Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck an unbeaten 87 to guide India to a historic ODI bilateral series win against Australia. Visitors beat the hosts by seven wickets in the decisive third match in Melbourne today.
Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav who made 61, shared an unbeaten 121-run stand for the fourth wicket. India overhauled the tricky 231-run target on a slow wicket with four balls to spare. India made 234 runs.
Captain Virat Kohli made 46. Shikhr Dhawan contributed 23 and Rohit Sharma nine. Earlier, put into bat, Australia made 230. For the hosts, Peter Handscomb was the top scorer with 58 runs. Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal stole the Australian show claiming six wickets.
Dhoni was declared Man of the Series and Chahal Man of the Match. Before this, India had become first team from the sub-continent to win a Test series.
Former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he has no preference in the batting order and is ready to bat at any position as per the need of the team.
It is the first time India remained unbeaten on Australian soil in all three formats and Kohli said it augurs well for the upcoming World Cup.