Jadhav, Dhoni put India up against Australia

into the the with even the now in in football Charlie he will long passed wide to 20-year-old goal Saints post. from the hosts who should have taken the lead inside the opening five minutes.

Twice Gunn was required to save from Lukaku from chances which really should have been converted by the United striker.

But Southampton clearly grew in belief after that shaky start and, by the 11th minute, were creating chances of their own as the unmarked Jannik Vestergaard rose to meet a Wardprowse corner with a header he planted well off target.

The procession of wasted opportunities continued for United before the interval although Chris Smalling came close, with a header from a Young corner which flew just wide.

United had won just one of their last five home games against the Saints since Alex Ferguson’s retirement and when Solskjaer’s already injury-ravaged squad suffered the loss of Alexis Sanchez, hurt in a challenge with Jan Bednarek after 51 minutes. HYDERABAD: Kedar Jadhav on Saturday said batting with Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a learning experience after the duo led India to a six-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international. Jadhav, top-scoringwith 81, and Dhoni, batting on 59, put on an unbeaten 141-run stand as the hosts achieved their target of 237 with 10 balls to spare in Hyderabad and take a 1-0 lead in the fivematch series. The pair registered their second successive century stand against Australia in ODIS after India were in trouble at 99 for four with paceman Nathan Coulter Nile and leg-spinner Adam Zampa taking two wickets each. “Recently in Australia, we put up a similar kind of chase. When you have Mahibhai (Dhoni) at the other end, you don’t have to worry about a lot,” Jadhav, who also took a wicket with his spin bowling, said after receiving the man of the match award. “Nobody better than him in the middle to learn the game from. We are looking forward to every game, and we learn from our captain (Virat Kohli) that we need to keep our intensity up.” India’s pace spearhead Mohammed Shami also made it count with figures of 2-44 to restrict Australia to 236 for seven after they elected to bat first. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav and paceman Jasprit Bumrah also took two wickets each to set up victory for the hosts who recently lost a twomatch Twenty20 series 2-0 against the visitors. Rohit Sharma, who made 37, and Kohli, who scored 44, set up the chase during their partnership of 76 after India lost Shikhar Dhawan for nought. Coulter-nile andzampa then combined to dent the opposition chase with three strikes in the space of eight overs. But Dhoni and Jadhav, who hit 9 fours and 1 six in 87 balls, mixed the right dose of caution and aggression to thwart the Aussie bowling on what seemed like a sluggish pitch. Jadhav completed his fifty in 67 deliveries but it was Dhoni’s 71st ODI half-century that brought the packed house on its feet to applaud another match-winning knock from the veteran wicket-keeper-batsman. Earlier Australia suffered an early blow when skipper Aaron Finch was dismissed for nought in his 100th ODI. He was caught behind off Bumrah in the second over. AUSTRALIA U Khawaja c Shankar b Yadav-------------------------------------------------------------- 50 A Finch c Dhoni b Bumrah--------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 M Stoinis c Kohli b Jadhav ------------------------------------------------------------------ 37 P Handscomb st Dhoni b Yadav ---------------------------------------------------------- 19 G Maxwell b Shami----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 A Turner b Shami--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 A Carey (not out) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 N Coulter-nile c Kohli b Bumrah --------------------------------------------------------- 28 P Cummins (not out)----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Extras: (W-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Total: (For 7 wkts, 50 overs) ------------------------------------------------------------- 236 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-87, 3-97, 4-133, 5-169, 6-173, 7-235. Bowling: Shami 10-2-44-2, Bumrah 10-0-60-2, Shankar 3-0-22-0, Yadav 10-0-46-2, Jadeja 10-0-33-0, Jadhav 7-0-31-1. INDIA R Sharma c Finch b Coulter-nile------------------------------------------------------------ 37 S Dhawan c Maxwell b Coulter-nile -------------------------------------------------------- 0 V Kohli lbw Zampa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 A Rayudu c Handscomb b Zampa --------------------------------------------------------- 13 MS Dhoni (not out) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 K Jadhav (not out)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 81 Extras: (LB-1, W-5) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Total: (For4wkts,48.2overs)------------------------------------------------------------240 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-80, 3-95, 4-99. Bowling: Behrendorff 10-0-46-0, Coulter-nile 9-2-46-2, Cummins 10-046-0, Zampa 10-0-49-2, Stoinis 9.2-0-52-0.