Now win ODI series against Australia, India win by 5 wickets in Indore
Team India beat Australia by five wickets in Indore ODIs and have won an unbeatable 3-0 in the five-match ODI series. With this win the Indian team has become number one in the ICC ODI rankings.
Team India captures 6 consecutive ODI series
After capturing the ODI series against Australia, Team India has consistently scored a record of winning 6 ODI series. In 2016, the journey of India’s victory in the one-day series against Zimbabwe in the captaincy of MS Dhoni started. During this time India has defeated Zimbabwe, New Zealand, England, West Indies, Sri Lanka and now Australia in ODI series.
Australia, with the help of Finch (124 runs) and Smith (63 runs), put on 294 runs in front of Team India, in reply to India’s first win in the match played at the Holkar stadium in Indore. In the 47.5 overs, chasing the target, the Kangaroos won by 5 wickets. For India, Hardik Pandya scored 78 runs and Rohit Sharma scored 71 runs. In addition, Ajinkya Rahane played 70 runs. Hardik Pandya, who scored an overnight score of 78 in the match, was rewarded with a man of the match award.
Team India picks up victory in Indore
1. India vs England: India won by 7 wickets, 15 April 2006
2. India vs England: India won by 54 runs, 17 November 2008
3. India vs West Indies: India won by 153 runs, 8 December 2011
4. India vs South Africa: India won by 22 runs, 14 October 2015
5. India vs Australia: India won by 5 wickets, 24 September 2017
Virat draws record of Dhoni’s record
By winning Indore ODI, Virat Kohli equaled former captain MS Dhoni’s record of 9 consecutive ODI victories as captain. In the captaincy of Virat Kohli, Team India has won 9 consecutive matches.
Team India has not lost a single ODI since the fifth ODI against the Caribbean this year, against the West Indies. During this time India defeated Sri Lanka 5-0 and won the first three ODIs of the series against Australia. With victory in Indore, Virat Brigade has reached the record of consecutive 9 ODI wins in the captaincy of 2008-09 between Virat Brigade.
Australia scored 293 runs
Batting first, winning the toss, Australia’s team lost two wickets in 50 overs to score 293 runs and set the target of 294 for Team India to win. At one time Australia’s score was 224/2 and he was moving towards big scores. But the Indian bowlers bowled sharply from the last over to restrict Australia to 293 runs. For Australia Aaron Finch scored 124 runs while captain Steve Smith scored 63 runs. In addition, David Warner played 42 runs. Jaspreet Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav scored 2-2 wickets from Team India.
Finch returns with century
Explosive opener Aaron Finch, who came out of the Australian team in Chennai and Kolkata ODIs against India, made a spectacular return to 124 runs in 125 balls. Finch scored 12 boundaries and five sixes in his innings. It was Finch’s 8th century of ODI career. Finch collided with David Warner in partnership with Steve Smith for a second wicket partnership of 154 runs for the first wicket partnership of 70 runs.
Wickets of australia
Australia started well due to David Warner and Aaron Finch after which Hardik Pandya gave the first breakthrough to the Indian team, who is looking forward to the wicket. Warner, who was batting off the storm, bowled a 42-ball 42 in the 14th over. Australia’s second wicket, Kuldeep Yadav dropped as Finch when Kedar Jadhav caught Finch caught by Finch in the 38th over to finish with 124 runs.
After that, Australia’s two wickets fell on two consecutive balls. In the 42nd over, Steve Smith (63) was bowled by Kuldeep Yadav for Bumrah, and in the next over, Glenn Maxwell (5) was trapped by Yogwendra Chahal for a duck. And Australia’s score was 224/2 to 243/4. The fifth wicket got Jaspreet Bumrahah at 260. When he bowled Travis Head (4) in the 46th over Bumrah hit Australia’s sixth wicket when they dismissed Handscomb for 3 runs. For Team India, Jaspreet Bumrah scored 52 runs in 10 overs and Kuldeep Yadav took 2 for 75 in 10 overs. Chahal and Pandya got 1-1 wickets.
