J Behrendorff to S Dhawan, On the fifth stump line. Dhawan shoulders arms to it.
J Behrendorff to S Dhawan, Starts with a good ball. Length delivery on the fourth stump line. Behrendorff gets a hint of away swing. Dhawan keeps his bat on his off stump and it goes past him to the keeper.
Jason Behrendorff to bowl from the other end with the second new ball.
Pat Cummins to R Sharma, Dot to finish the over. On a length around off, Sharma hits it straight to the fielder at mid off. 6 runs off the first over.
Pat Cummins to R Sharma, Full again to Sharma. This is on middle stump. Rohit taps it back to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to S Dhawan, Follows that up with a single. Length ball on off, Shikhar pushes it wide of the cover fielder and gets a run.
Pat Cummins to S Dhawan, FOUR! Shikhar Dhawan is up and running. Cummins misses his line and bowls a length delivery on the pads. Dhawan flicks it away towards the square leg fence for a boundary. Nice way to get off the mark.
Pat Cummins to R Sharma, Once again full, this time on middle and leg. Sharma drives it to mid on and takes a single. Richardson there dives to his left and keeps it down to one. First runs off the day.
Pat Cummins to R Sharma, Cummins comes steaming in and bowls full length delivery on off. It is right on the money. Cummins gets a hint of away swing. Sharma does well to block it.
We are all set to begin. Out walk Indian opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. The former will take the strike. Pat Cummins to start proceedings with the first new ball for Australia.
Aaron Finch, the Australian captain says that he would have batted first as well. Says the pitch will remain same and hopes that they bowl well and take early wickets. States that they want to level the series and wants to look at the bigger picture going forward.
Virat Kohli, the Indian captain says he wants to bat first. Reckons it looks like a belter of a pitch and he wants to put runs on the board. Adds saying Australia want to level the series so there will be pressure to chase it down. Feels the pitch will remain the same and states he cannot predict if there will be due or not. Mentions there are 4 changes in the squad. Dhoni, Rayudu, Shami and Jadeja are out Pant, Rahul, Bhuvneshwar and Chahal are in.
TOSS - Finch calls heads but tails it is. India win the toss and elect to bat first.
PITCH REPORT - Murali Kartik and Sunil Gavaskar are down for the pitch report. The latter reckons it looks like a good surface with a hint of grass covering. Feels that the pitch will help seamers at the start. Adds there will be no assistance for spinners and the pitch will be a good one for batting. Expects another 600-run game. Feels that India had a bad experience bowling first in Ranchi. Opines that if the sky is clear later in the day then there will be dew. Still feels that the captain winning the toss should bowl first
Hello and welcome to the crucial 4th ODI of this 5-match ODI series between India and Australia. The visitors showed promise in the first 2 ODIs and were finally able to get over the line in the 3rd one. One would feel the momentum is with the Aussies but this Indian side has shown it in the past that they bounce back stronger when they are down. The Men in Blue will like to prove that the loss in the 3rd ODI was just a hiccup and nothing more. The Kangaroos will look to draw the series level here in Mohali, whereas India will look to wrap it up. An exciting clash awaits us. Stay tuned for further updates...