Rohit Sharma inspects the pitch during a practice session at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.© AFP
Ahead of the third and final ODI match between India and Australia on Wednesday, Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) secretary Himanshu Shah said the stadium will be full as all tickets are sold out. Himanshu said the outfield of the stadium was changed before the third ODI match and added that the pitch is batting-friendly. The SCA secretary also hoped that the last match before the ODI World Cup would be exciting. “The third and final ODI match between India and Australia will be played in Rajkot. For this match, the outfield of the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot has been completely revamped. The entire stadium will be packed as all the tickets are sold out and the wicket is also very batting friendly. We are sure that this last match before the World Cup will be very exciting,” said Himanshu Shah.
In the second ODI match between India and Australia, the Men in Blue were put to bat first by Australia. Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer played a partnership of 200 runs. Later in the match, KL Rahul played a knock of 52 runs and completed his half-century, and at the other end, Suryakumar Yadav made 72 runs from 37 balls, pushing India to 399/5 in 50 overs.
Cameron Green took two wickets for Australia in the first innings but conceded 103 runs. Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott and Adam Zampa each took a wicket.
In the second inning the Aussies were reduced to 9/2 and rain interrupted the action. After this, the target was reduced to 317 runs in 33 overs.
An 80-run partnership between David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne helped Australia get back into the match.
But after this, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja led the bowling attack and scalped three wickets each and helped India register a 99-run win against the Aussies.
India have won the series 2-0 with one match to go.
India will start their ODI World Cup journey against Australia on October 8 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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