Indian cricketers praise team for Adelaide ODI win

Indian cricketers praise team for Adelaide ODI win: Former and current players hailed the Indian team’s performance at Adelaide.

During the second ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Adelaide, India defeated the opposition by 6 wickets to stay alive in the three-match series. Having lost the first match at Sydney by 34 runs, it was imperative for India to not lose this match.

After winning the toss for the second time in a row, Australia captain Aaron Finch opted to bat yet again. On the back of batsman Shaun Marsh’s seventh ODI century, Australia scored 298-9 in their allotted quota of 50 overs.

Marsh ended up scoring 131 (123) with the help of 11 fours and three sixes. The fact that Marsh stood tall on the expectations after Australia’s top-three batsman failed to contribute significantly speaks highly about his importance in this ODI line-up. Since his ODI comeback in June last year, the 35-year old batsman has scored 601 runs in nine matches at an average of 66.77 and a strike rate of 100.

Among the Indian bowlers, fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar led the attack from the front picking up bowling figures of 10-0-45-4. India captain Virat Kohli expressed pleasure with his bowlers restricting the opposition to under 300 during the post-match presentation ceremony.

Once the Indian openers got out after impressive starts, the onus was on Kohli to seal the chase. While he scored his 39th ODI century in a ‘Man of the Match’ effort, his dismissal had put India in a spot of bother.

However, it was the wicket-keeper batsman-duo of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik shared a 57-run unbeaten stand for the fifth wicket to keep India alive in the three-match ODI series. Dhoni ended up scoring 55* (54) with the help of a couple of sixes. On the other hand, Karthik’s vital contribution saw him scoring 25* (14) with the help of a couple of fours.

The tense chase saw the Indian batsmen accumulate praiseworthy reactions from some current and former Indian cricketers. Read them below:

A great win and a fabulous innings by @imVkohli. Yet another at his adopted home ground😉. Excellent role played by @msdhoni and @DineshKarthik to take India over the line. #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/7n3M2l3hZS

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 15, 2019

Picture abhi baaki hai mere Dost !
Wonderful innings from Virat. Dhoni and Karthik finishing it in style. Will need more matches with 4-5-6 playing handy match-winning knocks. pic.twitter.com/YHdwJ0G59X

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 15, 2019

@msdhoni does it yet again & in what style! What a fantastic knock from the captain @imVkohli , Congratulations #TeamIndia for levelling the series. #INDvsAUS @BCCI #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/ThFcGvLM6A

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) January 15, 2019

Legends don’t need to prove their worth to anyone. Great display of class and temperament by Mahi bhai @msdhoni and @imVkohli 👏👏👏
Congratulations on the win!😁#AUSvIND

— Jasprit bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) January 15, 2019

MSD polishes off yet another chase. 👏champion stuff. #INDvsAUS

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) January 15, 2019

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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