The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) proved to be a docile track for the first ODI on Friday with both sides posting totals well in excess of 300 runs. The home batsmen found that ball came on nicely to the bat off the pacers and there wasn’t much spin for Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal as well.
The only concern for Finch’s side is a side injury to all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who returned to the dressing room midway through his bowling stint.
India will be up against Australia in the second ODI in Sydney.
India captain Virat Kohli has said that the Aussies have 'outplayed' them once again in Sydney. India lost the second game by 51 runs and the script looked quite the same as far as the last game is concerned.
Steve Smith scored a century once again as Australia claimed the three-match one-day international series with victory over India in Sydney on Sunday.
156 in just under 28 overs, 142 in just under 23 overs - these are the opening wicket partnerships between David Warner and Aaron Finch at the SCG in the first two matches of the ongoing three-match ODI series against India. These numbers highlight two problems which are affecting the performance of India in ODIs since the end of World Cup in England. Firstly, they are conceding too many runs in powerplay 1 (first 10 overs). And secondly and more crucially, the talented Indian fast bowling unit has been unable to provide breakthroughs with the new ball.
It was top class hitting and Kings won the game. Soon after social media erupted as they had never seen anything like it before. Here are some of the best reactions.