Road Safety World Series: Naman Ojha, Irfan Pathan take India Legends to final - Highlights
Ben Dunk leads charge
Ben Dunk has taken up the cudgel in the middle overs as India's spinner continue to keep things tight. Yusuf Pathan finishes with 2/36 in 4 overs.
AUS 128/4 after 15.2
Yusuf Pathan gets 2nd wicket
India try to chip in with some quick overs by Yusuf Pathan and Suresh Raina. And it's Pathan who gets India's second wicket. Doolan, the set batter, looks to give the bowler the charge but is stumped by the sharp Naman Ojha. He is out for 35.
AUS 78/2 after 10.3
Rahul Sharma gets 1st wicket
Doolan was being the quieter batter so far but now he steps up his scoring rate. Abhimanyu Mithun fares better than the other seamers, having gone for 0/11 in his 2 overs so far. The first wicket, though, goes to Rahul Sharma. Watson gives an outside edge catch that goes to Suresh Raina. He is out for 30.
AUS 60/1 after 7.1
Shane Watson off to a flier
Stuart Binny it is from the other end. Watson uses the extra pace to clip a four off his pads. Pawar pulled hard by Watson in the next over as Australia power on. Munaf Patel doesn't fare much better either. Goes for 13 in the 4th over.
AUS 40/0 after 4
Rajesh Pawar spins ball a mile
The diminutive Rajesh Pawar starts off with the ball as the match begins. Big turn off the pitch! A big appeal for stumped against Shane Watson as he lunges forward and misses the ball. Survives.
AUS 5/0 after 1
Playing XIs
Australia: Shane Watson (c), Alex Doolan, Ben Dunk (wk), Cameron White, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Reardon, Brad Haddin, Jason Krejza, Dirk Nannes, Brett Lee, Bryce McGain
India: Naman Ojha(w), Sachin Tendulkar(c), Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny, Rajesh Pawar, Rahul Sharma, Munaf Patel, Abhimanyu Mithun
Toss at 7:45 pm
The toss had been delayed by rain. With the rain having cleared for now, we are set to have the toss at 7:45 pm IST.
Season's best batter
Shane Watson has been the highest scorer this season with 209 runs. Dwayne Smith of West Indies and Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka are 2nd and 3rd. For India, Stuart Binny is the highest scorer and the only one who has got his season's run tally into triple digits.
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