Cricket News: Kohli, Dhoni power India to series levelling win vs Australia

MS Dhoni, the finisher still has the capability to finish matches. He proved yet again in the second ODI of the series at Adelaide helping India win by 6 wickets with 4 balls to spare and level the three-match series 1-1. He remained unbeaten on 55. Dhoni was ably supported by Dinesh Karthik, who came after Kohli’s wicket and at a very crucial juncture when India needed 57 runs off 38 balls. Karthik also remained not out on 25 off just 14 balls. The chase of 299 was set up by captain Virat Kohli who continues to pile up those hundreds like you would put books on the bookshelf. The number stands at 39 currently. This was also the Second highest target chased down in Adelaide. The highest was 303 between England and Sri Lanka in 1999. Earlier, the Aussies rode on the batting heroics of Shaun Marsh (131) and Glenn Maxwell (48) to post 298/9 even after the Indian pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami shared 7 wickets between them. Marsh, who struck 11 fours and 3 sixes in his 123-ball 131, was instrumental in rebuilding the Aussie innings that saw him sharing half-century stands with Usman Khawaja (56 for the third wicket), Peter Handscomb (52 for the fourth), Marcus Stoinis (55 for the fifth) and Glenn Maxwell (94 for the sixth).