Top 5 ODI encounters between India and Australia

#3 5th ODI - Australia tour of India, Hyderabad (2009)

The 7-match ODI series was nicely poised at 2-2 and the crucial 5th ODI was held at Hyderabad with both teams eyeing a lead.

Opting to bat first on a placid track, Australia racked up 350-4 in 50 overs. All batsmen who batted (top 5) contributed to the score with Shaun Marsh scoring a superb 112. Watson (93) and White (57) scored quick-fire fifties along with cameos from skipper Ponting (45) and Michael Hussey (31). Australia reached a mammoth total of 350 as the Indian bowlers just couldn’t control the run-flow at any given stage of the innings.

Chasing a mammoth 351, Sehwag and Tendulkar helped India get off to a brisk start, putting on 66 in 53 balls. India kept scoring at a good rate but wickets at regular intervals hampered their cause and they were left in a spot of bother when Dhoni departed and the score read 162-4 in the 24th over.

This is when Tendulkar and Raina decided to take the attack to the bowlers as they added 137 in 19 overs to put India on course for a memorable win. When Raina fell in the 43rd over, India needed just 52 runs with the master going strong at the other end.

But, it was a night where millions of hearts were broken. Sachin fell on 175 (45th ODI ton) trying to paddle scoop when India needed just 19 off 18 balls and the lower order failed to get India home as the hosts lost a thriller by 3 runs.