In a high scoring thriller in the 1st ODI, Australia beat by host India by just 4 runs on Sunday, 25th October, 2009 at Vadodara. Australia made 292/8 in 50 overswhile India just short with 288/8 in 50 overs.
India were 201/7 after 40 overs but Harbahjan Singh and Praveen Kumar put 84 runs in just 9 runs and got 9 runs to win in the last over but harbhajan got out and India lost by 4 runs.
Match Summary:
Australia- 292/8 in 50 overs (Paine 50, Ponting 74, Hussey 73, Sharma 3-51)
India - 319/5 in 50 overs (Gambhir 68, Harbhajan 49, Lee 1-28)
Toss - Australia, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match -Michael Hussey (Australia)
Result - Australia won by 4 runs.
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