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Nehra helps India bowl out Aussies

India were 205 for 7 in 42 overs :

India fielded and bowled with gusto to restrict Australia to 250 all out in 49.2 overs in the fourth one-day international here on Monday. Left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra picked 3-37 and also ran out top-scorer Cameron White (62) after India won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the day-night encounter at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium.

A disciplined effort in the field by the generally sluggish Indians resulted in four run-outs and contained the world champions to what looked like a below-par total on a good batting track.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was back among the wickets after an indifferent show in the previous three games of this seven-match series, picking 2-48 off his 10 overs.

Australia started off well but stumbled in the final overs, losing their last six wickets for 54 runs.

White, 26, hit three fours and a six in his 71-ball knock to steady the middle order after captain Ricky Ponting (52) had scored his third half-century of the series. Ponting also shared a 64-run stand for the second wicket with Shane Watson (49) after the early dismissal of opener Shaun Marsh (five).

Ponting hit five fours and a six in his 59-ball knock for his 73rd half-century in one-day internationals while Michael Hussey chipped in with a fine 40 off 41 balls.

The Australian skipper lost his wicket to a direct throw from Ravindra Jadeja while Graham Manou (seven) was run out by Praveen Kumar. Watson and Ponting helped Australia regroup after the cheap dismissal of Marsh, trapped leg-before by Nehra in the eighth over.

Watson was unlucky to miss out on his 10th half-century, being caught behind off Harbhajan for a 52-ball 49 containing six fours.

India left out the injured Gautam Gambhir while Australia brought in Marsh in place of all-rounder Adam Voges. India need to average 5.02 runs an over if they are to go 3-1 up in the series and overtake Australia as the top-ranked team in one-day internationals.

AUSTRALIA:

S. Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan		49
S. Marsh lbw b Nehra			 5
R. Ponting run out			52
M. Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj		40
C. White run out 			62
M. Henriques st Dhoni b Harbhajan	 6
M. Johnson b Nehra			 8
G. Manou run out 			 7
N. Hauritz not out 			 9
P. Siddle c Jadeja b Nehra		 1
D. Bollinger run out 			 0

EXTRAS:(lb1, nb1, w9)			11
TOTAL(all out in 49.2 overs)		250
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-24 (Marsh), 2-88 (Watson), 3-123 (Ponting), 4-196 (Hussey), 5-217 (Henriques),
		 6-226 (White), 7-236 (Johnson), 8-241 (Manou), 9-247 (Siddle), 10-250 (Bollinger).

Bowling: Kumar 9.2-0-41-0 (w4), Nehra 8-0-37-3 (nb1, w1), Sharma 5-0-42-0 (w1), Jadeja 7-0-27-0, Harbhajan 10-0-48-2 (w2), Yuvraj 10-0-54-1 (w1).

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