India vs Australia, 3rd ODI | Marsh, Maxwell lead Aussies’ walk in the park

Mitchell Marsh called it the hottest condition he faced as a batter. The trio’s handsome contributions — as well as a third successive fifty by David Warner — helped Australia post a formidable 352 for seven and then Glenn Maxwell rolled his golden arm over. Fifties from skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, both playing for the first time in the series, raised hopes for the host in front of a packed house, but Maxwell’s spell spelt doom. Earlier, Marsh and Warner didn’t waste too much time on the flat track before tearing into India’s formidable new-ball pair of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, both in their first game of the series. Brief scores: Australia innings: David Warner c Rahul b Prasidh 56 Mitchell Marsh c Prasidh b Kuldeep Yadav 96 Steven Smith lbw b Siraj 74 Marnus Labuschagne c Shreyas Iyer b Bumrah 72 Alex Carey c Kohli b Bumrah 11 Glenn Maxwell b Bumrah 5 Cameron Green c Shreyas Iyer b Kuldeep Yadav 9 Pat Cummins not out 19 Mitchell Starc not out 1 Extras 9 Total: 352 Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-215, 3-242, 4-267, 5-281, 6-299, 7-354 India bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 10-0-81-3, Mohammed Siraj 9-0-68-1, Prasidh Krishna 5-0-45-1, Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-61-0, Washington Sundar 10-0-48-0, Kuldeep Yadav 6-0-48-2 India innings: Rohit Sharma c and b Maxwell 81 Washington Sundar c Labuschagne b Maxwell 18 Virat Kohli c Steven Smith b Maxwell 56 Shreyas Iyer b Maxwell 48 KL Rahul c Alex Carey b Starc 26 Suryakumar Yadav c Maxwell b Hazlewood 8 Ravindra Jadeja lbw b T Sangha 35 Kuldeep Yadav b Hazlewood 2 Jasprit Bumrah c Labuschagne b Cummins 5 Mohammed Siraj c Cummins b Green 1 Prasidh Krishna not out 0 Extras 6 Total: 286 Fall of wickets: 1-74, 2-144, 3-171, 4-223, 5-233, 6-249, 7-257, 8-270, 9-286, 10-286 Australia bowling: Mitchell Starc 7-0-53-1, Josh Hazlewood 8-0-42-2, Pat Cummins 8-0-59-1, Cameron Green 6.4-0-30-1, Glenn Maxwell 10-0-40-4, Tanveer Sangha 10-0-61-1