Sharma terms India’s loss in 3rd ODI against Australia a collective failure

Following his facet’s 21-run loss against Australia in the third ODI, India skipper Rohit Sharma termed the defeat as a “collective failure”.

Virat Kohli’s half-century went in useless as Adam Zampa’s four-wicket haul and all-round group efforts helped Australia defeat India by 21 runs in the third and final match of the ODI collection right here at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.

“I do not think it was too many runs. We did not bat well. Partnerships are crucial and that is something we failed to do today. You are brought up playing in these type of wickets, it is important you apply. After the start, it was important for one batter to carry on and take the game deep. It just did not happen. A lot of takeaways. We can take a lot of positives from the nine ODIs since January. We need to understand where we need to improve. It is a collective failure, we can take a lot of learnings from this series. Credit to the Australians. Both the spinners applied the pressure and so did their seamers,” mentioned Rohit in a post-match presentation.

With this win, Australia clinched the three-match ODI collection by 2-1 This is India’s first collection defeat at house since 2019. They had beforehand misplaced to Australia as effectively 3-2 in an ODI collection again in March 2019.

After electing to bat first, Australia was bundled out for 269 runs in 49 overs. Openers Travis Head (33) and Mitchell Marsh (47) began off the innings effectively with a 68-run partnership. But all-rounder Hardik Pandya swung the tide in India’s favour, dismissing each the openers and Steve Smith (0) to cut back guests to 85/3.

David Warner (23) and Marnus Labuschagne (28) failed to attain massive. Half of the Aussie lineup was again in the hut for 138 runs.

Following this, wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey (38) and Marcus Stoinis (25) stitched a 58-run stand for the sixth wicket, which was damaged by Axar Patel.

Sean Abbott (26) and Ashton Agar (17) placed on 42 runs for the eighth wicket and this pushed Australia to 269.

Hardik Pandya (3/44) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/56) had been spectacular with the ball and offered well timed breakthroughs. Mohammed Siraj (2/37) and Axar Patel (2/57) additionally carried out effectively.

In the chase of 270, India was off to a strong begin, with openers Rohit Sharma (30) and Shubman Gill (37) enjoying some aggressive pictures and placing on 65 runs for the primary wicket. Following the departure of openers and the rating being 77/2, Virat Kohli (54) and KL Rahul (32) put a stand of 69 runs for the third wicket.

Virat received out after enjoying a rash shot, lowering the hosts to 185/5. After this, India continued to lose wickets often and regardless of Hardik Pandya’s knock of 40 runs, they fell 21 runs in need of a win.

Adam Zampa was the star of Australian bowling, taking 4/45. Agar additionally took 2/41. Stoinis and Abbott received one wicket every.

Zampa was named because the ‘Player of the Match’ for his match-winning spell.

Marsh was named the ‘Man of the Series’ for scoring 194 runs in three innings at a median of 97.00, with finest rating of 81 and two half-centuries.

Brief rating: Australia 269 (Mitchell Marsh 47, Alex Carey 38; Hardik Pandya 3-44) vs India 248 (Virat Kohli 54, Hardik Pandya 40; Adam Zampa 4-45).