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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Dwaipayan Datta | TNN

3rd ODI: Another shoddy batting display leads to rare home series defeat for India

CHENNAI: Ashton Agar had come to India as Australia's premier left-arm spinner but was sent back home without playing a game. By the end of the ODI series, the Aussies might be ruing the decision. Agar played his first game of the tour after coming back for the ODI series and it was the last over of his spell that spelt doom for India and gave the Aussies a 2-1 series win.

Defending 269, Agar had bowled a tight line and length till then on a pitch that had a bit in it for the spinners. But with the score reading 185-4 in the 36th over, with Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya well entrenched, it seemed a cakewalk for the Indians.

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