India vs Australia 2019, 4th ODI: Player Ratings

Ashton Turner's 84 runs knock stunned India.
Ashton Turner's 84 runs knock stunned India.

Looking to bounce back after suffering a setback at Ranchi, India took on Australia in the 4th ODI at Mohali.

India's skipper Virat Kohli won the toss for the second consecutive time in the series and decided to bat first. The Indian batsmen justified their skipper's decision to bat first by posting a huge score of 358/9 on the back a superb hundred by Shikhar Dhawan and 95-run knock by Rohit Sharma along with meaningful contributions from Rishabh Pant and Vijay Shankar down the order.

Chasing a huge score of 359, the Australian team cantered home in just 47.3 overs riding on brilliant knocks by Peter Handscomb and Usman Khawaja and some brutal hitting by Ashton Turner towards the end to level the 5-match ODI series at 2-2.

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

India

Shikhar Dhawan's 143 runs knock went in vain.
Shikhar Dhawan's 143 runs knock went in vain.

Rohit Sharma- 9/10

After poor outings in the first 3 ODIs, Rohit returned to form with a fine innings of 95 runs off 92 balls and also added a big 193-run partnership for the opening wicket with Shikhar Dhawan.

Shikhar Dhawan - 9/10

Just like his opening partner, Shikhar Dhawan too roared back to form by scoring a brilliant 143 runs off just 115 balls. However, Dhawan did drop a simple catch of Ashton Turner while fielding, which reflects in the ratings.

KL Rahul- 5/10

Replacing an out of form Ambati Rayudu, KL Rahul looked good in touch and scored 26 runs off 31 balls before losing his wicket to Adam Zampa while trying to play a cheeky late cut.

Virat Kohli- 2/10

Kohli had a rare failure with the bat as he was dismissed for just 7 runs by Adam Zampa,

Rishabh Pant- 6/10

Playing in place of a rested MS Dhoni, Rishabh Pant had a great day with the bat as he scored a quickfire 36 runs off just 24 balls to provide late impetus to Indian innings. But, Pant had a shoddy day behind the stumps as he missed a couple of stumping chances which proved costly in the end, thereby reducing a few points.

Kedar Jadhav- 1/10

Jadhav had a bad game as he could score just 10 runs with the bat and conceded 44 runs in just 5 overs with the ball.

Vijay Shankar- 7/10

The all-rounder provided the finishing touches to the Indian innings by scoring a quickfire 26 runs off just 15 balls and also was India's most economical bowler in today's game with a spell of 5-0-29-0.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar- 1/10

Despite a good opening spell in which he dismissed Aaron Finch, Bhuvi clearly looked short of match practice as he was taken to cleaners in the death overs by Ashton Turner and ended up bowling an expensive spell 9-0-67-1.

Kuldeep Yadav- 1/10

Kuldeep had a rare off-day with as he conceded 64 runs in his 10 overs and could pick up just one wicket.

Yuzvendra Chahal- 1/10

Chahal was India's most expensive bowler in today's match as he conceded 80 runs in his 10 overs spell.

Jasprit Bumrah- 4/10

Bumrah was India's best bowler on display as he picked up 3 wickets but conceded 63 runs at an expensive economy rate of 7.13.

Australia

Peter Handscomb scored his maiden ODI ton.
Peter Handscomb scored his maiden ODI ton.

Aaron Finch- 1/10

Finch's weakness against incoming deliveries once again came to haunt him as he was dismissed for a duck by his nemesis Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Usman Khawaja- 9/10

Khawaja's brilliant series with the bat continued, as he played a fine innings of 91 runs before a quick bouncer from Jasprit Bumrah cut short his innings.

Shaun Marsh- 1/10

Marsh's poor run continued, as he was clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah for just 6 runs.

Peter Handscomb- 10/10

Handscomb scored a brilliant 117 runs knock to lay the foundation for Australia's successful chase. Usman Khawaja and he added 192 runs for the 3rd wicket to help Australia recover from the fall of two quick wickets.

Glenn Maxwell- 6/10

Coming into bat after the dismissal of Khawaja, Maxwell started playing his shots from ball one and scored a quickfire 23 runs from 13 balls before being dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav in the 37th over. However, Maxwell did not have a good day with the ball as he conceded 61 runs in his 8 overs.

Ashton Turner- 10/10

As his name indicates, Ashton Turner turned the match completely with an absolute gem of innings of 84 runs of just 43 balls by smashing 5 fours and 6 huge sixes to help Australia win the game from an impossible situation.

Alex Carey- 6/10

The wicket-keeper batsman played a good supporting act to Ashton Turner and scored a quickfire 21 runs off just 15 balls and was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah with Australia needing just 2 runs to win.

Jhye Richardson- 2/10

The young pacer's bowling got smashed all around the park by the Indian batsmen but took 3 wickets and ended the match with an expensive spell of 9-0-85-3.

Pat Cummins- 7/10

In a match where almost every bowler leaked a huge amount of runs, Cummins had a great match as he ended up with his best ODI bowling figures of 10-0-70-5.

Jason Behrendorff- 1/10

Just like his fast bowling colleagues, Behrendorff too went for runs and conceded 61 runs in his 10 overs and failed to pick up a single wicket.

Adam Zampa- 5/10

The leg spinner was Australia's most economical bowler with a spell of 10-0-57-1.

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