Update: Coulter-Nile bowls the last over of the match. Axar perishes off the first ball, getting caught at long-on. Umesh walks out to bat, and gets off the mark with a single. Shami whacks the penultimate ball of the match towards the midwicket boundary for a boundary, and misses the last ball completely as India fall short of Australia’s total by 21 runs! With this, Australia register their first victory of the tour! Preview: Skipper Virat Kohli will aim to surpass predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record winning run as captain when India take on Australia in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. Kohli equalled former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record run of nine consecutive ODI victories after the series-clinching five-wicket win over Australia in the third ODI at Indore on Sunday. [caption id=“attachment_4090091” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] India’s Virat Kohli and Australia’s Steve Smith. AP[/caption] The previous winning run under Dhoni stretched from February 2008 to January 2009. India’s current victory run started on July 6 this year with an eight-wicket win over West Indies in the fifth and last match of that series at Sabina Park. The Virat Kohli-led side has dominated the ongoing series with comprehensive victories in the initial three ODIs handing India an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series against Australia. The hosts will heavily rely on openers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane to get them off to a flying start. Batsmen Kohli, Dhoni and Hardik Pandya who have looked destructive in the series will later be the key to adding vital runs to help India post a dominating total. In the bowling department, pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah along with wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal who have put up a fine performance throughout the tournament will look to providing brakes on the opposition at regular intervals. Kohli will have an extra spinning option in the form of Axar Patel who has been called up for the remaining ODIs to replace all-rouder Ravindra Jadeja. Australia, led by Steven Smith, will look to re-working on the strategies to get the best out of his side in the remainder of the series. Opener Aaron Finch, who scored a century in the previous match will be the key for the visitors to give them a good start along with hard hitting batsman David Warner and skipper Smith. Australia will also hope that middle-order batsman Glen Maxwell returns to form in order to provide balance to their batting. The bowling department will rely on pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins and Kane Richardson to rattle the India line-up. Spinner Ashton Agar being ruled out for the rest of the series due to a fractured finger will be a big loss for the visitors. Squads: India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Lokesh Rahul. Australia: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steven Smith (captain), Kane Richardson, Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb (wicket-keeper), Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Adam Zampa, Hilton Cartwright. With inputs from IANS
Highlights, India vs Australia, cricket result, 4th ODI at Bengaluru: Visitors win by 21 runs
Coulter-Nile bowls the last over of the match. Axar perishes off the first ball, getting caught at long-on. Umesh walks out to bat, and gets off the mark with a single. Shami whacks the penultimate ball of the match towards the midwicket boundary for a boundary, and misses the last ball completely as India fall short of Australia’s total by 21 runs!
With this, Australia register their first victory of the tour!
 "Highlights, India vs Australia, cricket result, 4th ODI at Bengaluru: Visitors win by 21 runs")
That’s it from us in our coverage of the fourth ODI between India and Australia, with the visitors finally pulling off a win in the series. More importantly, they snap their losing streak, as well as India’s winning run. While David Warner and Aaron Finch’s knocks laid the foundation for the Australians, it was Handscomb’s cameo in the death overs that proved to be the difference. The series now moves to Nagpur for the final ODI, and Australia certainly will carry the momentum of their win from this game into the finale. Let’s see if they can make it 2-3.
For now, it is time for us to bid you all good night!
Our correspondent Jigar Mehta goes live outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the venue for the fourth ODI between India and Australia, discussing Australia’s win.
I leave you with the two Aussie youngsters happy and celebrating.
This is the first win for Australia after having 13 consecutive ODIs without a win outside home. Moreover, this defeat ends India’s streak of winning nine consecutive ODIs.
This is the first ODI match at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore that India have lost since 2004.
After 50 overs,India 313/8 ( Mohammed Shami 6 , Umesh Yadav 2)
Coulter-Nile bowls the last over of the match. Axar perishes off the first ball, getting caught at long-on. Umesh walks out to bat, and gets off the mark with a single. Shami whacks the penultimate ball of the match towards the midwicket boundary for a boundary, and misses the last ball completely as India fall short of Australia’s total by 21 runs!
With this, Australia register their first victory of the tour!
OUT! Axar perishes while looking for a big hit, guiding it down the ground by getting caught by substitute fielder Maxwell near long-on! India 306/8
Axar c sub(Maxwell) b Coulter-Nile 5(6)
After 49 overs,India 306/7 ( Axar Patel 5 , Mohammed Shami 1)
Cummins bowls the 49th over. Singles collected off the first two deliveries of the over. Dot off the third ball of the over. Tucks the ball towards the leg side, coming back for a second run. Axar lobs one high up in the air towards the leg side off the penultimate delivery. Superb over for the Aussies, with just five coming off it. Australia on the verge of their first win of the tour, with India needing 29 to win off the last over.
Dead silence as Dhoni drags it on. The fans have started leaving the stadium.
After 48 overs,India 301/7 ( Axar Patel 1 , Mohammed Shami 0)
Richardson bowls the 48th over, with the Aussies closing in on victory at the moment. Dhoni guides the first ball towards backward point, but refuses a single. Refuses a single again next ball, this time guiding it into cover’s hands. Dhoni gets an inside-edge off a slower ball. Once again a dot. Dhoni smacks the fourth ball of the over towards the wide long-off boundary in a flat hit, but drags a knuckle ball onto his leg-stump to depart for 13. Shami walks out to bat, with the last ball going for a dot. Six runs and a wicket off the over. India need 34 to win from 12 balls.
BOWLED EM! Brilliant comeback by Richardson! Dhoni drags a knuckle ball onto his leg stump! That should signal the end of India’s hopes in this match! India 301/7
Dhoni b Richardson 13(10)
After 47 overs,India 295/6 ( MS Dhoni (W) 7 , Axar Patel 1)
Cummins bowls the 47th over, and knocks the top of Pandey’s leg-stump to send him back for 33. Axar, the new batsman, gets off the mark with a single off the first ball he faces. Dhoni guides the third ball towards the fine-leg boundary, collecting his first four. Nearly chops the ball onto his stumps off the next two deliveries. Pulls the last delivery of the over towards long-leg for a single. India need 40 to win from 18 balls.
The chants of ‘Dhoni Dhoni’ rang around even before Jadhav had left his crease. It was defeaning as Dhoni walked out to bat. A very good innings from Jadhav!
OUT! Cummins gets rid of Pandey with a 147-kmph bolt! Clips the top of his leg-stump as Pandey departs for a quickfire 33. India’s hopes starting to fade now. India 289/6
Pandey b Cummins 33(25)
After 46 overs,India 289/5 ( Manish Pandey 33 , MS Dhoni (W) 2)
Jadhav guides the full toss off the first ball of the 46th over down the ground for a single. Richardson fires one into the blockhole to Pandey, allowing him only a single. Jadhav returns for a second run after the ball rolls away to a vacant region after a direct hit by Warner. Jadhav perishes off the next ball, miscuing off a slower ball and getting caught at long-off. Dhoni walks out to bat to a massive reception. Dhoni gets off the mark with a double off the first ball that he faces. Seven off the over and a wicket. India need 46 off the last four overs.
OUT! Jadhav holes out to Finch at long-off, miscuing a slower ball from Richardson! Massive blow to India’s hopes, as a set batsman departs! India 286/5
Jadhav c Finch b Richardson 67(69)
After 45 overs,India 282/4 ( Kedar Jadhav 64 , Manish Pandey 31)
Pandey comes back for a second run after guiding the first delivery of Cummins’ eighth over towards backward point. Guides the next ball towards third man for a single. Jadhav flashes hard at a back-of-length delivery from Cummins off the third ball, collecting his seventh four. Nice comeback by Cummins next ball, cramping Jadhav for room and giving him just a single. Yorker off the fifth ball. Leg bye off the last ball. Eight off the over. India need 53 to win from the last five overs.
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