Sunday was a bad day for India who opted to bat first and finally lost the show to the touring team Australia in the 6th ODI of the Hero Honda Cup. With this victory, Australia has clinched the seven match series by 4-2.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat first in the heavy weather conditions and the side suffered since the beginning as they lost the top batting order. They never got the time to recover and hence fell flat to the World Champions.

India managed to make 170 in 48 overs while the Australians chased down the target in 41.5 overs losing just 4 wickets.

From Australian side, Shane Watson (49), Ricky Ponting (25), Cameron White (25) helped for a good base while the match was completed by Michael Hussey (35 not out) and Adam Voges (23 not out).

Previously, India who opted to bat first were slumped to 27/5 in 9 overs and even a hundred looked far for the team.

Fortunately, Ravindra Jadeja (57) and Praveen Kumar (54 not out) pushed the score to 170 before they coiled.

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Australia has clinched the ICC Champions Trophy by winning over New Zealand by 6 wickets at the Supersport Park in Centurion.

New Zealand who opted to bat first, scored 200 runs from 50 overs losing 9 wickets. While the Aussies were successful in achieving the target with 4.4 overs remaining.

Though Australia lost Paine and Ponting in the beginning, the opener Shane Watson (105 not out) and White (62) played wonderful shots.

After White was bowled by Mills, Hussey (11) joined Watson but were unable to hold on the partnership due to Mills’ excellent bowling.

It was Hopes and Watson who finished the match with 206/4 from 45.2 overs.

Shane Watson was declared man of the match and Ricky Ponting was declared player of the series.

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Cricket Australia has refused to allow fast bowler Shaun Tait to play in the Indian Premier League because of fitness concerns.

The 26-year-old was due to play for Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals, the defending champions, in Saturday’s first game against Bangalore.

But Australian officials were concerned he had not recovered from a hamstring injury sustained two months ago.

“He’s still working through the rehab programme,” spokesman Peter Young said.

Tait is the latest in a series of Australians to withdraw from the lucrative tournament, which is being staged in South Africa this year because of security concerns.

Shane Watson, IPL Player of the Season last year, will instead be part of Australia’s squad for a series against Pakistan in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, along with fellow all-rounder Andrew Symonds.

Brett Lee, meanwhile, is recovering from injury and skipper Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey have decided to rest ahead of this summer’s ICC World Twenty 20 and Ashes series in England.

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