Hilfenhaus and Lee seal bonus-point win
Brett Lee and Ben Hilfenhaus splintered India's top order, leaving MS Dhoni to attempt a salvage operation, as the visitors reached 5 for 89 in pursuit of a distant 289 to win after 25 overs
Brett Lee and Ben Hilfenhaus splintered India's top order, leaving MS Dhoni to attempt a salvage operation, as the visitors reached 5 for 89 in pursuit of a distant 289 to win after 25 overs
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Kanishkaa Balachandran
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Dhoni: The breakthroughs put pressure on us. People often think about the asking rate. The two new balls make it a bit difficult so you have to respect that early on. It gets a bit easier to hit in the middle overs. Our bowlers were affected by the heat, they were cramping so it affected their execution."
Hilfenhaus is the Man of the Match: "The new white ball swings a lot and I like it for sure. I couldn't get Sachin through the Test series so I had to get him sometime."
Ponting: I thought out score was just above par. The Indians didn't hit that many boundaries so we were fantastic. We've turned the momentum back our way. We knew the pitch would offer a bit more at night. Great for Brett the way he bowled."
The debate over India's rotation will continue before their next match on Tuesday.
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End of match: Australia move to the top of the table, thanks in no small way to a lackluster performance by India. They now move to the top of the table. Anything above 260 was always going to intimidate India, going by the last few chases, so Australia practically won this game when they stepped out for the second innings. Lee and Hilfenhaus had the better of the bowling conditions and ensured the Indian top order didn't turn things around.
Z Khan c †Wade b Hilfenhaus 9 (14m 11b 2x4 0x6) SR: 81.81
Both have been through almost everything in their ODI careers, and still love it enough to fight for it, something they are not accustomed to. It will be fascinating to watch how they come out of the rest of the triangular
MS Dhoni has said the team will lose out on about 20 runs in the field if all three of Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag are played together
MS Dhoni has been suspended for one ODI and India fined for the team's second over-rate breach in ODIs in less than a year
Ben Hilfenhaus was never a regular in Australia's one-day setup. But after his maiden five-wicket haul against India at the Gabba, he might well be taken more seriously by the selectors, at least in the near furture
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