India v/s Australia 5th ODI Match Commentary: Pandey scores maiden ton, pulls off close win
India won the toss and chosen to bowl first.
Welcome to the LIVE coverage of the India v/s Australia 5th ODI. The match takes place at Sydney.
India have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.
India have lost all four ODIs, three after batting first and one after chasing. In the last game, India were 275/1 chasing 348 before being all out for 323. What looked like a certain victory with centuries from Dhawan and Kohli turned out to be yet another loss.
Captain MS Dhoni, who was out for 0, took personal responsibility for the defeat. Nevertheless, India will try their best to salvage some pride today. But they also must win in order to retain the No 2 ODI ranking.
Manish Pandey and Jasprit Bumrah come in for Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
For Australia, Marsh is in for Maxwell, while Boland comes in for Kane Richardson.
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Manish Pandey is the Man of the Match.
"It's always nice batting with Dhoni", says Pandey. Yeah.
He's happy about batting at No 4.
Mark Taylor puts out his hand to shake as Pandey gets the award, but Pandey leaves, and Taylor tries to bring it off as if he was referencing Pandey!
Rohit Sharma is the Man of the Series.
He says it is good to finally win a match.
"We couldn't capitalise on the small moments, we have been talking about this in the dressing room. We wanted to go with a positive frame of mind (today)".
Rohit agrees that he's in the best form of his life.
MS Dhoni is called out, he gets a mixed reaction.
Dhoni won't reference Manish Pandey directly? He waxes lyrical about playing as a team and the problems with the bowling line up.
T20 specialists will come in for the Twenty20 series, says Dhoni.
Mark Taylor doesn't ask Dhoni about his declining batting powers. Bad time?
Steve Smith is on the dais now. He praises Manish Pandey.
Smith is proud of his team's performance in the series.
"More runs", says Smith when asked about what to expect in the T20 series.
The Australian team receives the trophy for winning the Victoria Bitter (VB) ODI series 4-1.
India have pulled off a nail-biting win in Sydney. Manish Pandey is the hero tonight even though India have lost the series 1-4. What a time to make a maiden century and win the game! Pandey walks off with pride, and he has also saved MS Dhoni the blushes.
India win by 6 wickets with just two balls remaining, and just retained their No 2 ODI ranking.
Over 50
Big conference between Dhoni and Pandey in the middle.
Pandey can make a hero of himself tonight. He's on 98 also.
Yorker outside off first ball to Dhoni, he leaves and it's called a wide!
It was inside the line.
12 off 6.
SIX. Dhoni has top edged a six over long off. Low full toss outside off, Dhoni goes over long on, just about clears the fence! Fielder landed inside the fence.
OUT! Dhoni is gone, but Pandey will have strike. For some reason Dhoni tries it again, the ball is wider outside off this time, Dhoni gets more of the bat on it but not enough elevation, and holes out at long off. 34 off 42. India need 6 off 4 balls.
Gurkeerat Singh comes in. Jadeja, surely?
FOUR. That may just be the shot that makes him a hero tonight. Yorker just outside off from Mitchell Marsh, Pandey knows what to do, he plays a perfect flick. Wade dives hard, but its far away from him and races down the hill for four. Century for Pandey.
Two needed off 3. Field coming up. Will Pandey take the bait and go over them?
Pandey gets a half volley outside off, and he lifts it over the infield on the off side, it drops safely and Pandey runs around for two easily, India have won. India 331/4 after 49.4 overs.
India have pulled off a nail-biting win in Sydney. Manish Pandey is the hero tonight even though India have lost the series 1-4. What a time to make a maiden century and win the game! Pandey walks off with pride, and he has also saved MS Dhoni the blushes.
India win by 6 wickets with just two balls remaining, and just retained their No 2 ODI ranking.
Over 49
Single off the first ball, 21 needed off 11. Dhoni is 26 off 38.
Pandey slogs the ball to deep midwicket for one.
The slower balls are working for Australia.
Dhoni tries a cute sweep around the corner, gets two.
Single, miscued to point. 17 needed off 8.
Pandey down the track, scoops the ball over backward point, fumble on the fence but Dhoni declines the third.
Two to square leg, India 318/3 after 49 overs, 13 needed off the last over.
Over 48
Dhoni slogs down the ground for one.
FOUR. Wide yorker, or a near yorker, and Pandey desperately gets a touch on it. The ball flies to the third man fence.
Shory and slow, Pandey can get just one off a mishit to the off side.
Very quick double by Pandey and Dhoni, Dhoni failed to get the elevation after advancing down the track.
FOUR. Finally Dhoni finds the fence, half volley well outside off and Dhoni slugs it hard down the ground for four.
23 off 13.
Inside edge by Dhoni, single to backward square leg. India need 22 off 12 balls.
Over 47
Dhoni is 17 off 32. Match losing innings so far.
Faulkner is back.
Off the pad as Dhoni tries to flick, and Wade takes it, makes a big appeal, not given. They run a single amidst the confusion.
Low full toss, Pandey runs a very quick two to long on.
Bashed down the ground, straight down, but he still cannot find the fence, two runs.
Last boundary came in the 41st over.
Pandey hits a low full toss straight to midwicket.
Slower ball, Pandey tries to slog, misses, and ball just misses off stump.
No run off the last ball, 5 off the over, India 296/3. 35 needed off 18 balls.
Over 46
Mitchell Marsh comes on. 7-0-45-0.
Widish ball, Dhoni leaves and looks at the umpire, who won't give it a wide.
Down the track, Dhoni tries to hit the ball into New Zealand, huge leading edge flies behind the keeper but lands in front of third man.
Four, that was supposed to be four. Pandey went over cow corner, and if it hadn't been for some brilliant fielding right on the fence by Smith, that was four runs.
Another dot ball now, 43 needed off 26.
Wide given, it was a yorker but touch too wide outside off, crowd boos.
Pandey tries to go over deep extra cover, gets a top edge that once again falls in front of third man.
India need 40 off 24 balls.
Over 45
Flicked to square leg for one. 51 off 35.
Full toss on leg stump and Dhoni hits straight to short fine leg for one.
Change of pace, Pandey slogs the ball to deep cover for one.
Huge appeal, ball raps Dhoni's pad as he tries a flick, looked close. Did it pitch outside leg?
No, that was out. Plumb.
Pandey advances, can't get power or elevation, hits to extra cover, and Bailey dives but it's out of his reach.
Very quick single by Dhoni, a direct hit by Smith and Dhoni would have been gone. India 284/3 after 45.
Over 44
Dhoni gets a single to deep cover and refuses a second.
Crashed to wide long off for one.
Wide yorker outside off, Dhoni can only get a single.
Driven into the deep for two by Manish Pandey. 53 needed off 37.
Single down the ground, India 279/3.
Over 43
Dhoni's taken off his helmet, but he only gets a single to the on side.
Pandey tries to go downtown, but can't find the elevation, just one to long on.
Dhoni tries to go over wide long on, gets the timing but not placement or elevation, and Pandey runs back for a quick two.
Single off the last ball, India 273/3 after 43 overs.
Over 42
74 needed off 54 as Dhoni is 7 off 21.
Dropped. Dhoni almost throws it away now. Short and Dhoni goes for maximum over wide long on, Shaun is right in place, he then drops a sitter!
Manish Pandey cuts hard through point for two. Point got a hand on it else it was four.
He tries it again and this time straight to point.
FOUR. Great shot, Pandey is trying his best. Down the track, creams the ball past a diving extra cover and into the fence.
Cut fine for two, India 266/3 after 42 overs. 65 needed off 48 balls.
Over 40
Boland is now bowling. 3 overs left for him.
Dhoni takes a couple of steps forward and tries to flick to the on side, ball hits him on the front pad but the appeal is turned down.
No timing from Dhoni again, 5 off 15 balls.
Single to sweeper cover.
Just two off the over, India 254/3 after 40 overs.
Over 39
Australia's best bowler, John Hastings, is into his last over.
FOUR. Short and wide from Hastings, too short, Pandey jumps and places it well over point and wide of third man for four.
India 252/3 after 39 overs.
Over 38
Dhoni has yet to cross 23 in the series. Now he's on 3 off 9.
India have got 3 singles off four balls so far.
Single, India 246/3, 12 overs left.
Over 37
Manish Pandey hoicks the ball over extra cover, bad timing, but the couple allows him to get a fifty off 38 balls. Well done.
Now he plays a short ball into the ground on the on side and India run two more.
Single to third man, 53 off 40. India need 90 off 80 now.
7 off the over in 5 balls.
Misfield allows an easy single, India 242/3 after 37 overs.
Over 35
FOUR. Slower ball outside off, slightly short, and Rohit careens it for four through cover point to go to 97.
Shaun Marsh was the guilty party on the dropped catch.
Two to sweeper cover gets Rohit to 99.
Short by Hastings, Rohit ducks, Hastings stares.
OUT! Rohit has been given out for 99!
Rohit looked to run the ball down to third man, and missed the flick. Wade collected it and appealed, probably just to intimidate Rohit. The umpire took a long time and then raised his finger. Rohit is shocked. India 231/3.
MS Dhoni comes in.
Rapped on the pads, ball comes in sharply, and a big appeal. This time it looked out and the umpire refused to give. India 231/3 after 35 overs.
Over 34
Rohit Sharma is on 4997 ODI runs.
Single to long on makes it 4998.
Rohit looks to run it down to third man for four delicately, and misses.
Cut away wide of third man for two, and Rohit has 5000 ODI runs.
DROPPED. Rohit has been dropped on 91. He went for a pick up shot over the off side, miscued it and the ball came down between the infielder and the sweeper cover. Both went for it, and sweeper cover eventually dropped a sitter.
India 225/2 after 34.
Over 33
Manish Pandey runs a very quick single, the ball comes in fast and Pandey dives in at the striker's end to just make it. Third ump was called in.
SIX. Revenge. Down the track, takes Lyon on the full and lifts him over extra cover for a six.
Single off the last ball, 11 off the over, India 220/2 after 33 overs.
Over 32
Rohit saws a full ball over extra cover, who tried his level best to catch it. Two runs. It was the slower ball.
Now he misses with the cut outside off.
5 runs off the over, India 209/2 after 32.
Over 31
FOUR. Weird looking pull by Pandey, especially the finish. Like a pull converted into a Dhoni helicopter shot. But he gets the reward, a boundary to deep square leg.
FOUR. Rohit knows the straight fielders are up. Half volley on middle, Rohit goes clean over mid on, and once bounce for four.
Now Rohit hits a controlled shot in the air and gets one.
India 204/2 after 31 overs.
Over 30
FOUR. Here's the Rohit shot. Short and angling away from around the wicket, Rohit opens up his stance, gives room and slams the ball over wide mid off for four.
Misfield allows Rohit one off the fifth ball.
9 off the over, India 192/2.
Over 27
FOUR. Great shot by Pandey, down the track, Lyon bowls flatter and Pandey crashes him through extra cover for four.
Rohit beats square leg again with the hard sweep, but Shaun Marsh sprawls out to stop the ball really well on the fence. Just two.
10 off the over, India 173/2 after 27 overs.
Over 26
India content on rebuilding and finding the gaps for the moment.
4 off the over so far in 5 balls.
4 off the over, India 163/2 after 26 overs.
Over 25
FOUR. Manish Pandey finally gets the sweep shot right. Big stride forth and the ump who injured his leg has to move out of the quickly so that Pandeyji can get his boundary.
India 159/2 after 25 overs.
Over 24
Boland is the new bowler.
SIX. Rohit thought he had holed out. Short ball, Rohit played a front foot pull shot over mid on. He went through with it though he was slightly late on it. Then he turned back as if to castigate himself. But the ball flew over the fence and a fan in a white hat dropped it.
India 152/2 after 24.
Over 23
Rohit is looking just a little less sure now, and the Aussies' tail is up.
Rohit now has a silly waft outside off stump and finds air. India are getting into a hole.
Thick outside edge from Rohit as he looks to break free. Temperament needed.
FOUR. DROPPED. That might have been it for Rohit, flashed outside off stump with no feet, flies just over first slip who gets a hand to it. India 145/2 after 23 overs.
Over 21
OUT! Virat Kohli is gone, it's again the troubling line outside off, and Kohli goes for the drive and gets the edge to Wade. Australia suddenly back in the game. Even stevens now.
India 134/2.
Manish Pandey comes in. Great opportunity for him to prove himself.
Australia can make up for India's good runrate here. Manish Pandey will take a while to adjust.
India 134/2 after 21 overs.
Over 20
FOUR. Beautiful cover drive by Kohli, beats cover and then the sweeper on the fence for four.
Now the same shot but on the backfoot, and Kohli gets two.
Kohli has reached 1000 runs against Australia.
Single to third man. India 134/1 after 20 overs.
Over 19
FOUR. On the hips and Dhawan turns it to fine leg fence for four.
OUT! Replay of the World Cup semifinal? Dhawan dances down the pitch, ball dropped short, Dhawan tries to go big over deep point, but a superb catch in the deep gets rid of him. India 123/1.
Virat Kohli has come in. As courageous as Dhawan was, was that a wicket thrown away?
DEAD BALL. Sad for Kohli. He played the perfect flick over the keeper's head. But it hit the spider cam - and went for four!
Wide ball for height now. All things have happened in this over.
Again, he may be warned. Some poor tactics here from the bowler.
Single off the last ball, India 127/1 after 19 overs.
Over 18
FOUR. Short ball, down the track goes Dhawan, and then adjusts to scoop it over third man for four! Goodness.
Mitchell Marsh in the new bowler.
Dhawan is 74 off 54.
Rohit is now focussed just on keeping the scoreboard moving through singles and twos.
Now a flash outside off by Rohit and the ball bounces a bit higher, no connection.
India 119/0 after 18 overs.
Over 17
Dhawan advances down the pitch again but he can't time it well enough to get it past mid on. One run.
India are unable to get Lyon to bowl the length they want, so far.
Hard sweep by Rohit but Finch fields well at square leg.
Oh, bounce and turn, surprises Rohit but he makes good adjustment to get a single down the ground.
FOUR. What a shot. Not a bad ball, good length outside off, just outside and Dhawan surgically places it between point and gully for four.
Lucky! Dhawan tries to slog sweep Lyon into oblivion, but the ball takes the top edge. Flies behind the keeper for one.
Over 15
India are playing Lyon with some caution right now.
Dhawan advances early, Lyon drags it down but Dhawan gets a single to deep cover.
Four singles off the over, India 97/0 after 15.
Over 14
James Faulkner continues.
FOUR. Rohit again flicks the ball wide of mid on, and the umpires have got to check whether it was four. Some decent relay work on the fence. Ya Bailey was touching the ropes when he stopped the ball.
Driven to short cover for no run, India 93/0.
Over 13
Nathan Lyon comes on.
Dhawan on 49. Still.
SIX. He took some time, but he brought it up in nonchalantly regal fashion. He sweeps Lyon easily over deep square leg for six. 55 off 42.
Single now to give Rohit the strike, who gets two.
10 off the over, India 88/0.
Over 12
FOUR. Rohit drives on the up, wide of a diving mid off for four. Beautiful.
Now a single, and Dhawan is on 49.
Dhawan can't get his fifty off the last two balls. 78/0 after 12.
Over 11
India have made 68 in 10 overs for no wicket.
Width again but Dhawan cuts to the deep once again for one. Moves to 49.
Single to Rohit, 5 runs off the over. India 73/0 after 11.
Over 9
SIX. Full on middle and Dhawan brutalises it, sweetly, over deep square leg for six.
FOUR. Brilliance. Full outside off, just outside off, but Dhawan times it sweetly down the ground for four. Perfect straight drive.
Wide and full outside off and Dhawan drives to sweeper cover for one.
13 runs off the over, India 65/0.
Over 8
FOUR. Pitched up, perfect on drive by Rohit for four.
FOUR. And again. This was just a little more uppish but same result in the same place. Boland is being thrashed.
FOUR. Dhawan takes the risk and it just pays off. Length on middle and off and Dhawan flicks the ball over deep square leg. Shaun Marsh was way inside the boundary, if he had been farther back it was a simple catch.
India 52/0 after 8 overs.
Over 7
FOUR. Classic Dhawan pull again, dismissed from sight, picture perfect shot.
FOUR. Down the track, Dhawan this time goes over the infield on the off side, and gets a boundary.
India 39/0 after 7 overs.
Over 6
FOUR. Classic Dhawan shot. Down the wicket, shortish ball outside off and Dhawan beats point and cover for four.
Oh, Dhawan has an almighty pull, the ball takes the edge off something and flies just short of third man for two.
7 off the over, India 27/0
Over 5
FOUR. Front foot square drive from Rohit for four. Classic.
Dhawan gives room but the ball is short and close to him, so he cuts just to point.
Dhawan flicks the ball to deep square leg for one. India 20/0 after 5 overs.
Over 3
Oh, late swing for Boland, and Dhawan misses with a loose drive. Good line and length too.
Short and wide this time, but swings away again and again Dhawan cannot connect.
Now Boland brings the ball back in and Dhawan turns it to the on side for two.
Shade of impatience from Dhawan, takes two steps down and tries to hit the ball into next week, misses.
Good shot. Played through wide mid on for two.
Played into the covers for no run. India 12/0 after 4.
Over 3
Sedate start by India, no boundaries yet. 7 off 16 balls.
Now an inside edge from Dhawan gets a single to the on side.
India 8/0.
Over 2
Beaten. Dhawan is beaten outside off as he plays without feet.
Now Rohit drives outside off and misses. India 3/0 after 2 overs.
Over 1
Rohit Sharma takes a quick single off the second ball.
Two off the first over. India 2/0 after 1 over.
Over 50
Tough single by Hastings as Dhoni misfields.
Swing and a miss. Short from Ishant but no width and anxious Marsh misses. Very un-Australian.
Two to Mitchell Marsh through square leg, and it's a hundred for Marsh. His 1st ODI century.
Oh. No room again from Ishant, and Marsh swings across the line and the ball hits the groin.
And it happens again.
Yorker, single to the on side, they cannot get back for two. Just 4 off the last over by Ishant, terrific over. He finishes with 10-0-61-2, better than it even looks.
Australia finish on 330/7, a commanding total, but they could have got a few more in the final overs. VVS Laxman called it a par score when Australia were 198 in 33 overs.
Over 49
OUT! James Faulkner is bowled. Perfect ball by Jasprit Bumrah, swings in, yorker length and crashes into off stumps. 2-37 off 9.1 overs.
Hastings comes out to the middle.
Yorker to Marsh, single to long on, won't get the two needed for his century.
Quick single by Hastings into the off side.
Great bowling by Bumrah, yorker outside off, Marsh hits straight back at him.
Low full toss on middle, Marsh tries to get it past mid on but fails. Great debut for Bumrah. 10 overs, 40 runs, 2 wickets.
Australia 326/7 after 49.
Over 48
Inexplicably, Umesh Yadav is going to bowl an eighth over.
SIX. Yeah Umesh, bowl to me in my street, I'll get the half-century I have been yearning for for a decade. Length on middle, out-of-form Wade slams it brutally over deep square leg for six.
OUT. Wide and full, Wade goes after it hard, and Dhoni takes a neat catch off the edge. Umesh has a wicket to show for all the brutality he's endured.
Australia score 10 runs off the over, and it's Umesh's best. Australia 323/6 off 48 overs.
Over 47
Ishant Sharma in his 9th over.
Slower short ball, Wade pulls hard and over square leg for a well-run three. He's made 29.
India's bowlers have historically known how to get opposition batsmen back in form.
FOUR. Length ball on off, Marsh slugs it down the ground for four. Onto 93.
Hahaha. Low full toss by Ishant, smacked hard down the ground, hits Ishant's boot while his run up is still not over. It then shoots up in the air and lands in no man's land. 1 run.
11 off the over, Australia 313/5 after 47.
Over 46
Rishi Dhawan in his last over.
FOUR. Four good balls followed by a short and wide ball. Marsh smashes the cover off the ball, through cover point for four in a flash.
Single off the last over, 300 up for Australia this over. Australia 302/5.