Virat Kohli led India clinched the victory and made the series win with 4-1 in ODI’s. Rohit Sharma’s 125 with Ajinkya Rahane’s 61 built a path for Indian victory. Australians who didn’t impress with their batting scored just 242/9 in 50 overs. Indian openers cake-walked the target and Kedar, Manish Pandey finished it off for India. Hardik Pandya was named as the Man of the series and with this win, India have also retained their No. 1 ODI ranking, after a momentary slip.
Smith, Australia captain: Probably a 300 wicket. One of our top four needed to make a big score. Lost wickets in clumps again. Have a few things to look at to try and improve and gain the consistent performances we’re after. Just need to get the right balance of the way we want to play and get consistent performances.
We’ve been outplayed and deserve to lose 4-1. A lot of our players have played a lot of cricket in India, can’t use that as an excuse. Still got to try and keep a positive frame of mind. India are a very good cricket team, they’ve got a very good balance. We have six or so days until the 3-match T20I series. We’d like to go home with a trophy.
Kohli, India captain: It feels good. It was a really convincing series win for us. Ticked all boxes. We were put under pressure many times and we came back four times to win four games. Happy with the way the team played. We repeated the way we played against Sri Lanka, proud of that. Shows the quality of the side, regardless of the opposition.
It’s become second nature for them (to win games), the management plays a massive part in motivating the players when we need to find motivation after being 3-0 up in the series. We had a chance to retain the No. 1 spot and we ended up doing well. Bhuvi and Bumrah have been outstanding for us, have been a class apart. Whenever the game has slipped away, they’ve pulled it back nicely. Hardik Pandya has been the biggest positive. Good headaches regarding selection, you don’t mind that. These guys have made it possible by their hard work. That makes my job as a captain very easy.
Be it finishing or Keeping, MS Dhoni never fails to impress the spectators. This Indian senior player just proves age is just a number with his super fast atheltic skills. Yet again, he showed off his super fast reflexes in 5th ODI against Australia in Nagpur.
During the 36th over by Kuldeep Yadav, MS Dhoni showed up his Keeping skills. The chinaman left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s ball spinned and bounced but Dhoni didn’t lose his focus. The ball confused Asutralian Batsman Head who seemed to be in good touch at that time.
Commentators left speechless after watching MS Dhoni’s acrobatic skills. Watch the video here
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