India wins thrilling victory over Australia

Toss - India elected to bat first

India - 291/4 (50 Overs)

• Sachin Tendulkar - 79(119)
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 50(35)
• Sourav Ganguli - 41(59)
• Yuvaraj Singh - 39(55)
• Robin Utappa - 30(18)

Australia - 283/7 (50 Overs)

• Mattew Hayden - 92(92)
• Andrew Symnods - 75(84)
• Ricky Ponting - 29(33)

India beat Australia by 8 runs

Man of the Match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

After twenty20 world cup final match, This match is also a thrilling match. I enjoy very well. I hope you are also the same.

Ganguly may miss second ODI against Australia

Indian batsman Saurav Ganguly will miss Tuesday's second one-dayer against Australia due to a hamstring strain, the Indian cricket board said.
Ganguly, 34, pulled up while fielding in the rain-abandoned match in Bangalore on Saturday but a scan showed there was no serious injury, a board statement said on Sunday.
The left-handed batsman would undergo vigorous rehabilitation to be fit for the third match in Hyderabad on Friday

Some New ODI cricket rules

Here are some new ODI rules that are going to be incorporated on an experimental basis October 1st onwards -
1. An additional fielder will be allowed outside the fielding circle during the second or third power play.
2. If an ODI innings is reduced, the numbers of overs making up each of the three Powerplays shall be reduced proportionately.
3. If a bowler bowls a front foot no-ball in a ODI, the following delivery will be deemed a free hit and the batsman cannot be dismissed by the bowler from that delivery.
4. There will be a mandatory change of ball after 35 overs of each innings in a ODI; the replacement will be a clean used ball.
5. The ICC had also increased the stipulated minimum boundary sizes for all international matches.
We can see that some 20/20 rules, like the free hit have been included in the ‘longer’ version of the game! The India-Australia series will be the first to test these out!