India [243/3] beat Australia [242/9] by seven wickets in the 5th ODI, win series 4-1

[UN talkz]

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli(c), Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(w), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav

Australia win the toss and opt to bat

 

[Itachi]

Today we have a match?

 

[Bubby]

Today we have a match?

Yup

 

[Toaster]

Finch gone! Pandya strikes

 

[Hasan123]

Just looking at the scorecard,Steve Smith has has killed some of Australias early momentum.

 

[JaDed]

Nagpur gets wayy to many matches inspite of Manohar efforts to put BCCI to the ground.

 

[another drop catch]

india back into the game

 

[hadi123]

Not a good pitch for batting but 243 shouldn't be a problem for Kohli's men.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Bumrah and Bhuvi the greatest death bowlers in thw world right now :

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

Rubbish rubbish batting by Australia!! Pak should play them as well in Dubai Sharjah!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Gorgeous stroke play by both Rahane and Rohit sharma. So easy on the eyes.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

King of Chase will chase this massive total down. Mark my words.

 

[English August]

Nagpur gets wayy to many matches inspite of Manohar efforts to put BCCI to the ground.

Quite impressed with this new stadium at Jamtha, I have heard it has top-class facilities. Smaller centers like Nagpur should be encouraged even more. They appreciate it -- for example today seems to be sold out from the looks of it. Some of the earlier games at bigger centers were not sold out.

I grew up in Nagpur region. Watched my first international game at the VCA grounds. Facilities were terrible then. Our "stand" was made up of red soil, no real seating facility. LOL.

India now has world's best cricket stadiums across many of its cities.

 

[Specialisttailender]

Good start, and some fans wanted to replace Sharma and Dhawan because they had one of the slowest SR in the first 10 overs.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rahane may win the man of the series. Even thoughlot of fans don't want him in the side, he cannot be dropped now. New headache now. He has some obvious inadequacies in one dayers. It can hurt us any time.

 

[Specialisttailender]

Quite impressed with this new stadium at Jamtha, I have heard it has top-class facilities. Smaller centers like Nagpur should be encouraged even more. They appreciate it -- for example today seems to be sold out from the looks of it. Some of the earlier games at bigger centers were not sold out.

I grew up in Nagpur region. Watched my first international game at the VCA grounds. Facilities were terrible then. Our "stand" was made up of red soil, no real seating facility. LOL.

India now has world's best cricket stadiums across many of its cities.

ANy reason why we don't play in DY Patil ? It is the best in my opinion.

 

[Specialisttailender]

Every time i doubt our selectors, they have proved me wrong. Axar is a chucker lol

 

[Reddy]

97/0 India, Both Rohit and Rahane playing well

 

[Reddy]

Fifty for Rohit Sharma !!

 

[akki]

India should have whitewashed them. I am so disappointed that , we are only winning by 4-1.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

India should have whitewashed them. I am so disappointed that , we are only winning by 4-1.

This. 5-0 was a must for this series.

 

[another drop catch]

Rubbish rubbish batting by Australia!! Pak should play them as well in Dubai Sharjah!!

to get australia back in form ? ? ?

 

[jnaveen1980]

4th consecutive 50 by Rahane. Not sure if it is a good thing or bad. It is good on the outset. But once Dhawan is back just to include Rahane he will be forced to bat at 4 which could hurt India.

 

[Reddy]

India 120/0 after 22 overs, Need another 123 runs

 

[another drop catch]

rohit is playing like kohli

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rohit is the ultimate Aussie killer in the one dayers.

 

[Bilal7]

King Kohli playing a masterclass.

 

[akki]

King Kohli playing a masterclass.

Yapp best batsman of this generation, no doubt, leading n.o 1 odi and n.o 1 test side in the world. I hope india get n.o 1 ranking under him in t20 as well.

 

[jnaveen1980]

What a six by Rohit against coulter nile. He just planted his frontfoot shovelled him over midwicket.

 

[Mocking Bird]

Kohli striking at 56.26 ...can't believe this!
What's going on?

 

[lehen]

Kohli striking at 56.26 ...can't believe this!
What's going on?

kohli is not the same batsman anymore

 

[Mocking Bird]

kohli is not the same batsman anymore

Lol....Maybe he hasn't had a workout from past couple of days. So, he's actually sweating it out!

 

[jnaveen1980]

kohli is not the same batsman anymore

Every goddamn batsman in history has gone through some sort of slump. 30 is the age when almost all batsmen hit the peak. This guy is close to 10000 runs . He is not even 30. He is going to be a nightmare for opposition when he hits the form again.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lol Rohit is toying with this attack.

 

[ego-gambit]

India beating Australia at will let see how Aussies will play t20

 

[Mocking Bird]

Every goddamn batsman in history has gone through some sort of slump. 30 is the age when almost all batsmen hit the peak. This guy is close to 10000 runs . He is not even 30. He is going to be a nightmare for opposition when he hits the form again.

Calm down...I guess he's just being sarcastic

 

[Dingolfy]

Rubbish rubbish batting by Australia!! Pak should play them as well in Dubai Sharjah!!

Sure, going by the way you have been playing against SL now ( whom we had whitewashed few weeks earlier at their home), I am pretty sure you will have good series against Aussies.

 

[squarecut]

Just because number one team swatted Sri Lanka and Australia does not mean number 6 team will be able to do the same against them.

 

[sachin100]

Rohit is playing better in chases than kohli right now

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

to get australia back in form ? ? ?

Even this Sri-Lanka can beat them in Asia as well.

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

Sure, going by the way you have been playing against SL now ( whom we had whitewashed few weeks earlier at their home), I am pretty sure you will have good series against Aussies.

There will be some competition but even the same SriLanka you guys white washed will beat this Australia in Asia!!

 

[sachin100]

There will be some competition but even the same SriLanka you guys white washed will beat this Australia in Asia!!

Last time they won 4-1 against the same srilankan side

 

[squarecut]

Why stop at Sri Lanka. You can as well claim that even Afghanistan will beat this Australia in Asia.

 

[sachin100]

There will be some competition but even the same SriLanka you guys white washed will beat this Australia in Asia!!

Pak has not won a series against aus any where since 2001

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

Just because number one team swatted Sri Lanka and Australia does not mean number 6 team will be able to do the same against them.on

By the way are you talking about The same number 6 (number 8 at that time) that thrashed the same number 1 team in the Final to win Championships Trophy??i

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

Pak has not won a series against aus any where since 2001

Australia has never been this mediocre since inception!! Pak had been poor in Odis since 2003 ..

 

[Napa]

King Kohli playing a masterclass.

Snide comments like these make you appear bitter. It is okay for Kohli to play slow given India's situation.

 

[Sadevdesai]

Beating the Australians is always a pleasure .... but not this Australian Team. They are a relatively WEAKER Team than the Power Houses of the past. With Two real pacers missing, being saved for the Ashes, it was not much of contest. Yet it goes in the books as 4-1 for the Indians ..... and that is the way it is !!!!!

 

[rashmin]

King Kohli playing a masterclass.

Surely you came here to post in this thread, but gone missing big time in "Virat Kohli the greatest chaser" thread when other posters posted logical posts to counteract your biased hatred posts, good to see you anyways

 

[sachin100]

Beating the Australians is always a pleasure .... but not this Australian Team. They are a relatively WEAKER Team than the Power Houses of the past. With Two real pacers missing, being saved for the Ashes, it was not much of contest. Yet it goes in the books as 4-1 for the Indians ..... and that is the way it is !!!!!

They would have done zilch with their poor batting and spin options.

Hazelwood is no way better than Cummins in odi.

 

[sachin100]

By the way are you talking about The same number 6 (number 8 at that time) that thrashed the same number 1 team in the Final to win Championships Trophy??i

The same number one team won previous 5 matches against u r side. Losing one is an abberation.

 

[OpeningBatsman]

[MENTION=143248]Specialisttailender[/MENTION]
DY Patil stadium is in navi mumbai. I stay nearby.
The problem is lack of 5 star hotel nearby. I heard players complained during IPL that they had to travel from mumbai proper to DY for practice sessions and it takes about 1½ hours.

 

[Sherlock]

India are a great side but...

Australia are so poor atm, it's actually surprising it wasn't a whitewash.

The lack of quality bowlers is truly mind-boggling. Barring one or two decent options, the rest are average. The middle order is the worst I've witnessed since I've started watching cricket. And this isn't a one-off either as it's been the same for a few years.

 

[Specialisttailender]

[MENTION=143248]Specialisttailender[/MENTION]
DY Patil stadium is in navi mumbai. I stay nearby.
The problem is lack of 5 star hotel nearby. I heard players complained during IPL that they had to travel from mumbai proper to DY for practice sessions and it takes about 1½ hours.

I knew it is in Navi-Mumbai but never knew it lacked 5 star hotels. Why can't these players stay in 3 or 4 star hotels ? Stadium is being wasted.

 

[Sachin136]

India are a great side but...

Australia are so poor atm, it's actually surprising it wasn't a whitewash.

The lack of quality bowlers is truly mind-boggling. Barring one or two decent options, the rest are average. The middle order is the worst I've witnessed since I've started watching cricket. And this isn't a one-off either as it's been the same for a few years.

Their bowling is not the problem. They bowled well this series and have a lot of options (Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins, Coulter-nile etc).