India captain Virat Kohli was happy that the team played with “heart and desire” in the third ODI against Australia in Canberra on Wednesday, despite the series already being decided in favor of the host after the second game. . India successfully defended their 302 total and beat Australia by 13 runs at the Manuka Oval. “We played with heart and desire, and that’s the thing to do in Australia,” said the India captain, praising the crucial partnership between Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja.
“It’s particularly nice that we were under pressure during the first half of our innings and the second half of Australia’s, and we defended ourselves both times,” Kohli said after the game.
“Playing international cricket for 13-14 years, you should be able to come back like we did,” Kohli said.
India won the toss and chose to bat.
After Shikhar Dhawan’s first inning, Kohli rebuilt for India alongside Shubman Gill, who led off batting in place of Mayank Agarwal.
After Gill fell for 33, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul were quick to follow, and both hitters failed to leave a mark.
Kohli continued the fight with Hardik Pandya, but departed for 68, leaving India at 152/5. But Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja created an undefeated partnership of 152 runs to lead India to 302/5 at the end of 50 overs.
“I would have liked to continue a bit longer, but we had a great partnership between Hardik and Jadeja. It was exactly what the team needed to get that momentum, even though we lost the series,” said Kohli, who also became the fastest to score 12,000 ODI runs.
“A guy who made his debut, Shubman came back, that brought us some freshness. I think the field was much better in terms of helping bowlers, so obviously confidence levels go up. We were able to put pressure on Australia for that. “A fact too,” Kohli said, about the change in Sydney conditions, as well as the changes in the Indian team.
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While Shubman Gill replaced Mayank Agarwal, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav and T Natarajan entered the bowling attack, replacing Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Natarajan took two wickets on debut, while Shardul Thakur picked up three scalps. Kuldeep Yadav also picked up a wicket for India.
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