Shikhar Dhawan  

India were comfortably placed at 44/1 when, in a bizarre turn of events, players walked off the ground after dinner because the setting sun made it difficult for them to spot the ball at McLean Park. However, they returned to knock off the remaining runs to go 1-0 up in the five-match series. Shikhar Dhawan was unbeaten on 75. Mohammed Shami won the Man-of-the-match award

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'I think we have got a very good chance to win the series here. We have to play good complete cricket in all three departments whether it's batting, bowling or fielding and also catching. We have to be consistent and then we will have a good chance of beating Australia,' Shikhar Dhawan said

Rohit Sharma (23 off 16) and Shikhar Dhawan (41 off 22) gave India a rousing start in the chase of 165. They put on 67 in 5.3 overs. After that, captain Virat Kohli took over. India hit eight sixes while the hosts managed none