India pull off narrow win in thrilling Australia ODI

NAGPUR: India pulled off an eight-run victory in a low-scoring thriller after all-rounder Vijay Shankar picked two wickets in the final over of the second One-day International against Australia on Tuesday.The Australians needed 11 runs from the last over with two wickets in hand but Shankar, playing only his sixth ODI, kept his nerves to pick a wicket off his first and third balls in the day-night game in Nagpur.Skipper Virat Kohli, who struck 116 in India’s modest total of 250, asked Shankar to bowl the final over ahead of the regular Kedar Jadhav, and he was rewarded amply for his move.The Aussies were bowled out for 242 off 49.3 overs with Marcus Stoinis top-scoring with 52.India, who registered their 500th win in one-day internationals, now lead the five-match series 2-0.The visitors were off to a steady start with openers Aaron Finch (37) and Usman Khawaja (38) putting on 83 runs before being dismissed in successive overs.Glenn Maxwell (18) saw his stumps being uprooted after a ball from Kuldeep Yadav sneaked from under his bat.Handscomb, who made 48 off 59 balls, tried to take a risky single but Ravindra Jadeja made no mistake in hitting the stumps.A double-strike by Jasprit Bumrah (2-29) turned the game around for the Indians who ensured there was no let-up in the pressure on the visitors.Earlier Kohli smashed his 40th century on a challenging pitch that seemed to aid bowlers.Kohli hit 10 fours in his 120-ball knock and held anchor after Finch had elected to bat.The Indians got off to a rocky start, losing openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan (21) early in the innings.Sharma (0) top-edged off Adam Zampa and Dhawan (21) was given out leg before wicket after Australia’s appeal was upheld on review.India had no such luck as Ambati Rayudu’s decision to appeal against the on-field umpire’s lbw decision was turned down, the hosts reduced to a shaky 75-3. Kohli went for the counter-attack, hitting two fours off the last two balls of the 18th over by Zampa to underline his top form.Australia won tossIndiaR Sharma c Zampa b Cummins 0S Dhawan lbw b Maxwell 21*V Kohli c Stoinis b Cummins 116A Rayudu lbw b Lyon 18V Shankar run out 46K Jadhav c Finch b Zampa 11†MS Dhoni c Khawaja b Zampa 0R Jadeja c Khawaja b Cummins 21K Yadav b Cummins 3M Shami not out 2J Bumrah b Coulter-Nile 0Extras (b1, lb7, w4) 12Total (all out; 48.2 overs) 250Fall: 1-0, 2-38, 3-75, 4-156, 5-171, 6-171, 7-238, 8-248, 9-249, 10-250Bowling: Cummins 9-2-29-4, Coulter-Nile 8.2-0-52-1, Maxwell 10-0-45-1, Zampa 10-0-62-2, Lyon 10-0-42-1, Stoinis 1-0-12-0.Australia*A Finch lbw b Yadav 37U Khawaja c Kohli b Jadhav 38S Marsh c Dhoni b Jadeja 16P Handscomb run out 48G Maxwell b Yadav 4M Stoinis lbw b Shankar 52†A Carey b Yadav 22N Coulter-Nile b Bumrah 4P Cummins c Dhoni b Bumrah 0N Lyon not out 6A Zampa b Shankar 2Extras (lb 3, w10) 13Total (all out; 49.3 overs) 242Fall: 1-83, 2-83, 3-122, 4-132, 5-171, 6-218, 7-223, 8-223, 9-240, 10-242Bowling: Shami 10-0-60-0, Bumrah 10-0-29-2, Jadeja 10-0-48-1, Shankar 1.3-0-15-2, Yadav 10-0-54-3, Jadhav 8-0-33-1Result: India won by 8 runsMan of the Match: Virat Kohli (India)Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka). TV Umpire: Joel Wilson (West Indies). Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

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