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India 6 for 270 (Gambhir 92, Dhoni 44*) beat Australia 8 for 269 (Hussey 72, Forrest 66) by four wickets

India's chase was anchored by Gautam Gambhir's fluent 92

A supremely calm MS Dhoni guided India to victory, with two balls to spare, over a sluggish Australia in the ODI at Adelaide Oval.


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Warner	run out (Sharma/Vinay Kumar)	18	24	2	0	75.00
RT Ponting	c Kohli b Vinay Kumar	6	14	1	0	42.85
MJ Clarke*	b Yadav	38	43	5	0	88.37
PJ Forrest	c Vinay Kumar b Yadav	66	83	5	2	79.51
DJ Hussey	c Sehwag b Khan	72	76	5	0	94.73
DT Christian	run out (Jadeja/†Dhoni)	39	36	2	0	108.33
MS Wade†	b Vinay Kumar	16	18	1	0	88.88
RJ Harris	not out	2	4	0	0	50.00
CJ McKay	run out (†Dhoni/Vinay Kumar)	3	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 4, nb 1)	9

Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	269	(5.38 runs per over)

Did not bat MA Starc, XJ Doherty

Fall of wickets 1-14 (Ponting, 3.1 ov), 2-53 (Warner, 9.3 ov), 3-81 (Clarke, 17.5 ov), 4-179 (Forrest, 35.3 ov), 5-235 (Hussey, 44.2 ov), 6-254 (Christian, 47.4 ov), 7-265 (Wade, 49.2 ov), 8-269 (McKay, 49.6 ov)


India innings (target: 270 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b McKay	92	111	7	0	82.88
V Sehwag	c Hussey b McKay	20	21	3	0	95.23
V Kohli	c Forrest b McKay	18	28	1	0	64.28
RG Sharma	c Starc b Harris	33	41	1	1	80.48
SK Raina	b Doherty	38	30	3	1	126.66
MS Dhoni*†	not out	44	58	0	1	75.86
RA Jadeja	c Ponting b Doherty	12	8	0	0	150.00
R Ashwin	not out	1	2	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 9, nb 1)	12

Total	(6 wickets; 49.4 overs)	270	(5.43 runs per over)

Did not bat R Vinay Kumar, Z Khan, U Yadav

Fall of wickets 1-52 (Sehwag, 9.1 ov), 2-90 (Kohli, 18.1 ov), 3-166 (Sharma, 32.2 ov), 4-178 (Gambhir, 34.1 ov), 5-239 (Raina, 46.1 ov), 6-257 (Jadeja, 48.4 ov)

Sunday 12 February 2012