India beats Australia by five wickets

Indore, Sept 24: India defeated Australia by five wickets with a strong batting performance in their third One-Day International (ODI) at the Holkar Stadium here on Sunday.

Chasing a target of 294 runs, India crossed the line in 47.5 overs. India thus took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. With this win, India skipper Virat Kohli has equalled predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni's record run of nine ODI wins on the trot.

Dhoni's winning streak as captain stretched from February 2008 to January 2009. Kohli's winning run started on July 26 this year.
Following is the scoreboard of the third One-Day International (ODI) between India and Australia played at the Holkar Stadium here on Sunday.

Australia:

David Warner b Hardik Pandya 42
Aaron Finch c Kedar Jadhav b Kuldeep Yadav 124
Steven Smith c Jasprit Bumrah b Kuldeep Yadav 63
Glenn Maxwell st Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Yuzvendra Chahal 5
Travis Head b Jasprit Bumrah 4
Marcus Stoinis not out 27
Peter Handscomb c Manish Pandey b Jasprit Bumrah 3
Ashton Agar not out 9

Extras: (b 0, lb 2, w 14) 16
Total: in 50 overs 293/6



Fall of Wickets:
70-1 (David Warner, 13.3 overs), 224-2 (Aaron Finch, 37.5), 243-3 (Steven Smith, 41.6), 243-4 (Glenn Maxwell, 42.1), 260-5 (Travis Head, 45.3), 275-6 (Peter Handscomb, 47.5)

Bowling:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10-0-52-0
Jasprit Bumrah 10-0-52-2
Yuzvendra Chahal 10-0-54-1
Hardik Pandya 10-0-58-1
Kuldeep Yadav 10-0-75-2

India:

Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Pat Cummins 70
Rohit Sharma c (sub)Hilton Cartwright b Coulter-Nile 71
Virat Kohli c Aaron Finch b Ashton Agar 28
Hardik Pandya c Kane Richardson b Pat Cummins 78
Kedar Jadhav c Peter Handscomb b Kane Richardson 2
Manish Pandey not out 36
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 3

Extras: (b 0, lb 3, w 3) 6
Total: in 47.5 overs 294/5

Fall of Wickets:
139-1 (Rohit Sharma, 21.4 overs), 147-2 (Ajinkya Rahane, 23.3), 203-3 (Virat Kohli, 34.3), 206-4 (Kedar Jadhav, 35.2), 284-5 (Hardik Pandya, 45.5)

Bowling:
Pat Cummins 10-0-54-2
Nathan Coulter-Nile 10-0-58-1
Kane Richardson 8.5-0-45-1
Marcus Stoinis 8-0-61-0
Ashton Agar 10-0-71-1
Glenn Maxwell 1-0-2-0