Ind vs Aus, 4th ODI: India lose 4th ODI by 25 runs

Australia staged spectacular comeback to beat India by 25 runs in the fourth ODI.

Aaron Finch and David Warner stitched together a 187-run opening partnership for Australia.

India, chasing a target of 349, were on well on course with Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan having scored centuries and the team total being 277/1. The visitors then lost nine wickets for 46 runs to surrender the fourth ODI by 25 runs against Australia and trail 4-0 in the series.Paceman Kane Richardson claimed his maiden five-wicket haul to script India's Spectacular collapse and bowl Australia to a 25-run victory in the high-scoring fourth one day international on Wednesday.

Three batsmen struck centuries in the 671-run match between the world’s top two one-day teams but it was Richardson’s (5-68) incisive bowling that clinched the contest, while also earning him the man-of-the-match award.

Chasing 349 for victory, India were cruising at 277 for one before losing their last nine wickets for 46 runs to succumb to their fourth successive defeat in the five-match series.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan (126) and Virat Kohli (106) featured in a 212-run stand for the visitors before the wheels came off India’s chase at Canberra’s Manuka Oval.

Dhawan registered his ninth ODI century and Kohli scored his second consecutive hundred but India lost three wickets in 11 balls for the addition of one run that derailed them.

For them, in-form Ajinkya Rahane came out to bat despite a split webbing of his fingers, but could score only two as India were all out for 323 in the final over.

Earlier, Aaron Finch struck his seventh hundred in a blistering opening partnership of 187 with David Warner to power Australia to 348 for eight wickets.

Finch smashed a run-a-ball 107 while Warner fell on 93 from 92 deliveries as the hosts continued to make merry against India’s toothless bowling attack after opting to bat first.

Australia had chased down each Indian target to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series and the tourists’ battered bowlers did little better after finally getting the chance to bowl first.

Warner, who missed the last two matches due to the birth of his second child, started off with a maiden against Umesh Yadav but soon hit his stride with three fours in an over against seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Yadav also conceded three boundaries in the next over against the diminutive left-hander as Australia raced to 50 in the seventh over.

Finch was equally destructive and a fierce straight drive from the right-hander off fast bowler Ishant Sharma (4-77) hit umpire Richard Kettleborough on the shin, forcing the official off the field.

Finch mistimed a pull to be dismissed eight overs after Warner had played Ishant on to his stumps while attempting a slog over mid-wicket.

Australia captain Steven Smith (51) and all-rounders Mitchell Marsh (33) and Glenn Maxwell (41) chipped in with some quick runs.

Sydney hosts the fifth and final one-dayer on Saturday.

Australia won by 25 runs

Australia Innings(50)348-8 

Batsman		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	b Ishant	93	92	12	1	101.09
Aaron Finch	c Ishant b Umesh	107	107	9	2	100.00
Mitchell Marsh	c Kohli b Umesh	33	42	3	0	78.57
Steven Smith (c)	c Gurkeerat Singh b Ishant	51	29	4	3	175.86
Glenn Maxwell	c (sub)M Pandey b Ishant	41	20	6	1	205.00
George Bailey	c Rohit b Ishant	10	7	0	0	142.86
James Faulkner	b Umesh	0	1	0	0	0.00
Matthew Wade (wk)	run out (Rohit/Umesh)	0	2	0	0	0.00
John Hastings	not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	13	(b 0, lb 7, w 6, nb 0, p 0)
Total	348	(8 wkts, 50 Ov)
Did not Bat	Kane Richardson, Lyon

Fall of Wickets

187-1 (David Warner, 29.3), 221-2 (Aaron Finch, 37.3), 288-3 (Mitchell Marsh, 44.3), 298-4 (Steven Smith, 45.4), 319-5 (George Bailey, 47.6), 319-6 (James Faulkner, 48.1), 321-7 (Matthew Wade, 48.3), 348-8 (Glenn Maxwell, 49.6)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Umesh Yadav	10	1	67	3	0	2	6.70
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	8	0	69	0	0	0	8.63
Ishant Sharma	10	0	77	4	0	2	7.70
Gurkeerat Singh Mann	3	0	24	0	0	0	8.00
Rishi Dhawan	9	0	53	0	0	1	5.89
Ravindra Jadeja	10	0	51	0	0	1	5.10

Powerplays	Overs	Runs
Mandatory	0.1-10	59

India Innings(49.2)323-10 

Batsman		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma	c M Wade b Kane Richardson	41	25	2	3	164.00
Shikhar Dhawan	c Bailey b J Hastings	126	113	14	2	111.50
Virat Kohli	c S Smith b Kane Richardson	106	92	11	1	115.22
MS Dhoni (c & wk)	c M Wade b J Hastings	0	3	0	0	0.00
Gurkeerat Singh Mann	c (sub)S Marsh b N Lyon	5	6	1	0	83.33
Ravindra Jadeja	not out	24	27	1	0	88.89
Ajinkya Rahane	c S Smith b Kane Richardson	2	3	0	0	66.67
Rishi Dhawan	c Warner b Kane Richardson	9	8	1	0	112.50
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	c S Smith b Kane Richardson	2	6	0	0	33.33
Umesh Yadav	c Bailey b Mitchell Marsh	2	11	0	0	18.18
Ishant Sharma	c M Wade b Mitchell Marsh	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	6	(b 0, lb 0, w 5, nb 1, p 0)
Total	323	(10 wkts, 49.2 Ov)

Fall of Wickets

65-1 (Rohit Sharma, 7.6), 277-2 (Shikhar Dhawan, 37.3), 277-3 (MS Dhoni, 37.6), 278-4 (Virat Kohli, 39.1), 286-5 (Gurkeerat Singh Mann, 40.2), 294-6 (Ajinkya Rahane, 41.5), 308-7 (Rishi Dhawan, 43.6), 311-8 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 45.3), 315-9 (Umesh Yadav, 47.4), 323-10 (Ishant Sharma, 49.2)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Nathan Lyon	10	0	76	1	0	0	7.60
Kane Richardson	10	1	68	5	0	0	6.80
John Hastings	10	0	50	2	1	1	5.00
James Faulkner	7	0	48	0	0	1	6.86
Mitchell Marsh	9.2	0	55	2	0	2	5.89
Glenn Maxwell	1	0	10	0	0	1	10.00
Steven Smith (c)	2	0	16	0	0	0	8.00

Powerplays	Overs	Runs
Mandatory	0.1-10	80