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Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Toss: Australia elected to field first
Player of the match: MS Dhoni
Match status: India beat Australia by 99 runs
Comprehensive win for the hosts by 99 runs! Chasing 355 in 50 overs, Australia never looked in the chase and India kept chipping at the wickets. Michael Hussey was the highest scorer for the visitors with 53 while for the hosts, Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3/35. The series now stands levelled at 1-1 with 5 more matches to play. SKIPPER MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI IS NAMED THE MAN-OF-THE-MATCH FOR HIS 124 IN 107 BALLS. After a narrowing loss at Vadodara in the first ODI, India have bounced back superbly to level the series. They played a perfect match today, batting well, setting a huge target and then backing that up with an excellent bowling performance. They made full use of the momentum they got from the previous match into this one. Only negative point in this match for the hosts was the fielding which still did not look its best. As far as Australia are concerned, it was simply not their day. Their bowlers were sent all around the park and even in the batting, their batsmen never looked set to accelerate even with the requierd run-rate well above 8. India are looking in great confidence while the Australians would have to head back to the drawing board.
Score
India: 354/7 in 50 overs. Run rate 7.08
Australia: 255 in 48.3 overs. Run Rrate 5.2
