SYDNEY: Manish Pandey struck his maiden one-day century in a high-scoring thriller to secure India a pride-rescuing six-wicket triumph against Australia in the fifth and last ODI in Sydney on Saturday. Gazing at an arrangement whitewash after four annihilations, India rode Pandey's sparkling 104 off 81 balls to pursue down a 331-run triumph focus with two balls to save. Hundreds from David Warner (122) and Mitchell Marsh (102) offered Australia some assistance with posting 330-7 yet Pandey's thump in his just fourth one-dayer secured the challenge for India.
India required a solid begin from their openers to remain focused to pursue down such a major aggregate and the guests got only that from Shikhar Dhawan (78) and Rohit Sharma (99).
Dhawan posted his third progressive 50 or more score and Rohit missed the mark concerning his third century in the arrangement as they brought 123 keeps running up in 18.2 overs.
John Hastings released Dhawan and Virat Kohli (eight) in brisk progressions to end India's advancement and Rohit left leaving India requiring precisely 100 keeps running from 91 balls to win the challenge.
With the required run-rate soaring and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (34) attempting to time the ball at the flip side, Pandey's fresh hitting left India requiring 13 keeps running off the last over from Marsh.
Bog started with a wide and had his next hit out of the ground by Dhoni yet the Indian chief fell promptly to infuse new dramatization in the challenge.
Pandey, be that as it may, was resolute and he hit the following ball for a limit to first finish his century and after that hurried for two for the triumphant run.
Prior, Warner struck his fifth ODI century and Mitchell Marsh scored up his first to set up yet another runfest in an arrangement that has given 3,159 runs.
India's greatly defamed bowlers did well to lessen Australia to 117-4 in the 22nd over before Warner and Marsh joined to include 118 keeps running in 17.3 overs.
Warner had fallen seven runs shy of a century in Wednesday's fourth ODI at Canberra yet there was no such tragedy this time as the southpaw raised his run-a-ball century.
The 27-year-old opener was in the end released for 122, that included thee sixes and nine limits, however Marsh carried on to remain not out on 102 off 84 balls.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah made a great introduction, the right-arm paceman with an irregular playing activity sending down 10 clean overs to claim 2-40 with some tight demise knocking down some pins.
Pandey was declared man-of-the-match, while partner Rohit won the man-of-the-arrangement honor for the 441 runs he amassed in five matches. (Reuters)
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