Final ODI washed out by rain, Australia win series 4-2

Incessant rains and a cyclone alert by the weather department had the seventh and final one-dayer between India and Australia called off without a single ball being bowled.

Johnson, Watson sent home

Cricket Australia has asked their frontline speedster Mitchell Johnson and in-form all-rounder Shane Watson to return home immediately so that they can get adequate rest before the Australian summer starts.

Australian media rubs salt into India’s wounds

The Australian media didn’t waste the opportunity to rub salt into India’s wounds, hailing their cricket team for the ODI series win against India saying the series win has put to rest the debate of who the undisputed kings of the game are.

We lost the game in the first 15 minutes: Dhoni

A dejected looking Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to the post match press conference after having lost the sixth ODI and with it the series against Australia. He said that his team lost the game on Sunday in the first 15 minutes itself.

Aussies seal No. 1 debate, clinch series with a comprehensive win

If there were any doubts about who the No.1 team in the world is, they were all put to rest by a clinical Australia as they beat India in the 6th one-dayer by six wickets to clinch the seven match series 4-2.

I wanted to get the strike and finish the game off myself: Jadeja

For two consecutive games in Mohali and Hyderabad, Ravindra Jadeja’s irresponsible running between the wickets has cost India the match. Chasing 351 in Hyderabad, India needed just 19 runs of 17 balls when Sachin got out for a breathtaking 175 but Ravindra Jadeja’s ill-timed runout turned the match in favour of the Aussies. The disappointed all-rounder said on Friday that he went for the run in his eagerness to retain the strike and finish off the game.

Australia wins despite Sachin storm, take 3-2 lead

It was a day when Sachin Tendulkar proved once again why he is considered the greatest batsman ever to have played the game of cricket! It was also a day when Australia proved yet again why they have been and still are the best team in the game!

It was one of the best knocks I’ve ever seen: Ponting

Ricky Ponting was one relieved man at the end of the fifth one-dayer against India. When the Australian team posted 350 on the board, they wouldn’t have imagined that the margin of victory would be three runs! Australia eventually took a 3-2 lead in the seven match series after Sachin Tendulkar threatened to almost single-handedly win India the game.

We lost the mental aspect and not the cricketing part of the match: Dhoni

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said after the match that India were lucky to have even got close to the target of 351 because had it not been for the master class by Sachin Tendulkar, the hosts would never have come so close to a sensational victory.

One of my best innings, but disappointed: Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar once again proved on Thursday why he is considered the one of the best, if not the best, batsman to have step foot on a cricket field. The batting maestro himself rated his 175 in the fifth one-dayer as one of his best knocks but added that he was still disappointed by the way things ended.

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