Dhoni hits half-century as India fight back
September 17, 2017  17:11
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India 246-6 (47 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Coulter-Nile comes back as Australia look for another wicket or two with India's lower order coming out to bat.

Dhoni picks a single off the last ball before Bhuvneshwar Kumar sees off the remaining five deliveries to end a good over.

Australia happy to give Dhoni the early single as he taps Zampa to deep midwicket for one. Bhuvneshwar finally gets off strike as he lofts Zampa down the ground for a single on the bounce to long-on.

Two balls later, Bhuvi despatches a full toss over midwicket for a boundary. Seven runs from the over as Zampa finishes with one for 66 in his 10 overs.

Dhoni pulls Coulter-Nile but gets a top edge which goes fine on the leg side for a four, his first of the innings after a long wait of 67 deliveries.

Stoinis, who has one over in hand, comes back to bowl the 45th over. Bhuvneshwar goes after the medium pacer as he lofts him down the ground past mid-on for a four.

The next ball is full and comes in sharply as Bhuvi is struck on the pads as he looks to tap it on the off-side. The Australians take the DRS after the appeal for LBW is turned down but replays show that the batsman had got a big inside edge on to the pads.

Stoinis bowls a very slow bouncer as Dhoni has enough time to watch it go down the leg side and is ruled a wide.

Seven runs from his last over as Stoinis registers good figures of two for 54 in his 10 overs.

Bhuvneshwar getting the boundaries with Dhoni still content to play steady. He goes after Coulter-Nile and hammers him back over his head for a four. The next ball is a yorker as Bhuvneshwar gets an inside edge which narrowly misses the stumps and goes for another four.

He then drives the next ball through the covers for two runs followed by one as 12 come from the over.

Bhuvneshwar has continued the momentum, hitting his way to 22 from 19 balls, while Dhoni is content to play second fiddle on 49 from 74 balls.

Cummins back into the attack, to bowl the 47th and 49th overs. Dhoni taps the second ball to point and steals a quick single to complete his half-century from 75 balls, having hit just one boundary.

Dhoni still not changing gears and is happy with the ones and twos. He gently turns Cummins to square leg for two runs and then takes a single off the last ball to keep strike.
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