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Ist ODI PIX: India ride on Jadhav, Dhoni fifties to beat Aus by 6 wickets

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Last updated on: March 02, 2019 22:14 IST
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IMAGES from the 1st ODI played between India and Australia at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday

India's Kedar Jadhav was named man-of-the-match for his 81 not out off 87 balls

 

IMAGE: India's Kedar Jadhav was named man-of-the-match for his 81 not out off 87 balls. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

A cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni joined a smart Kedar Jadhav's to help India go past Australia and win the first ODI by six wickets in Hyderabad Saturday.

 

Chasing 237 for victory, India reached the target in 48.2 overs, after a 141-run unconquered stand between Jadhav (81 no, 87 balls) and Dhoni (59 no off 72 balls)

India take a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.

Rohit Sharma stops the ball from rolling towards the stumps 

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma stops the ball from rolling towards the stumps. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

India made heavy weather of an easy target on a slowish wicket.

Dhoni was once again unable to rotate the strike at the start of his innings and the onus was on Jadhav to hit the boundaries after they joined hands at 99 for four with skipper Virat Kohli (44, 45 balls) and his deputy Rohit Sharma (37, 66 balls) back in the hut.

Nathan Coulter-Nile celebrates with his Australian teammates after dismissing Shikhar Dhawan 

IMAGE: Nathan Coulter-Nile celebrates with his Australian teammates after dismissing Shikhar Dhawan. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

While Dhoni hit six fours and a six off Nathan Coulter-Nile, it was the diminutive Jadhav, who did the hard yards of finding the gaps.

Be it the inside out boundaries off Adam Zampa or those cheeky tennis ball dabs off his hips or a steer through the third man, Kedar was everything that Dhoni needed in those middle overs. 

Mahendra Singh Dhoni bats en route his 71st half-century 

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni bats en route his 71st half-century. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

On the way to his fifth half-century, Kedar hit nine fours and a six as he upped the ante once Dhoni started suffering from cramps, getting those big shots out of the closet.

Dhoni completed his 71st half-century in his 339th ODI and fittingly finished the game with successive boundaries off Marcus Stoinis to take India across the finish line.

 India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after dismissing Australia's Aaron Finch

IMAGE: India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after dismissing Australia's Aaron Finch. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Indian bowlers controlled the proceedings like seasoned puppeteers pulling strings at will to restrict Australia to a sub-par 236 for 7 in the first ODI in Hyderabad on Saturday.

The bowler maintained discipline for the better part of the 50 overs with Mohammed Shami (2/44 in 10 overs) showing the way. Kuldeep Yadav (2/46 in 10 overs), Ravindra Jadeja (0/33 in 10 overs)  and Kedar Jadhav (1/31) made up for a rare off-day by Jasprit Bumrah (2/60 in 10 overs), that too, by his standards.

Usman Khawaja (50) and Glenn Maxwell (40) -- the top two contributors for Australia -- weren't exactly comfortable against an Indian attack that bowled as many as 169 dot balls.

What the statistics won't reveal is the contribution of Jadhav as the sixth bowler and Jadeja, who stifled the Aussies during the second Powerplay.

This was after Shami bowled a brilliant wicketless first spell which was seen off by Marcus Stoinis (37 off 53 balls) and Khawaja (50 off 76 balls), who added 87 runs for the second wicket after early dismissal of Aaron Finch.

Australia's Marcus Stoinis and Usman Khawaja run between the wickets while stitching up a 87-run partnership 

IMAGE: Australia's Marcus Stoinis and Usman Khawaja run between the wickets while stitching up a 87-run partnership. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

It was Khawaja, who was first to break the shackles with a cover drive off Bumrah and a six off Kuldeep, introduced in the last over of the first Powerplay.

With only 38 runs coming in the first Powerplay, the duo, especially Stoinis, decided to up the ante against Vijay Shankar (0/22 in 3 overs), hitting him for a flurry of boundaries.

In the next five overs, Australia scored 33 and looked like regaining ground when Jadhav (1/31 from 7 overs) got a lucky breakthrough with a rank half-tracker. Stoinis mistimed the pull shot to Virat Kohli at mid-wicket.

Australia's Peter Handscomb is stumped by India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni 

IMAGE: Australia's Peter Handscomb is stumped by India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Khawaja completed his sixth half-century in ODIs but couldn't get the elevation while giving Kuldeep the charge. Shankar took a well-judged catch at the deep mid-wicket boundary running sideways.

Maxwell joined Peter Handscomb at 97 for three and the duo farmed the strike well during their run-a-ball partnership.

Handscomb used his feet well but Kuldeep managed to produce a classical chinaman's delivery. Handscomb was deceived twice – first in the air and then it came back sharply for Dhoni to complete the easiest of stumpings.

Once Handscomb was out, India controlled the second Powerplay with Kedar and Jadeja choking the run-flow.

India's Mohammed Shami celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Australia's Glenn Maxwell 

IMAGE: India's Mohammed Shami celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Australia's Glenn Maxwell. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Despite not getting wickets, Jadeja bowled two miserly spells – 5-0-15-0 and 5-0-18-0. To top it, he was hit for only two boundaries, and bowled 34 dot balls.

It was a tough period to bat as Maxwell and debutant Ashton Turner (21) found out during their 36-run stand for the fifth wicket before Shami got his reward in his second spell, removing both of them.

Nathan Coulter-Nile and Alex Carey then took Australia to 236 after a tough time in the middle.

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