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Warner is hero in milestone match
Australia beat India by 22 runs in the 4th One-dayer in Bengaluru on Thursday, to win their first match on the tour.
Bengaluru: Australia beat India by 22 runs in the 4th One-dayer in Bengaluru on Thursday, to win their first match on the tour.
Chasing 335 for victory, India could not get over the finish line after they were given a good start by Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma at the top of the order. Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav and Manish Pandey put up some resistance but India ran out of overs are were 313 for 8 in their 50 overs.
Kane Richardson was the pick of the bowlers for Australia with three wickets against his name.With this win, Australia have snapped India's nine-match winning record.
David Warner hit a splendid century in his 100th ODI as Australia put up a commanding total of 334 for five against India in the penultimate encounter of the five-match series, in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Warner (124 off 119 balls), who struck his 14th ODI hundred in his milestone match adding 231 for the opening stand with in-form Aaron Finch (94).
Australia were looking good for a total close to 400 but the Indian rallied with a string of wickets in the final 15 overs in which the visitors could manage only 103 runs.
Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers despite being expensive -- of 4 for 71 in 10 overs.Kedar Jadhav (1/38 in 7 overs) also did his bit to put brakes on the scoring after the openers raised visions of a mammoth total.
Earlier, a fluent approach by both Warner and Finch provided Australia a record first wicket partnership of 231 off 201 balls, beating the previous record of 212 scripted by Geoff Marsh and David Boon against India in Jaipur in 1986.
Their partnership was also the highest at Bengaluru, beating the previous best of 183 scored by Brad Haddin and Shane Watson against Canada in a 2011 World Cup match.
