World Cup 2019: Sending Hardik Pandya at No. 4 was a masterstroke

Updated On: 11 June, 2019 06:55 AM IST | London | Harit N Joshi

However, on a flat Oval deck, anything less than 325 would have been chaseable, and more so for a team like Australia. The defending champions eventually ended up with getting 316 - just 36 runs short of victory

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Hardik Pandya in full flight against Oz at The Oval on Sunday. Pic/AFP

Harit N Joshi A century from Shikhar Dhawan and half-centuries from skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were easily the talking points after India posted a mammoth 352-5 against Australia on Sunday. However, on a flat Oval deck, anything less than 325 would have been chaseable, and more so for a team like Australia. The defending champions eventually ended up with getting 316 — just 36 runs short of victory.