Josh Hazlewood gets Virat Kohli wicket for 4th successive ODI

A brilliant use of the DRS by Australia saw Josh Hazlewood claim the prized scalp of India captain Virat Kohli for 63 in Canberra, with Hazlewood having taken his wicket in both ODIs in SCG as well as the final ODI of Australia's tour in January.

The third and final match of the ODI series between India and Australia is being played in Canberra. Team India won the toss and batting first gave a target of 303 runs. In reply, Australia lost 83 for 17 in 17 overs. Captain Aaron Finch and Moises Henriques are at the crease. Finch completed his 29th fifty in ODIs.

Steve Smith (7) was caught by Shardul Thakur at the hands of wicketkeeper Lokesh Rahul. Australian opener Marnus Labushane was dismissed for 7 runs. He was bowled by T. Natarajan playing a debut match.

Pandya, Jadeja and Kohli's Fifty :

Earlier, Indian captain Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja put up a fifty. Pandya and Jadeja shared the Indian innings with a 150-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Thanks to this partnership, Team India has scored 302 runs losing 5 wickets. For the team, Pandya scored the highest 92 and Jadeja played an unbeaten innings of 66 runs.

Kohli scored 63 in the ODI career, scoring 63 runs. Pandya's sixth and Jadeja's 13th were FIFTY. Ashton Egger took the most 2 wickets for Australia. Adam Jampa, Sean Abbott and Josh Hazlewood got 1–1 wickets.

Middle order failed, losing 4 wickets to make 71 runs :

The Indian middle order failed again in the match. The team scored just 71 runs between 15 and 32 overs and lost 4 wickets. Shubman Gill (33), Shreyas Iyer (19), Lokesh Rahul (5) and Kohli were out during this period.

Jadeja-Pandya partnered with 150-run partnership:

Half the team had returned to the pavilion at a score of 152. In such a situation, Pandya partnered 150 runs off 108 balls for the sixth wicket with Jadeja and took the team to 302 runs.