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Twitter reactions on India’s win in 3rd ODI at Melbourne

Dixit Bhargav
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Twitter reactions on India's win in 3rd ODI at Melbourne

Twitter reactions on India’s win in 3rd ODI at Melbourne: Twitter was elated at India’s 7-wicket victory to win the series 2-1.

During the third ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Melbourne, India defeated Australia by 7 wickets to win the three-match ODI series 2-1. It was an unbeaten 121-run partnership for the fourth wicket between former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and all-rounder Kedar Jadhav which saw India through to the chase.

Chasing a 231-run target, everyone had anticipated the visitors to chase the target with a lot more ease and comfort than they eventually did. Dhoni, who was promoted up the order at No. 4, might have won the match for India but received plentiful criticism for his taking-the-match-to-the-last-over approach.

It is true that Dhoni eventually wins the match in its business end for India but his modus operandi involves a high amount of risk which can be questionable at times.

The 37-year old cricketer ended up scoring his 70th ODI half-century, 87* (114), with the help of seven fours. On the other hand, Jadhav scored his fourth ODI half-century, 61* (57), with the help of seven fours.

After the Indian openers started on a slow note, the others followed in somewhat the same fashion which dragged the match till the last over.

After India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field, his bowlers bundled out Australia for 230 in 48.4 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal, who was included into the playing XI for the first time on this tour, ended up registering his career-best ODI figures of 10-0-42-6. Chahal also equaled former India pacer Ajit Agarkar’s record of best ODI bowling figures in Australia.

Peter Handscomb, who came in to bat at No. 5, top-scored for the hosts scoring his third ODI half-century, 58 (63), with the help of a couple of fours.

The nerve-wrenching match received numerous reactions on social media platform Twitter. Read some of them below:

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Dixit Bhargav

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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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