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Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's heroics with the ball were complemented well by former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's third consecutive half-century as he anchored India's run
chase to beat Australia by 7 wickets in the third ODI, and clinch their first ever bilateral series win in Australia. At the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday, Australia paid the
price for dropping the dangerous Dhoni on nought, as the veteran stumper, who has recently been at the receiving end of critics, came up with another defiant and calm half-century to guide
the Indians home in style. Promoted to No.4, Dhoni first raised a strong 54-run third wicket stand with skipper Virat Kohli (46) and thereafter took India home with an unbeaten 121-run stand
with Kedar Jadhav (61 not out). Dhoni's unbeaten knock of 87 came off 114 balls and was studded with six hits to the fence. India won the match with 4 balls to spare and fans took to
Twitter to celebrate the historic series win. > Now that is the performance of a champion. MS Dhoni is man of the > series. Brilliant. > — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 18,
2019 > Another series win for team ð®ð³ congratulations. > ð¦ðº with lots of work to do in all three formats > ð > — Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) January 18, 2019 >
Om Finishaya Namah ! > Test Series âï¸ > ODI Series âï¸ > — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 18, 2019 > The master of calm under pressure. As @msdhoni tells me in
> Democracyâs XI, always remember the bowler is under even > greater pressure than me knowing he is bowling to Dhoni! Champion > forever! #INDvsAUS > — Rajdeep Sardesai
(@sardesairajdeep) January 18, 2019 > Congratulations @imVkohli & #TeamIndia on the series win. @msdhoni > have proven once again why he is the best when it comes to handling >
pressure situations. A Tour to be remembered for a very long time, > The Border-Gavaskar Trophy Win & now the ODI's. Well Done @BCCI > ð #AUSvIND > — Rajeev Shukla
(@ShuklaRajiv) January 18, 2019 Published: 18 Jan 2019, 4:49 PM IST