The visitors lost their captain Aaron Finch for a duck and his dismal record against India continued. He recorded his second duck against India in the last three innings. Australia were not going well as they kept losing the wickets at regular intervals. Usman Khawaja was the top scorer for them with 50 runs. Glenna Maxwell got out for 40.
Mohammad Shami bowled brilliantly and took two wickets for India. Ravindra Jadeja conceded only 33 runs in his quota of 10 overs. Australia ended the innings with a modest total of 7/236 in 50 overs.
India lost Shikhar Dhawan very early. The left-hander got out for a golden duck against Australia for the second time in 2019. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma kept the runs flowing. Kohli was dismissed at 44, LBW to Adam Zampa. Rohit departed after 37 runs, taking 66 balls in the process, which is quite unusual for him.
India got a great opportunity to see how the middle order fared in the chase after losing the top order. MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav spent some quality time in the middle and also made sure that the scoreboard kept moving. Jadhav scored a brilliant half half-century and paced his innings beautifully by hitting boundaries whenever needed.
Dhoni continued with his form against Australia and scored fourth consecutive ODI half century against them. Jadhav scored a match-winning unbeaten 81 runs and Dhoni supported him really well. The partnership helped India to record their first win in this series and India leads the five match series 1-0.
Here is what the players had to say after the game:
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Aaron Finch
Kedar Jadhav
Mohammed Shami
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