1st ODI: Australia vs India at Melbourne (Winner: AUS)

Australia won by 65 runs (D/L method (Dominance : IND 66% \| AUS 32% \| Equal 2%)
	Scorecard
Man of the Match: M Wade	Melbourne Cricket Ground (5 Feb 2012)

After the humiliations of the Test series and the embarrassments of the T20s where Australia literally fielded a second XI, it was time for ODIs and the World Champions were raring to exact revenge. India chose to go in with PK and RVK, keeping Zak and Pathan on bench for reason known only to them. Surprisingly even Sehwag wasn’t in the playing eleven. Bowling first in overcast conditions, both PK and RVK generate movement and in general stuck to bowling the right line and length and Australians struggled to score. This pressure led to Warner and Ponting gifting their wickets to RVK and by the time rains came down, Australia was 35/2 after 11 with 40% COW. Post the delay the match was reduced to 32 overs. Wade and the Husseys made up for the lost time with some blistering innings as Indian bowlers, especially the spinners failed to maintain the pressure as Australia amassed 216/5 in 32, increasing their COW to 63%. RVK ended with 3/21 off his 7 overs. India started off disastrously as Starc picked up Sachin and Gambhir to reduce India to 15/2 after 4 with 27% COW. When McKay struck a double blow getting Kohli and Sharma out in 12th over, the writing was on the wall as India slid from 64/2 to 151 all out to lose by 65 runs.

1st Innings (Australia) - 32 overs Maximum

6 overs: AUS 16/1

AUS 45%

PK and RVK made most of the overcast

conditions making it difficult for the Australians to score and it resulted in Warner missing a heave. Just 15 runs in this period saw Australia’s COW drop by 6% to 45%.

16 overs: AUS 58/3

AUS 39%

Australia’s innings picked up momentum

post the rain break but it came at the cost of Clarke’s wicket as Australia scored 42 runs in these 10 overs. This saw their COW drop another 6% to 39%.

26 overs: AUS 154/4

AUS 55%

Wade & Mussey took the attack to the Indians

as they realized the need to accelerate. Wade scored a fifty before being castled by Sharma. 96 runs in these 10 overs jumped Aussies’ COW by 16% to 55%.

32 overs: AUS 216/5

AUS 63%

Hussey brothers continued to rattle the

boundary boards as the bowlers, especially Ashwin, erred in line and length. 62 runs amassed off the last 36 balls pushed Australia’s COW up by 8% to 63%.

2nd Innings (India : Target: 217) - 32 overs Maximum

6 overs: IND 22/2	IND 24%	India needed a good start and in
		absence of Viru it meant they had their 2 best batsmen up front. When Starc removed them for next to nothing, India’s COW tumbled by 13% to 24%.
16 overs: IND 84/5	IND 21%	Kohli and Sharma tried to build a
		platform to launch the final assault but McKay picked up both on same over as India mustered 62 runs off these 10 overs. This saw their COW drop by 3% to 21%.
26 overs: IND 129/9	IND 5%	Needing to accelerate, India lost
		wickets in a bunch as McKay and Doherty ripped out the middle and lower order. 4 wickets fell for 45 runs in these 10 overs and India’s COW crashed by 16% to 5%.
29.4 overs: IND 151	IND 0%	It took Australia 22 runs and 22 balls
		to pick up the last wicket of PK as they bowled India out for 151 to register an emphatic 65 runs victory.

1st ODI: Australia vs India at Melbourne (Winner: AUS)

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