
While it appeared that the target of 230 could prove a challenging one, it was incredible for India to have found a glorious partnership to counter the early loss, handing Australia their second loss on the trot.
In a moment of crisis, Yuvraj Singh and Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, pulled off a near miracle with a record 148 run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Chasing the target on an ambiguous pitch at the Feroze Shah Kotla in New Delhi, the Indian team found themselves in trouble at three down for fifty-three in the sixteenth over after Sachin Tendulkar departed for thirty-two runs via a run out by Mitchell Johnson who also took the key wicket of Virender Sehwag.
But thereafter the duo’s partnership lasted until the forty-fourth over by which time it had become hard for Australia to deny India a win in the third ODI of the seven match India Australia ODI series.
Yuvraj’s seventy-six was complemented by Dhoni’s seventy-one, the latter’s second important knock in successive matches as India now lead the series 2-1 with the fourth ODI slated for Monday at Mohali.
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