Siddle ended it in Aussies way
Aus 292/8(Ponting 74,Hussey 73) bt Ind 288/8(Gambhir 68,Harbhajan 49) by 4 runs
Exciting start to the 7 match ODI series between India and Australia.India took it till the end,especially Harbhajan 49(31) and Praveen Kumar 40*(32) swung the match but couldn't finish it in style.Peter Siddles last over ended things in Aussies way.Praveen joined Harbhajan at a stage where India needed 90 odd runs in last 10 overs,some good hitting from both the all-rounders buildup an 84 run 8th wicket partnership.India needed 9 runs of the last over as the last ball of previous over is hit for a 6 by Harbhajan,Praveen rotated strike with a leg-bye.Siddile bowled a perfect length ball for Harbhajan,he swung and missed it but not siddle.This ended the hopes of India's victory.Finally India lost to Australia by 4 runs,Sehwag and Sachin made a decent start to the innings but didn't last long.Gambhir came in replacing Sehwag and continued his good form in this season.He received little support from the partners,Kholi and Dhoni tried to give some support but wasn't enough.Aussies bowling attack was good enough to restrict India in the powerplays.Last ten overs were played exceptionally well by Harbhajan and Praveen.
Earlier in the morning Aussies won the toss and choose to bat first,lost Watson in the second over itself but Ponting joined Paine and carried the innings slowly.They both added 97 runs to second wicket that was ended by Isanth Sharma in the 19th over.Ponting continued with White even after loosing Paine.Both Ponting,White and Hussey made half-centuries which took Aussies to a challenging total.Hussey was named the player of the match for his handy 73(54).Both the teams meet again at Nagpur for 2nd encounter which is a day-nighter of this 7 match ODI series on 28th of October.
