Ind vs Aus 1st ODI highlights: Jadhav, Dhoni help India win by 6 wickets
India managed to win the first match by 6 wickets, thanks to Dhoni and Jadhav who scored fifties. India will now play 2nd ODI on 5th March.
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Virat Kohli. Photo: PTI
Mahendra Singh Dhoni took a chase deep for the umpteenth time but it needed Kedar Jadhav's street smartness to get India back on winning track as they beat Australia by six wickets in the first ODI here Saturday.
India reached the target in 48.2 overs, riding on a 141-run unconquered stand between Kedar (81 no, 87 balls) and Dhoni (59 no off 72 balls), to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
India had lost the two preceding T20 Internationals.
Clad in their brand new jerseys, the successful chase of 237 was a throwback to the good old 90's when Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh would hunt down those sub 250 totals in exciting finishes.
However, it shouldn't be lost in isolation that India made a heavy weather of an easy target on a not so difficult wicket.
As has been the case these days, Dhoni was once again unable to rotate the strike at the start of his innings and the onus was on Kedar to hit the boundaries after they joined hands at 99 for four with skipper Virat Kohli (44, 45 balls) and his deputy Rohit Sharma (37, 66 balls) back in the hut.
While Dhoni hit six fours and a six off Nathan Coulter-Nile, it was the diminutive Maharashtra man, who did the hard yards of finding the gaps.
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Over 49: IND 240-4
Over 48: IND 232-4
Over 47: IND 221-4
Over 46: IND 216-4
Over 45: IND 209-4
Over 44: IND 200-4
Over 43: IND 194-4
Over 42: IND 189-4
Behrendorff to Dhoni, single off the first, Jadhav gets a boundary straight down the ground and gets off the mark with a single, Dhoni gets one off the second last ball.
Over 41: IND 182/4
Cummins to Jadhav, single off the first Dhoni gets one a ball after, Jadhav ends the over with a boundary
Over 40: IND 176/4
Zampa to Jadhav, couple of runs on the second ball, single off the last ball.
Over 40: IND 176/4
Zampa to Jadhav, couple of runs on the second ball, single off the last ball.
Over 39: IND 173/4
Over 38: IND 168-4
Over 37: IND 158-4
Over 36: IND 153-4
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First Published: Mar 02 2019 | 12:40 PM IST
