India vs Australia 2019, 3rd ODI: Player Ratings

Having already won the starting two ODIs at Hyderabad and Nagpur, the Indian team took on Australia in the 3rd ODI at Ranchi with an aim of winning the 5 match ODI series as early as possible.

India's skipper Virat Kohli won the toss for the first time in the series and decided to bowl first. However, Kohli's decision to bat first backfired as Australian batsmen posted a big score 313/5 in the allotted 50 overs on the back of 104 runs knock by Usman Khawaja and 93 runs knock by skipper Aaron Finch.

Chasing a huge score of 314 on a flat batting pitch, the Indian team lost wickets at regular intervals to lose the match by 32 runs despite a fighting century by Virat Kohli.

With the match done and dusted, let's see how the players from both sides fared in these entertaining encounter.

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Australia

Khawaja and Finch added 193 runs partnership for the opening wicket.

Aaron Finch- 9/10

Finch had a great day with the bat and was unlucky to miss out on a well deserved century as he was trapped in front by Kuldeep Yadav for 93 runs.

Usman Khawaja- 10/10

Despite being among runs in the opening two ODIs, Usman Khawaja finally managed to score a big one as he played a brilliant inning of 104 runs of 113 balls and was dismissed by Mohammed Shami.

Glenn Maxwell- 6/10

Promoted to bat at No. 3, Maxwell scored a quickfire 47 runs from just 31 balls before being run out in the 42nd over due to the combined brilliance of Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni. However, Maxwell did not have a good day with the bowl as he bowled an expensive spell of 5-0-30-0.

Shaun Marsh- 1/10

Marsh endured second consecutive failure with the bat as he was sent back for just 7 runs by Kuldeep Yadav.

Marcus Stoinis- 5/10

The all-rounder provided the finishing touches to the Australian innings by scoring an unbeaten 31 runs of just 26 balls. But, Stoinis encountered a poor outing with the ball as he conceded 39 runs in just 6 overs.

Peter Handscomb- 1/10

Handscomb had a completely off-color day, as he was dismissed for a two ball duck by Kuldeep Yadav.

Alex Carey- 5/10

Just like Stoinis, wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey too provided the finishing touches to Australian innings by scoring a quickfire unbeaten 21 runs of 17 balls.

Jhye Richardson- 8/10

Playing in place of Nathan Coulter-Nile, the young Richardson had a great day with the ball as he ended the match with an impressive spell of 9-2-37-3.

Pat Cummins- 8/10

Cummins continued his great bowling form in the series as took 3 wickets and conceded just 37 runs in his 8.2 overs.

Nathan Lyon- 5/10

The off-spinner was taken for few runs initially by Indian skipper Virat Kohli, but bounced back to pick up the important wicket of Vijay Shankar and conceded 57 runs in his 10 overs spell.

Adam Zampa- 7/10

Despite going for 70 runs in his 10 overs, Zampa showed why Australian team management value him so much as he picked up 3 wickets which included the prized wickets of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.

India

Virat Kohli's 41st ODI hundred went in vain.

Shikhar Dhawan- 1/10

Dhawan's poor run of form continued as he was dismissed for just one run by Jhye Richardson.

Rohit Sharma - 1/10

Similiar to his opening partner, Rohit too fell cheaply and was dismissed for just 14 runs by Pat Cummins.

Virat Kohli- 10/10

Virat Kohli's brilliant ODI series continued, as he played a superb knock of 123 runs of just 95 balls and single-handedly kept India in the game before being dismissed by leg-spinner Adam Zampa in the 38th over

Ambati Rayudu- 1/10

Rayudu encountered a third consecutive failure with the bat as Pat Cummins dismissed him for just 2 runs which has also put Rayudu's place in the team in danger.

MS Dhoni- 4/10

Most likely playing his last international game in his home ground, MS Dhoni scored 26 runs of 42 balls and was clean bowled by Adam Zampa when he tried to hit Zampa out of the park.

Kedar Jadhav- 3/10

In the company of his skipper, Kedar Jadhav tried to rebuild the Indian innings and scored 26 runs of 39 balls before ending up as one of the 3 victims of Adam Zampa. However, Jadhav did not have a great day with the ball as his bowling was clobbered by Australian openers and in particular by Aaron Finch and conceded 32 runs in just 2 overs

Vijay Shankar- 6/10

The all-rounder once again impressed everyone with his batting skills and scored a quickfire 32 runs of 30 balls before being caught at the deep by Jhye Richardson of Nathan Lyon's bowling in the 43rd over. Shankar also had a decent match with the ball as he conceded just 44 runs in his 8 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja- 3/10

Jadeja did not have a great outing with the ball as he was taken for 64 runs in his 10 overs and was dismissed for just 24 runs with the bat.

Kuldeep Yadav- 5/10

Kuldeep Yadav was once again India's best bowler as he picked up 3 wickets in his 10 overs spell but at a higher economy rate of 6.4.

Mohammed Shami- 5/10

Shami was India's most economical in today's game as he conceded just 52 runs in his 10 overs and also picked up the big wicket of centurion Usman Khawaja.

Jasprit Bumrah- 2/10

Bumrah had a rare off-day as he failed to pick up a wicket in his spell of 10-0-53-0.