I got the privilege to see the 3rd ODI between India and Australia that was held on 31st oct 09. Though many complained that the pitch at Ferozshah Kotla was bad, it did lead to an entertaining match. But Brett Lee not being there was truly missed. This is how the the team members performed....
Earlier Mike Hussey scored his third successive fifty as he made 81 not out after Australian captain Ricky Ponting made a cautious 59 
to help injury-hit Australia post 229-5 after winning the toss.
Slowly, I must add very slowly... India replied with 230-4 in 48.2 overs to take a 2-1 lead in the seven-game series.
Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 78 and shared a big partnership with skipper MS Dhoni to power India to a six wicket win over Australia in the third one day international in Delhi.Though they took their time to achieve the target...leaving the crowd waiting....
Yuvraj struck eight fours and two sixes in his 42nd one-day fifty and shared a stand of 148 for the fourth wicket with Dhoni,. Dhoni's 71 not out followed his match-winning 124 in the previous game in Nagpur. The pair rescued the India innings from 53-3 after Virender Sehwag (11), Sachin Tendulkar (32) and Gautam Gambhir (6) fell in succession.The evening due made it quite difficult for the Australians to field, and had to be mopped with some fat ropes to make things easier, but still it was not destined for the Australians to win on this pitch. Indian won ultimately and watching the entire match from 1 to 11pm was definitely worth it...
The fourth match in the series will be played in Mohali on 2nd November. This is how the scoreboard was:-
Australia:
Shane Watson st Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 41
Ricky Ponting lbw b Jadeja 59
Mike Hussey not out 81
Cameron White c Dhoni b Raina 0
Adam Voges c Kumar b Harbhajan Singh 17
Moises Henriques b Jadeja 12
Mitchell Johnson not out 9
Extras: (b 4, lb 3, w 3) 10
Total:( For five wickets in 50 overs) 229
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Watson, 16.2 overs), 2-128 (Ponting, 31.1), 3-129 (White, 32.4), 4-172 (Voges, 41.5), 5-200 (Henriques, 46.3)
Bowling:
Praveen Kumar 5-1-16-0
Ashish Nehra 9-0-51-0
Ishant Sharma 5-0-24-0
Ravindra Jadeja 9-1-41-2
Harbhajan Singh 10-0-37-1
Yuvraj Singh 8-0-30-1
Suresh Raina 4-0-23-1
India:
Virender Sehwag b Johnson 11
Sachin Tendulkar run out (Johnson) 32
Gautam Gambhir b Hauritz 6
Yuvraj Singh lbw b Henriques 78
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 71
Suresh Raina not out 9
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 14, nb 1) 23
Total (for four wickets in 48.2 overs) 230
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Sehwag, 8.5 overs), 2-51 (Tendulkar, 13.3), 3-53 (Gambhir, 15.2), 4-201 (Yuvraj, 43.6), 4-201 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.6)
Bowling:
Mitchell Johnson 9.2-2-43-1
Peter Siddle 10-0-41-0
Doug Bollinger 10-0-26-0
Moises Henriques 8-0-51-1
Nathan Hauritz 10-0-48-1
Adam Voges 1-0-13-0
Result: India win by six wickets, take 2-1 lead
Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Umpires: Sanjay Hazare and Amiesh Saheba
TV umpire: Shavir Tarapore
Match referee: Chris Broad (England)
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