Adelaide, January 15: Skipper Virat Kohli made a splendid hundred and his predecessor MS Dhoni made a fine unbeaten 50 as India scored a tight 4-wicket win with 4 balls to spare and levelled the three-match series 1-1.
Shaun Marsh made a spledndid 131 as Australia made 298/9 to give India a tough chase. The highest total chased down at the Adelaide Oval is 303 by Sri Lanka in 1999. Here's MyKhel's Live Updates of the second ODI.
India win the match by 6 wickets to level the series - a match of Kohli and Dhoni and Bhuvi too. Well played.
Dhoni, an old hand in finishing the matches, and Karthik doing a good job here taking India close
Big Big Fish goes. Kohli wanted to clear the ropes off Richardson but ended in the hands off Maxwell. India are 242/4. Kohli made 104
100 for Kohli. 39th in ODIs. 6th against Australia. Wonderful wonderful player. He mastered this chase ruthlessly.
Kohli has been just sensational this innings. The art of pacing.
Kohli was going through a little barren passage after his second boundary. And he broke that beautifully. A 4 and then a 6 off Behrendorff.
Rayudu finally throws it away. Timing had deserted him in this innings. Was throwing his bat around for some time, and was lucky on a number of occasions. He goes for 24 and India are 160/3. Dhoni the new man.
Maxwell into bowling with his part-time off-spin.
Indian batsmen have cleverly targetted Peter Siddle, below his best today.
Rohit looked in fine touch, reminded of his silken stroke play at Sydney where he made a big hundred. But spoiled.
It was as huge wicket. Rohit Sharma tried to pull Marcus Stoinis but only managed to top edge the ball to Handscomb at deep. India had reached 100 in the 18th over just before that dismissal.
That was a sensational shot by Rohit off Lyon. Picked up the ball, hit through the line over mid-wicket. Timing was so good that it went some 4 rows behind.
Australia had two fielders in the short midwicket position for Kohli. Australia are trying to take Kohli off the flick.
Dhawan wanted to whack Behrendoff over extra cover but all he could manage was a skier to Usman Khawaja. He's gone for 32 and India are 49/1.
Dhawan continues to be fluent. He is doing the bulk of scoring with Rohit playing the second fiddle.
Chase of 299 begins for India with Rohit and Dhawan looking for give them a sound start.
Lyon gets a 4 and 6 off the last over by Bhuvneshwar to help Australia post a healthy 298/9. India's task is cut out.
Australia have lost four wickets in the space of 5 runs. Marsh, Maxwell, Jhye Richardson and Peter Siddle. Three to Bhuvneshwar and one to Shami. RUSH
Marsh too departed in the same over of Bhuvi. He too did not get enough power behind the shot off a slow ball. Jadeja took a simple catch at long-off.
Maxwell goes for 48. He wanted to send Bhuvi over long on but could not negotiate the slower ball. Karthik takes an easy catch. 283/6
Maxwell has been saved from a leg before by the DRS. The ball was missing the leg-stump by a couple of miles. Siraj misses his maiden ODI wicket.
Australia are 234/5 in 43 overs. Marsh and Maxwell smashed two sixes off Kuldeep. They are looking for some gas pumping here.
Marsh brings up his 7th ODI ton in 108 balls. A single off Kuldeep. Top knock and a Marsh getting 100 vs India has a tinge of nostalgia too.
Australia bring up their 200 in 38.3 overs. Another 11 overs pending and it's a good platform for Aussies to march ahead.
Wicket No 5: Australia are 189/5. Stoinis went for a pull against Shami and the under-edge was taken by Dhoni. It's a big blow for Aussies.
Bhuvi is back for his second spell. He has been outstanding in his first, conceding just 1.8 runs per over.
This is the time Australia made some runs at Sydney. India need to put break on them here.
Siraj's ODI debut has not entirely gone right. He has given away 51 runs in 7 overs as the quick has not found the right length here.
Australia lose 4th wicket. Handscomb could not drag his feet or bat back to crease while attempting a sweep of Jadeja and Dhoni does the rest. Australia are 134/4
50 for Shaun Marsh. 14th in ODIs, 4th vs India, and second in as many matches. This time he took 63 balls to reach 50.