Five memorable ODI hundreds from Indians in unsuccessful run chases

#4 Gautam Gambhir: 113 vs Australia, 2008

It was the triangular contest in the year 2008, being played among India, Australia and Sri Lanka which was won by India eventually. In the 10th match of the tournament, at Sydney, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first.

Ricky Ponting scored a marvelous 124 while Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds helped the cause with 54 and 59 respectively. Australia posted 317 runs on the board.

It was Gambhir's second hundred of the tournament

Chasing the target, at one stage, India were reeling at just 51 for the lose of 4 wickets. From there on, Gautam Gambhir took up the job with the help of MS Dhoni and Robin Uthappa, but could not get India through, and India lost the match by 18 runs. Gambhir scored an astounding 113 off 119 balls, while Dhoni and Uthappa contributed 36 and 51 respectively.

If Gambhir had had some support from top order that consisted of big names like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, this knock from him would have been a memorable one.