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India's Sachin Tendulkar dismissed by Australia - Source: Reuters -
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Medium-pacers Doug Bollinger and Shane Watson grabbed three
wickets apiece to inspire Australia to a 24-run win in the fourth
one-dayer against India on Tuesday to level the series 2-2.
Sachin Tendulkar was trapped lbw for 40 by spinner Nathan Hauritz
with India, chasing 251 for victory, well placed on 94 for two and
Australia turned the game around in determined fashion.
Left-armer Bollinger dismissed Mahendra Singh Dhoni (26), having
sent back explosive opener Virender Sehwag (30) and Virat Kohli
(10) in his first spell.
Man of the match Watson, who also smashed 49 with the bat, then
sent back the free-hitting Harbhajan Singh (31), Praveen Kumar (16)
and Ashish Nehra (7) as the home team were bowled out for 226 in
46.4 overs.
Flying start
Sehwag lashed seven fours to give India a flying start but
Australia clawed their way back into the game after Tendulkar was
removed seven runs short of 17,000 in one-dayers although TV
replays suggested the ball would have missed off-stump.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting also chipped in by running out
dangerman Yuvraj Singh (12) and Ravindra Jadeja (7).
Earlier, Ponting (52) hit his third half-century of the series and
Cameron White struck 62 as Australia were bowled out for 250 after
being asked to bat first in the day-night game.
Ponting put on 64 for the second wicket with Watson before the
skipper became one of four run-out victims in the innings.
In-form Michael Hussey (40) shared a 73-run stand with White for
the fourth wicket but the visitors lost their last seven batsmen
for 54 runs.
The fifth game in the seven-match series is in Hyderabad on
Friday.
