In the finale of the three-match ODI series between India and Australia, the visitors crushed the hosts at Chidambaram Stadium by 21 runs to win the series by 2-1. With this, the Australia tour of India ends and all the players will now head toward Indian Premier League 2023.
Chasing Australia’s 270 runs, India lost its first wicket at 65 runs when captain Rohit Sharma departed on an individual score of 30 runs. Virat Kohli(54) tried to build the innings with Shubman Gill(37) and KL Rahul(32) but Adam Zampa ripped through the Indian batting lineup and got four wickets.
Suryakumar Yadav had another failure today and he became one of those rarest batters to get three consecutive ducks in ODIs. Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya tried his best but his 40 runs were not enough to take India home.Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first where they posted a challenging total of 270 runs against India.
In the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav and fast-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya each took three wickets as India bowled out Australia for 269 in 49 overs.For Australia, all-rounder Mitchell Marsh got a maximum of 45 runs. Alex Carey was another batter who contributed well with 38. Some other players of Australia got off to a good start but they failed to convert it into a big one.
