India
has lost nine wickets for 46 runs. Team mens were cruising to their target
of 349 - and the highest successful run-chase in Australia as both Shikhar
Dhawan and Virat Kohli made hundreds. But India collapsed from 277-1 to
323 all out as Australia pace bowler Kane Richardson took 5-68. Aaron
Finch made 107 and David Warner 93 in Australia's 348-8.
The
home side had already sealed the five-match series and now lead 4-0, targeting
a whitewash in Saturday's final match in Sydney. The World Cup holders
have also now won 18 consecutive ODIs on home soil.
That
run was in severe peril at the Manuka Oval as Kohli and Dhawan added 212 for
the second wicket, with Kohli, 27, compiling a 25th one-day hundred to go
joint-fourth on the all-time list. But after Dhawan cut John Hastings to
point, India imploded. Captain MS Dhoni edged Hastings
behind for a second-ball duck and, when Kohli lobbed Richardson to mid-off,
India had lost three wickets for one run. Of the rest, only Ravi Jadeja made
double figures, with Richardson and Mitchell Marsh running through the tail.
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