Margao: Unseasonal rains have cast a doubt over today’s third and final one-day international between India and Australia. The visitors desperately need a win to square the series and avoid their first series defeat against the hosts in over two decades.
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Rains started lashing this Goan town last evening and continued till past midnight before letting off. However it started raining again in the morning and also denied the two teams practice session.
The met office has predicted more rains and the sky was heavily overcast in the morning.
India have taken a 1-0 lead by chasing down a stiff target of 290 in the second ODI at Visakhapatnam. The first clash at Kochi was washed out without a ball being bowled last Sunday.
If today’s match is also washed out, Australia will leave the Indian shores without a single win, having lost the Test series before the One-day series.
The last time the Aussies had lost a ODI series in India was in 1986-87 when the hosts had won by a 3-2 margin.Though without several key players, including marauding opener Virender Sehwag and champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar, the home team were undeterred in living up to the stiff task set by the Australians.
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