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1<\/span>\/11<\/p>\nAustralia beat India to win ODI series<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
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<p>Australia handed India their first ODI series defeat at home since 2019 in a thrilling third and final match in Chennai on Wednesday. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Australia’s stand-in-captain Steve Smith won the toss and chose to bat first in the series-decider. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>India bowled out Australia for 269 and were cruising in the first 10 overs of their chase before skipper Rohit Sharma fell after a 17-ball 30. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Shubman Gill fell after a steady 49-ball 37 to leg-spinner Adam Zampa. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Kohli and KL Rahul struck a busy 69-run partnership before Rahul fell to Zampa for 32. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Ashton Agar removed Virat Kohli (54) and Suryakumar Yadav for his third consecutive golden duck to leave India reeling at 185\/6. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Hardik Pandya (40) and Ravindra Jadeja (18) also fell to Zampa, who finished with 4-45 in his 10-over spell. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Australia won the match by 21 runs after bowling out India for 248 in the last over. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>The 2-1 win in the series was also important practice on South Asian pitches for Australia before the ODI World Cup in India later this year. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Zampa was named player of the match but said his spin-partner Agar, who finished with 2-41, actually “changed the game”. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
India’s only substantial partnerships were 69 runs for the third wicket between Virat Kohli<\/a> (54) and KL Rahul (32) and 65 between openers Rohit Sharma (30) and Shubman Gill (37).
“When you are chasing a score of 270 or nearly 300, you need a partnership of about 90 or 100 and that will take you close. But that didn’t happen,” Gavaskar, a former India captain, said.
“Yes, there were a couple of partnerships, one between Rahul and Kohli, but then you wanted another similar or bigger stand.
“Fielding from Australia was outstanding. Their bowling was very good. It was tight, stump to stump, but their fielding was very good. That was the difference.”
(With PTI inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n