Triumphant: The Aussies saved their nerves to win the match and clinch the three-match ODI sequence 2-1.
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Adam Zampa (4 for 45) spun Australia to a 21-run win and a memorable 2-1 sequence overcome India on the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. It was the primary sequence defeat for the Men in Blue in ODIs at house in 4 years after Australia’s 3-2 win in 2019.
Electing to bat in the third and last ODI, Australia made 269 in 49 overs, because of priceless contributions from most of its batters although not even one went on to attain a half-century.
In reply, the Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started properly with a 65-run stand. Gill was notably extreme on left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc, hitting him for 3 boundaries and a six over midwicket.
Australia discovered the breakthrough when Rohit pulled Sean Abbott straight to the square-leg fielder earlier than Adam Zampa efficiently reviewed a leg-before choice towards Shubman Gill. Virat Kohli (54) and Okay.L. Rahul, who batted at No. 4, saved the chase on observe. While the previous was fluent from the beginning, the latter took some time to get going. Rahul wanted 44 balls to seek out his first boundary and simply as he appeared to be switching gears, he hit Zampa straight to long-on.
On a pitch that provided grip and flip, Zampa and left-arm spinner Ashton Agar had the Aussies in the sport. Bowling his last over, Agar had Kohli caught at long-off and bowled Suryakumar Yadav with a faster one off the following ball. It was Suryakumar’s third golden duck of the sequence. Hardik Pandya’s run-a-ball 40 raised hopes however he perished making an attempt to tackle Zampa in his ninth over. The leggie sealed the difficulty when he accounted for Ravindra Jadeja in his last over.
Earlier, the Australia openers Mitchell Marsh (47) and Travis Head went after Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj, discovering boundaries at will. Marsh continued from the place he left off in Visakhapatnam, hitting Siraj for 2 boundaries earlier than smashing Shami for a six over midwicket.
With the Aussies motoring alongside at 61 with out loss in the PowerPlay, Hardik struck. He despatched again Head and skipper Steve Smith earlier than forcing Marsh to taking part in on because the guests slumped to 85 for 3 in the fifteenth over.
Kuldeep Yadav, too, was spectacular as he received the ball to show off the floor. After eradicating David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne, Kuldeep bowled a well-set Alex Carey (38) with a ripper that pitched on leg and spun previous the left-hander. Marcus Stoinis and Sean Abbott’s cameos helped Australia get better from 203 for seven, the final 4 batters including 63. That proved proved essential in the tip.
