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    Listless India suffer another crushing defeat

    Australia reach the CB Series final with an 87-run win in Sydney.

    Match Scores | Action Images | Hussey, Tendulkar in umpiring controversy

    Stand-in captain Waton celebrates a wicket on Sunday. (Reuters)Sydney: Australia crushed India by 87 runs in the 10th CB Series ODI to qualify for the tri-series final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

    India’s top-order failed yet again as they were bowled out for 165 in the 40th over chasing Australia’s 252-9. It was India’s third straight defeat in the competition.

    To qualify for the final, India must now beat Sri Lanka with a bonus point in Hobart on Tuesday. Their qualification will also depend on Sri Lanka losing the final league game to Australia.

    Australia were captained by Shane Watson today, who stood in for Michael Clarke, out with an injured back. Watson was playing his first international after missing most of the Australian summer due to hamstring and calf injuries.

    Man-of-the-match David Warner top-scored with 68 off 66 in Australia's innings, while Matthew Wade (56 off 66) and David Hussey (54 off 64) also scored half-centuries.

    India put in another abject batting display and crashed to 104 for six in the 27th over in a match where they always looked to be struggling against the well-drilled Australians.

    The opening combination of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag yet again. Sehwag has 35 runs in four innings and Tendulkar 104 in six, yet the two have been persisted with at the top of the order at the cost of the in-form Gambhir, who continues to bat at No. 3.

    India haven’t yet given a chance to Manoj Tiwary in the middle order, while Rohit Sharma was left out of the side after five poor scores in the tournament.

    India are yet to bat first in the competition and Australia chose to bat today, given how poorly India have chased.

    Praveen Kumar bowled impressively with the new ball, dismissing Watson and Peter Forrest. India were behind the over rate again and Dhoni could bowl just 11 overs between Irfan Pathan and Umesh Yadav.

    Virender Sehwag and Ravindra Jadeja were given an extended bowl of 19 overs, and Dhoni managed to squeeze in his overs on time. But this allowed Wade and Hussey to easily build a 94-run partnership.

    Irfan had to leave the field after he collided with Suresh Raina trying to catch Warner in the outfield. Raina took the catch running back from square leg but hit Irfan who was running in from long leg.

    Both fielders lay on the ground in pain, and were lucky to get away with minimal damage. India’s attack looked thin at this point, but they recovered well to hold Australia to just 252.

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    • Afjalkhan  •  2 months ago
      i strongly feel that the coach must be removed and better to have two captains one for tests and one for 50 and 20 overs and 3 entirely different teams. raina uthappa rohit sehwag for T 20s and gambhir,kohli, sachin if he plays, pujara, for 50 overs, please think....
      • farhan khan 2 months ago
        u r correct my freind , but one think is that u told about coach, he will not go and play in the ground all d mistakes is of our entire team first they should hv 2 forget politics in d game.
      • AYYAZ 2 months ago
        so whom did you want?
      • Afjalkhan 2 months ago
        wasim akram, or stephen fleming , as garry kirseten will not come, and if indian has a chance it should be jimmy or dada
    • SriHarsha  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  2 months ago
      First we thought indian batting failed only in test matches on bouncy wickets against the red ball. now they are failing on good batting tracks in the ODI format. we dont deserve to be no:1. if the world cup was held anywhere outside the subcontinent we would have surely not won it
      • Saugata 2 months ago
        Guy you got it correct! always thought that our 1983 world cup win was better than this one!!!
      • Saugata 2 months ago
        make Sachin sit!!!!! It will be a strong signal to the players that either you perform or perish whosoever you are! We will give everyone a fair chance!!
    • Afjalkhan  •  2 months ago
      I expected and gave the individual scores also yesterday and the same happend to day. what ever may be the reasons, say dressing room differences. umpiring faults, pitch problems, the average scores of our top order, just observe, sachin 22 or below,only once he scored 48-- similarly sehvag 8 or less, gambhir 37 kohli 40 raina 22 rohit 15 dhoni 45 and the bowlers put togethar 30 . so total is 200. in some matches it may go up to 230 and in most matches it is below 195. to win matches at least two players should score 70 plus or 3 players should score 50 plus, what happend today in australian innings.
      • Jhon Waatson 2 months ago
        u r rt afjal, offlate,our top order average is like that only
      • net umpire 2 months ago
        our players are fixed for those scores it seems
    • Afjalkhan  •  2 months ago
      OK , form is temporary but all of our players had lost it at a time . no hard feelings. let us support them during this bad phase. how ever our scores are around 190 plus or minus 30 runs. so better to bring in pujara, rahane, tiwari and some other new talents. as uthappa. y pathan, rohit, raina were given enough chances. after winning the WC, followed by IPL our stars used to 20 over format and the same had been reflected in England, australia. Mainly we need a player like dravid or amla , who can steady the innings, atleast to drop the anchor. first we have to find out who it will be? kohli ok and atleast one more like hussy, amla.misbaha.
      • Stevd 2 months ago
        Uthappa will never play as long as Srikanth and other madrasis are involved in the selection. India seems to have no shame.
      • SVK 2 months ago
        Uthappa is an useless player who is good at hitting just one four or six and out the next ball. What have you found so much in him so as make him a case worth enough for selection. You may be closer to him due to your alien and immoral religion christianism, or your connection to Karnataka. You funny creatures.
      • Afjalkhan 2 months ago
        never bring religionism svk,and do not loose your imaginations on me. it seems you are anti christians
    • SriHarsha  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  2 months ago
      Taking only recent performance as the criterion kohli, gambhir, dhoni amongst the batsman and praveen, umesh, ashwin need to be retained. drop all others. dont spare even sehwag or sachin. it may seem disrespect on their part(no doubt they are great players) but they are not performing so both of them deserve to be dropped. remember steve waugh was dropped as captain when not performing
      • Maha 2 months ago
        yes you are right. But it is not australia it is an india. Here is more political support for senior players. Then how possible
      • poosha 2 months ago
        Yes,learn from the Aussies.team comes first and not players and their players themselves are ready to back off without any hesitation for the sake of the team.
      • Rohan M 2 months ago
        BCCI selectors have no GUTS to ask Sachin to Retire becoz he is backed by strong Business Lobby of IPL and Advtsers and Sponsors and Media Giants for TV veiwership (TRP) behind him. As long as many of us (fools) are MAD after him, he will continue to play for India between 2 IPLs (which is his big money spinner game). Like if U dont want congress to come in next General Election, U dont vote for any of congressmen, same way dont see IPL matches and dont buy any Product endorsed by Sachin. Very soon he will retire himself.
    • Jayant  •  2 months ago
      Dear Sachin and Viru why don't you just give up. You both are ruining the India's batting order. If you can not make run or if you do not want to make run because of internal problem leave the team volantarily instade some one throw you out.
      Shame on you' you called your self world class batsman.you are hanging in only to make your century. Viru you will score a century when they will start taking aboutndorping you.
      If Gautam is in form why he is coming at #3. Why Sachin can not give sacrifice for the country and drop out of the team and come back to India or stay some where is Singapore for rest of his life.
      Jayant
    • SHANKAR  •  Szczecin, Poland  •  2 months ago
      India cricket is now nothing but a "business company". Let them come back home and play stupid IPL. The money for the old age. The more money the better future.
    • Ashish  •  2 months ago
      YIPEEEE.E.....!! ITS TIME FOE CELEBRATION OF INIDA'S LOSS IN CRICKET..!! GADDAR AAJ HAAR HI GAYE..!!YIPEEE..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS TO ALL TRUE INDIANS....FINALLY AFTER 8 LONG YEARS...WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE OLYMPICS HOCKEY.....NOW MISSION LONDON,2012...HOPE WE MAKE A PODIUM FINISH..
      JAI BHARAT....JAI HOCKEY...JAI DHYAANCHAND..!!!
    • Jhon Waatson  •  2 months ago
      I think if jimmy amarnadh given responsibility to set the differences, if any , among the players, some good may happen. he is the man of the match in 83 world cup finals and semis too and all the players may respect him .if not jimmy, may be any other of that range, even sunil gavaskar is apt. if possible DADA is the best.
    • Shubham Mangalam  •  2 months ago
      This has been the worst batting display ever by India, that too by the strongest batting line up consisting of Sehwag, Tendulkar, Kohli, Raina. Dhoni et al. Kick out Sehwag & Tendulkar from the team with a caveat that these two should not enter a cricket ground henceforth. Sehwag has put on so much weight in the middle (stomach) that his bulk is clearly hampering him from making strokes. This is what good, easy life does to you after winning the world cup.
    • truth seeker  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  2 months ago
      win and defeat is the part of game and there is nothing wrong in loosing but the way indian team is loosing is not acceptable or justified.They are showing any kind of resistance or willing to at least perform to the potential.what the player like raina,rohit jadeja doing in the team .do they need another 100 matches to get settled.It is amazing to see that jadeja has played more than %0 matches without playing any single emphatic inning and more amazing that he got the biggest bid in IPL.and what to say about dhoni consuming 50 odd dileveries to score megare 14 .he was reponsible by playing so slow for tie with lanka and he also made the condition so bad before hitting a six.and for our legenry trio veeru,sachin and gauti..now we needto see star cricket for the magic moments of these player coz they r not going to play like before any more
    • pemmaiah  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  2 months ago
      but guys relax... what if india looses in cricket... they had amazing win in hockey... they massacred their way through to make it to the olympics...
    • WICKET KEEPER  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  2 months ago
      Kick out Raina, Sehwag and Jadeja.Why Dhoni not replace Suresh Raina ? Why Jadeja playing last 11 ? Why Sehwag continuously playing poor shots ? Why Duncan Fletcher still continue as coach of the Indian team ? Why Bcc(I) not disband this selection committee ?
    • Jhon Waatson  •  2 months ago
      it will be better to change the 70 percent of the team, not as punishment, only as rest and give chances to new comers like valthaty, rahul shama, our present team is not doing any better performences and let us try the new ones. do not sack or keep asid master, he will upset. if he wants he plays or he himself takes rest. let us give that respect to him and he deserves it. i am not his fan. but i respect him. if sehwag controlls his shots, we are half win
    • Cricketfan  •  2 months ago
      dhoni stop eating balls instead start striking
    • SUDARSHANP  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  2 months ago
      Congratulations Australlians and Thanks to Sehwag, Raina and the Boss of Indian Cricket for earning crores by contributing Cipher
    • Ravindra Srinivas  •  Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh  •  2 months ago
      very poor show by our team. hope ur players come out of this struggle.
    • rveluthattil  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  2 months ago
      Well I do not understand why people are complaining so much. It was the same people who were so much entertaining the team and treating them like gods. They used to even fall over themselves to "have a glimpse of these gods".. Well why complain now? In the first place the people of India are idiotic enough to treat just players like gods and now they are complaining. The team should have been treated like a team like how other countries treat their teams. Instead the Indian people go to the extent of licking the feet of these players who are not worth anything and who are so selfish to the core. They are just in the team to make money they dont care about the game every one of them. Their first passion is always money and they have zero integrity. It shows in the press conferences they do. And to see that people still support them.. so what does that tell about the people ha ha ..
    • ananymous  •  , Tamil Nadu  •  2 months ago
      Nobody knows on what basis indian cricket team is selected. Presumably selection is under the influence of corrupt former cricket legends and sports ministry.
    • abhishek  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  2 months ago
      acha hua runout india ke favour me nahi tha.kahin india jeet jata to log bolte india ne match khareed liya,ya austrailia janbhoojh kar haar gaya aur pata nahi kya kya.good however we have to learn u can not put aged and slow players in one day.plus we have to nurture youngster otherwise these youngster will get aged itself, if the seniors decides to play till 40 or 42.but for tendulkar pata nahi kya kahen.boss chale jao one day se yaar .

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