Australia defeated India in the fourth ODI of the ongoing five-match series to take a lead of 4-0. Riding on Aaron Finch’s century, the hosts posted a total of 348 runs. In reply, the Men in Blue started well with both Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli scoring centuries. However, the middle order fell like a pack of cards as India fell short by 25 runs.
The following is the scoreboard of the fourth One-Day International (ODI) played between India and Australia at the Manuka Oval here on Wednesday:
Australia
David Warner b I Sharma 93
Aaron Finch c I Sharma b Yadav 107
Mitchell Marsh c Kohli b Yadav 33
Steven Smith c Gurkeerat Singh b I Sharma 51
Glenn Maxwell c sub (M Pandey) b I Sharma 41
George Bailey c R Sharma b I Sharma 10
James Faulkner b Yadav 0
Matthew Wade run out (R Sharma/Yadav) 0
John Hastings not out 0
Extras (lb 7, w 6) 13
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 348
Fall of wickets: 1-187 (Warner, 29.3 overs), 2-221 (Finch, 37.3), 3-288 (Marsh, 44.3), 4-298 (Smith, 45.4), 5-319 (Bailey, 47.6), 6-319 (Faulkner, 48.1), 7-321 (Wade, 48.3), 8-348 (Maxwell, 49.6)
Bowling
Umesh Yadav 10-1-67-3
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8-0-69-0
Ishant Sharma 10-0-77-4
Gurkeerat Singh 3-0-24-0
Rishi Dhawan 9-0-53-0
Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-51-0
India (target: 349 runs from 50 overs)
Rohit Sharma c Wade b Richardson 41
Shikhar Dhawan c Bailey b Hastings 126
Virat Kohli c Smith b Richardson 106
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Wade b Hastings 0
Gurkeerat Singh c sub (S Marsh) b Lyon 5
Ravindra Jadeja not out 24
Ajinkya Rahane c Smith b Richardson 2
Rishi Dhawan c Warner b Richardson 9
Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Smith b Richardson 2
Umesh Yadav c Bailey b Marsh 2
Ishant Sharma c Wade b Marsh 0
Extras (w 5, nb 1) 6
Total (all out; 49.2 overs) 323
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (R Sharma, 7.6 overs), 2-277 (S Dhawan, 37.3), 3-277 (Dhoni, 37.6), 4-278 (Kohli, 39.1), 5-286 (Gurkeerat Singh, 40.2), 6-294 (Rahane, 41.5), 7-308 (R Dhawan, 43.6), 8-311 (Kumar, 45.3), 9-315 (Yadav, 47.4), 10-323 (I Sharma, 49.2)
Bowling
Nathan Lyon 10-0-76-1
Kane Richardson 10-1-68-5
John Hastings 10-0-50-2
James Faulkner 7-0-48-0
Matthew Marsh 9.2-0-55-2
Glenn Maxwell 1-0-10-0
Steve Smith 2-0-16-0
Match details:
Toss: Australia chose to bat
Player of the match: Kane Richardson
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (England) and John Ward (Australia)
TV umpire: Paul Wilson (Australia)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Sam Nogajski (Australia)
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