India vs Australia - 5th ODI Cricket at Nagpur
Spinners, Bumrah give India their No. 1 ranking back
| Australia | vs | India |
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| 242/9 (50) | 243/3 (42.5) | |
| India won by 7 wickets | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
India took back their No. 1 ODI ranking by shackling Australia after yet another good start and then chasing down the possibly tricky 243 with apparent ease. India won the series 4-1 - a reversal of the scoreline in the ODIs in Australia early last year - with just one century from their batsmen, that too in the last innings by Rohit Sharma, but a third successive hundred-run opening partnership between Rohit and Ajinkya Rahane.
India won the final match on the dry and slow Nagpur track through spin. India's spinners pulled back a bolted horse, conceding 134 for 4 in 30 overs between them; Australia's Adam Zampa released all the pressure exerted by the quicks with the new ball, conceding 48 in six insipid overs before getting Rohit out with a long hop when the match was over for all practical purposes.
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| Photo © BCCI |
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