at 123 for five in the 30th over. Only Peter Handscomb showed any appreciable fight for Australia with his 58 off 63 balls before he became one of Chahal’s victims. (AFP Image)
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Chahal registered the best figures for a spinner Down Under – that too in his first match in the country. He bettered Ravi Shastri’s 5/15 against Australia in the Benson & Hedges World Series at Perth, in 1991. (AFP Image)
Jadhav, playing his first international match since November against the West Indies, scored an unbeaten 61 off 57 balls and struck the winning runs – a boundary – to register a historic series win for India. (AFP Image)
Kohli missed out on a half-century by four runs when he was out caught behind and giving Jhye Richardson his wicket for the third time in the series, leaving India on 113 for 3. (AFP Image)
Dhawan scored 23 off 46 before he hit a ball straight to Marcus Stoinis. MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli then came together for a 54-run stand for the third wicket, getting India beyond the 100-run mark without losing another wicket. (AFP Image)
Shaun Marsh and Usman Khawaja steadied the innings before Adelaide centurion Marsh was smartly stumped by MS Dhoni off a wide down the leg-side for 39. (AFP Image)
Dhoni continued his fine comeback to limited-overs brining up yet another half-century – off 74 balls, which is his 70th in ODIs and third consecutive fifty of the series. He added over a 100 runs with Kedar Jadhav for the fourth wicket to put India on course. (AFP Image)
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma put on 15 runs for the opening wicket before Siddle gave Australia their first breakthrough by dismissing the centurion from 1st ODI out caught behind. (AFP Image)
