Australia vs India: 5 reasons why India won the 3rd ODI

#2 Failure to convert starts

Shaun Marsh failed to convert his start into a big score

Shaun Marsh(39), Usman Khawaja(34), Marcus Stoinis(10), Glenn Maxwell(26)- all had good starts in the match but none could go on to play the long innings that Australia were hoping for. Shaun Marsh fell to a clever piece of wicket keeping by MS Dhoni while Usman Khawaja was through his shot a bit early and gave a simple return catch to Yuzvendra Chahal. Marcus Stoinis was undone by a sharp leg spinner from Chahal. Glenn Maxwell looked good at the crease for his short cameo but played one shot too many and was caught brilliantly at fine leg by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Although Peter Handscomb did try to put up a brave fight along with the tail but his half-century was never going to be enough as the Aussies could only post 230 runs on the board. With the opposition having many star batsmen, it was a below par score which was chased down by the Indian batting line up.