The 4th onedayer in the 5 match series-India vs Australia

The series between Australia & India is on a challenging mode after Australia won the match at Ranchi on 8 th of March 2019. India leading 2-1,the 4th onedayer is of a challenging nature India needing a win to claim the series and Australia to level it with a view to wining it on 13th March in the decider ifbthe win today. This makes the series more challenging for bothbthe teams. India retained the team minus DHONI who allowed rest while Rishab Pant replaced him behind the stumps with gloves. Australia retained their winning combination of 10 th March at Ranchi. The weather being sunny ,the game began on time. The toss which was vital today won by Virat Kohli and promptly elected to bat at ISBindra Stadium MOHALI in Punjab. The openers for a change began playing cautiously.Rohit Sharma kept the vigil while Shikar Dhavan adopted aggressive role to keep score card moving rapidly unlike previous games. In 22 overs both kept he scorechealthy with 130/0 with Dhavan 78 with 10 fours and i six while Rohit Sharma remained on 50 with 1 six and 3?fours. In the 31st over Rohit Sharma was caught by Handscomb b Richardson five runs short of 100 from 92 balls.(7 Fours and 2 sixes).the score atvthis stagecwas 193/1 The game progressed after LokeshvRahul joined Dhavan in the middle.On completion ofv36 overs the score board showed Board showed 233/1. the further progress of the match is crucial for India . The present trend of 254/2 in 37.4 overs when Dhavan got out with a well deserving 143 from 115 balls with18fours and 3 Sixes,would appear to be verybcompetitive. The present trend of 12 overs still to play India might reach theRegion of 350+ in 50 overs. With 12 overs still remaining India is likely to finish the 50 overs in the region of 350+. Finally India finished the the first outing for 356/9 with Bumrah sending the lastball over the fence. Australia needs 357 runs to win. Although they lost wickets of Around Finch and Shawn Marsh cheaply ,they are still trying hard to find the rarget. At the moment being 117/2,the required run rate is just over 8 runs per over. This might look difficult but not next to impossible. Unless Indian Bowlers rise to the occasion and bowl exemplarioy well ,nothing can be taken for granted as Cricket is a Glorious Game of Uncertainty. Australia crossed 200.still no further loss of wickets. The RRR at present is over 9 per over. The progress is commendable. The wicket of most dangerous batsman Khawaja claimed by Bumrah as a catch by Kuldeep yadav forv91 glorious runs. Australia progressed steadily and crossed 300 easily. And finally met the targetwith a glorious 358/6 with 13 balls to spare. This was an exemplarily expert fight from Down under in the recent past. They deserve all the praises especially,Hands comb and Khawaja. Now this series has become not merely interesting but a challenging one for both zindian and Australia.After having Locked at 2-2 the final decider on 13 the March 2019 assumes vital importance The decider is to be played at Phirosha Kotla at Delhi.we could witness the survival of the fittest on Wednesday next. SreedharanMundanat 10 the March 2019