India beat Australia by 26 runs in first ODI (DLS)

Sept.17 (CRICKETNMORE) - India beat Australia by 26 runs (DLS) in the first ODI at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Hardik Pandya struck a whirlwind 83 off 66 balls while ever reliable MS Dhoni played a brilliant knock of 79 off 88 balls to help India post 281/7.

Rain runied the second half of the play and a revised target of 164 was given to visitors in 21 overs. Indian bowlers restrict Australia to 137/9.

Brief Scores

India - 281/7 in 50 Overs (Pandya - 83, Dhoni - 79, Jadhav - 40, Nile - 3/44)

Revised Target - 164 in 26 Overs

Australia - 137/9 in 21 Overs (Maxwell - 39, Faulkner - 32*, Chahal - 3/30, Pandya - 2/28, Kuldeep Yadav - 2/33)

Full Scorecard

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Sahir