Five best innings in ODI run chases which ended in defeat

#3 James Faulkner 116, India v Aus

Faulkner’s blistering hundred was overshadowed by Rohit Sharma’s double century

The 7th ODI of the India-Australia series in India is famous for Rohit Sharma's landmark double hundred, a brilliant 209 that included 16 sixes. He had helped India to a huge score of 383 but the series had proved that 300+ scores were not impossible to chase down.

Australia, however, started poorly as they slumped to 132/5, when James Faulkner walked to the wicket. Maxwell was already on fire but he fell soon after for a 22-ball-60 that included seven sixes. Faulkner, however, held his nerve and continued to smash the Indian bowlers.

He had some company from Shane Watson, who walked in at 8, but lost him midway through. The all-rounder carried on as he got to his first hundred in ODIs and was the last man dismissed for 116 off 73 balls, with Australia bowled out for 326.