Australia In India 2009 ODI Cricket Series
Third ODI, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
Saturday, October 31, 2009.
India vs Australia, 3rd ODI: Dhoni & Yuvraj see India through (AUS-IND: 1-2|7)
October 31, 2009
Yuvraj Singh (78 runs, 96 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (71 runs, 95 balls, 6x4s) hit impressive half-centuries to steer India to a six-wicket victory in the third one-day international against Australia in Delhi on Saturday. India surpassed the 230-run target with 10 balls to spare in the day-night encounter, to take a 2-1 lead in the 7 match series. Man of the match Yuvi and Dhoni put on 148 runs for the fourth wicket off 173 balls on a challenging track to pull India out of trouble after they were reeling at 53-3 in the 16th over. Earlier, Australia posted 229-5 after winning the toss. Mike Hussey scored his third successive fifty with 81 not out after captain Ricky Ponting, opening the innings, scored 59 while Shane Watson contributed 41 at the top of the order.
The fourth match will be played in Mohali on Monday.
India 230/4 (Yuvraj 78, Dhoni 71*) beat Australia 229/5 (Hussey 81*, Ponting 59, Watson 41) by six wickets
- Australia vs India Third ODI at Delhi Saturday, Oct 31 2009
- Australia in India 7-match ODI Series 2009
IND vs AUS, Third One Day International Scoreboard
India beat Australia by 6 wickets
Australia won the toss and decided to bat
229 for 5 (50.0 overs)
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230 for 4 (48.2 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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S Watson | st Dhoni | b Yuvraj | 41 |
59 | 5 | 0 |
Ponting | lbw | b Jadeja | 59 |
92 | 4 | 0 |
M Hussey | not out | 81 |
82 | 3 | 1 | |
C White | c Dhoni | b Raina | 0 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
Voges | c Kumar | b Harbhajan | 17 |
31 | 1 | 0 |
Henriques | b Jadeja | 12 |
17 | 0 | 0 | |
M Johnson | not out | 9 |
12 | 0 | 1 | |
Extras | 3w 4b 3lb | 10 | ||||
Total | for 5 | 229 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Sehwag | b M Johnson | 11 |
25 | 1 | 0 | |
Tendulkar | run out | 32 |
47 | 2 | 0 | |
Gambhir | b Hauritz | 6 |
15 | 0 | 0 | |
Yuvraj | lbw | b Henriques | 78 |
96 | 8 | 2 |
Dhoni | not out | 71 |
95 | 6 | 0 | |
Raina | not out | 9 |
13 | 1 | 0 | |
Extras | 1nb 14w 4b 4lb | 23 | ||||
Total | for 4 | 230 | (48.2 ovs) |
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Umpires: A M Saheba, S K Tarapore, B C Broad, S S Hazare
India: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Raina, Dhoni (C/W), Jadeja, Harbhajan, Kumar, Nehra, I Sharma
Australia: S Watson, Ponting (C), C White, M Hussey, Voges, Henriques, M Johnson, Manou (W), Hauritz, Siddle, Bollinger
Australia in India - ODI Series, Oct-Nov 2009
Australia In India - 7 match ODI Series, Oct-Nov 2009
Australia, who won a second successive Champions Trophy, tour India for seven One Day International matches. Matches will be played in Vadodara (Oct 25), Nagpur (Oct 28), New Delhi (Oct 31), Mohali (Nov 2), Hyderabad (Nov 5), Guwahati (Nov 8) and Mumbai (Nov 11).
On their previous visit, Australia won the 7-match ODI series in 2007 4-2.
Schedule | Match | Venue |
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Sunday Oct 25 09:00 local | 03:30 GMT | 23:30 EDT |
India vs Australia - First ODI | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara |
Wednesday Oct 28 D/N 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 05:00 EDT |
India vs Australia - Second ODI | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur |
Saturday Oct 31 D/N 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 05:00 EDT |
India vs Australia - Third ODI | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
Monday Nov 2 D/N 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST |
India vs Australia - Fourth ODI | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh |
Thursday Nov 5 D/N 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST |
India vs Australia - Fifth ODI | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
Sunday Nov 8 09:00 local | 03:30 GMT | 22:30 EST |
India vs Australia - Sixth ODI | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati |
Wednesday Nov 11 D/N 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST |
India vs Australia - Seventh ODI | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |