November 23, 2024 06:02 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Third World War has begun:' Ex-Ukraine military commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny | UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024 | UK can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits country based on ICC warrant | Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence | Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma
India beat Australia by 5 wickets, take series-winning 3-0 lead

India beat Australia by 5 wickets, take series-winning 3-0 lead

| | 24 Sep 2017, 09:34 pm
Indore, Sept 24 (IBNS): With 13 balls left, India defeated Australia by five wickets in the third ODI match to clinch series here on Sunday.

Manish Pandey (36) and MS Dhoni (3) remained unbeaten till the end to clinch the series.

Ajinkya Rahane (70) and Rohit Sharma (71) gave India strong start as the duo added 139 runs in the opening stand.

Sharma hit six boundaries and four sixes in his knock.

Virat Kohli departed early by contributing 28 runs with his willow. He smashed two boundaries in his knock.

Hardik Pandya came out and played another memorable knock of 78 runs.

He hammered five boundaries and four sixes in the match-winning knock at the end.

Pandya and Pandey joined to add 78 runs in a vital partnership that was needed for India when Australia was attempting to change the dimension of the match with few quick wickets.

Pat Cummins picked up two wickets for Australia.

India took a winning 3-0 lead in the series.

Image: BCCI Twitter page

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.