5th ODI: The resilience and fight Australia showed was incredible, says Aaron Finch
Cricket | March 13, 2019 23:17 ISTAustralia first beat India 2-0 in the two-match T20 Series and have now pulled off a 3-2 series win after being 0-2 down.
Australia first beat India 2-0 in the two-match T20 Series and have now pulled off a 3-2 series win after being 0-2 down.
At the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, the wicket is usually low and slow but the team would not like to be surprised in the key game which makes the toss crucial.
The hosts won the first two contest before suffering a 32-run defeat in Ranchi and another win will seal the series with one game to go.
Out of four times, Australia have only won once at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
Australia leg-spinner backed his captain Aaron Finch to return to form with the bat soon as he is a world class player and is high on morale.
Finch was put on the hot seat after Smith and Warner were suspended on charges of ball tampering, however, since then his performances with the bat has taken a beating.
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Skipper Finch also praised Maxwell for his impressive batting display during the T20I series against India.
The one-year bans handed to Steven Smith and David Warner will end on March 29 and they will be eligible to play at least one ODI against Pakistan in Austrlia's five-match series.
His opposite number Finch made it clear that Glenn Maxwell will come up the order after playing a major part in the T20 series victory.
Finch's rough patch has extended to the T20s as he was out for zero and eight in the two T20Is which Australia won to claim their maiden series win in the shortest format in India.
India were handed a narrow three-wicket loss in the first T20I of the two-match series by Australia in Vizag.
Maxwell rued that he could have finished the game and said he still has a lot of work to do to secure a ticket to the World Cup.
The Aussies are fresh from playing in the Big Bash League where top-order batsman D'Arcy Short bagged the player of the tournament award and became the first player to score 600-plus runs.
Finch will lead Australia in the upcoming limited-overs series in India starting February 24 where they would play 2 T20Is and 5 ODIs.
On his part, Mayank knew that focusing on the game was more important but still he couldn't help but reply to the Australian ODI captain.
The right-arm bowler said his small stint in the BBL would help him strengthen his chances of playing in the upcoming 2019 World Cup.
India (234/3) beat Australia (230) by 7 wickets in Melbourne to clinch 3-match series 2-1. MS Dhoni 87* Jadhav 61*
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Dhoni averages 52.95 while batting at number four, which is higher than his current career-average of 50.11 over 333 games.
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