Aussies Burst India's Invincibility, Script Memorable Series Win
The Hindu|March 14, 2019

Another Khawaja show sets up the platform for a challenging target on a slow and low pitch; puzzling selections make it worse for the home team.

Rakesh Rao
Aussies Burst India's Invincibility, Script Memorable Series Win

The aura of invincibility India built in recent years, especially at home, in the limited-over format has vanished.

In what was the team’s last ODI before the World Cup, the collective performance of a puzzling combination left more questions unanswered than it started out to address.

In addition to the persisting middle-order woes and lack of a reliable fifth bowling option, some batsmen’s lack of technique against quality spin bowling stood exposed before Adam Zampa and Nathan Lyon.

Moreover, the over-reliance on the top-order hurt the team once again.

As India’s worries grew, the 35-run win, in the fifth and final ODI at the Ferozeshah Kotla here, gave Australia a well-deserved 3-2 series triumph, its first in India since 2009.

India’s third successive defeat also blew the lid off the much-underlined ‘problem of plenty’ in selection and exposed plenty of problems.

Lone bright spot

For the record, riding on the in-form Usman Khawaja’s 100, Australia set a target of 273. In response, India folded at 237, the only bright spot being the fighting 91-run seventh-wicket stand between Kedar Jadhav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

All through, Australia stayed ahead of India despite a brief spell when the side tumbled from 175 for one to 229 for six. Indeed, this kept Australia from scoring a 300plus total for the third time in succession but the way India responded, it did not matter.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 14, 2019 من The Hindu.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 14, 2019 من The Hindu.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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