Australia and India met for the third and final ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, October 25.
India won the match by nine wickets after a century partnership between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. However, the home team secured the series 2–1.
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Australia vs India, 3rd ODI: Live score updates
3:42 pm: And that's it! Kohli smashes a ramped four off Ellis and India chase down 236 with ease, winning by 9 wickets. Rohit and Kohli share a celebratory hug!
3:15 pm: Century for Rohit! His 33rd ODI hundred, calmly punched down to long-off. A brilliant innings under pressure, and the SCG applauds loudly. IND 200/1
3:00 pm: Fifty for Kohli! His 75th in ODIs. What a comeback after two ducks earlier in the series. The SCG crowd rises to applaud a classic Kohli knock. IND 168/1
2:30 pm: Fifty for Rohit! The Indian skipper brings up his 60th ODI half-century with a flick off the pads. Calm and classy — he looks set for a big one. IND 119/1
1:45 pm: Wicket! Gill edges one behind off Hazlewood after a solid start. Carey takes a good catch and Australia strikes! IND 69/1
1:00 pm: Chase begins! Rohit and Gill open for India. Starc starts with two slips in place. 236 to win.
12:26 pm: All out! Harshit Rana finishes with four wickets as Hazlewood is bowled by a pinpoint yorker. Australia bundled out for 236!
12:23 pm: Connolly falls! Harshit Rana strikes again with a clever slower ball — Connolly skies it to Kohli at long-off. AUS 236/9
12:07 pm: Another for India! Ellis flicks a slower one straight to Rohit at mid-wicket. Prasidh joins the wicket column. AUS 223/8
11:48 am: Bowled him! Kuldeep gets Starc with a beauty that skids through and hits leg stump. Australia seven down now. AUS 201/7
11:43 am: Wicket! Harshit Rana picks his second of the day. Bowls the chest high heavy ball on the short length as Mitchell Owen edges it to Rohit in the slips. Owen 1(4); AUS 199/6.
11:38 am: Wicket! Sundar traps the well-set Matt Renshaw lbw at 56(58). AUS 195/5.
11:30 am: Wicket! Shreyas Iyer pulls off a stunner while running backwards to dismiss Alex Carey off Harshit Rana, who mis-hits one over the backward point. Carey 24(37); AUS 183/4.
11:25 am: Fifty! Maiden ODI fifty for Matt Renshaw.
10:42 am: Wicket! Kohli takes a sharp catch off Washington Sundar to dismiss the hero from the last ODI after Matt Short tried to pull the spinner off the length delivery. Short 30(41); AUS 124/3.
10:14 am: Wicket! Axar Patel attacks the stumps with a length delivery and dismantles Mitch Marsh's off-stump with an angle. Marsh 41(50); AUS 88/2.
9:46 am: Wicket! Siraj dismisses Head, who tried to cut the ball through third-man region but hits it straight to Krishna. Siraj breaks the opening stand of 61 runs in the last over of the powerplay. Head 29(25); AUS 61/1 (9.2)
8:30 am: Toss! Mitchell Marsh has won the toss for Australia and they will bat first in the final ODI in Sydney. 18th consecutive ODI toss lost for India.
Nathan Ellis returns for Xavier Bartlett for Australia. Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna are in for India in place of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Arshdeep Singh.
The match will begin at 9 am (IST).
Australia vs India, 3rd ODI: Live score updates
The match is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM IST, with the toss set to take place at 8:30 AM IST.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the third ODI between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney.
Australia vs India, 3rd ODI: Betting Odds
According to Dafabet, India is the favourite to win this match.
| Odds* (click here to bet) | |
| Australia | NA |
| India | NA |
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Australia vs India, 3rd ODI: Confirmed XI
Australia (Predicted playing XI): Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Nathan Ellis, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
India (Predicted playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj.
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