A clinical and cool chase from India, thanks to the unbeaten 141 run stand between Dhoni (59*) and Kedar Jadhav (81*) which helped India to win the match by 6 wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the 5-match ODI series.
Australia's 236 was under par, but the visitors didn' t give up. Nathan Coulter-Nile removed Dhawan in the second over of the innings.
The captain and vice-captain duo then steadied the innings with 76 run partnership. Zampa trapped Kohli with quick googly, and within four overs Rohit joined his skipper playing a high-risk stroke.
When the local lad Rayudu was dismissed, India would have felt the pressure with the scoreboard reading 99/4. That's when Dhoni and Kedar joined hands. Yes, the bowling was tight and few balls misbehaved off the pitch.
However, the duo batted sensibly. They took their time to get their eye in, and steadily started to up the ante once the asking rate went over 6. They ensured that the required rate never touched 7 by hitting boundaries at regular intervals. And, in the end, they took their team past the winning line with 10 balls to spare.
2. This is the fourth consecutive fifty-plus score for MS Dhoni while chasing in ODIs in 2019. All have come against Australia.
3. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have now added more runs against Australia as a pair than any other Indian pair, going past the previous record of 927 runs between Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma's pair.
4. Glenn Maxwell has now scored more runs against India in ODIs than any other nation, going past 640 runs against England.
5. The last time before today when Jasprit Bumrah conceded 60 or more runs in an ODI match was against Pakistan at The Oval in 2017.
The captain and vice-captain duo then steadied the innings with 76 run partnership. Zampa trapped Kohli with quick googly, and within four overs Rohit joined his skipper playing a high-risk stroke.
However, the duo batted sensibly. They took their time to get their eye in, and steadily started to up the ante once the asking rate went over 6. They ensured that the required rate never touched 7 by hitting boundaries at regular intervals. And, in the end, they took their team past the winning line with 10 balls to spare.
5 Records Broken during the first ODI:
1. In the case of the most six-wicket for India in ODIs, Dhoni has left Rohit Sharma (215 sixes) behind.- 216 - MS DHONI*
- 215 - Rohit Sharma
- 195 - Sachin Tendulkar
- 189 - Sourav Ganguly
- 153 - Yuvraj Singh
3. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have now added more runs against Australia as a pair than any other Indian pair, going past the previous record of 927 runs between Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma's pair.
5. The last time before today when Jasprit Bumrah conceded 60 or more runs in an ODI match was against Pakistan at The Oval in 2017.
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