But even though, the Indian Team batting clicked this time, it was a remarkable chase of Australia which left Team India aghast.
Rishabh Pant came in for MS Dhoni who is rested for the fourth and fifth ODI, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar came in for injured Mohammed Shami, KL Rahul came in for Ambati Rayudu, and Yuzi Chahal came in for Ravinder Jadeja.
Then, the innings of Aston Turner turned the match into the favor of Australia, The young man, just one inning old in international Cricket turned the game one-sided as he scored an unbeaten 84 of 43 balls
The fourth ODI between India and Australia was played on the 10th of March at Mohali. After having a loss at Ranchi, Team India was expected to have a great comeback. But even though, the Indian Team batting clicked this time, it was a remarkable chase of Australia which left Team India aghast.
Team India went onto to make four changes. While Rishabh Pant came in for MS Dhoni who is rested for the fourth and fifth ODI, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar came in for injured Mohammed Shami, KL Rahul came in for Ambati Rayudu, and Yuzi Chahal came in for Ravinder Jadeja.
Winning the toss, Indian Shipper Virat Kohli decided to bat first on a flat pitch of Mohali which expected to be a batting feast. What was good for Team India that both their openers got into the form just at the right time before the Wolrd Cup. Shikhar Dhawan scored a massive century of 143 runs and broke his dry way of 18 innings. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma too found his rhythm back but got out just before making his century on 95.
The first duo gave a colossal start to India with the humongous partnership of 193 runs. After that, some useful contribution from middle-order batsmen like Rishabh Pant (36) and Vijay Shankar (26) got India to an outstanding total of 358 for 9.
In reply, Austalia lost hopes early with Aaron Finch going out for duck and Shaun Marsh for 2. Then, it was all looking that Australia has lost all their expectations. But then it was a match-defining partnership between Khawaja and Peter Handscomb which took Australia to a great position to over 200 runs with the loss of 2 wickets.
Then, the innings of Aston Turner turned the match into the favor of Australia, The young man, just one inning old in International Cricket turned the game one-sided as he scored an unbeaten 84 of 43 balls and Australia won the game chasing the mammoth total of 358 runs with over 2 overs to spare and 4 wickets in hand. Khawaja too scored a brilliant knock of 91 runs, and Peter Hnadscomb was terrific with his maiden century of 117 runs.
Both teams will now head to Delhi for the series decider.
