Cardiff: India hammered Australia by 243 runs in a Champions Trophy warm-up match after skittling out the defending champions for just 65 here on Tuesday.
Umesh Yadav, who joined the squad late following his recent marriage, took the first five wickets to fall in a stunning return of 5 for 18 in just five overs. Meanwhile fellow paceman Ishant Sharma bagged 3 for 11, including Shane Watson, who scored a hundred for Australia in their warm-up match against the West Indies.
Only two Australia batsmen, Adam Voges (23) and Phil Hughes (14), made it into double figures, with the innings all wrapped up in the 24th over. "It was a disappointing game; I'm not sure how we'll react to it," said George Bailey, captaining Australia in the absence of the injured Michael Clarke. "It was certainly not the way we wanted to play, but if you are going to have a game like that, you may as well have it in a practice game."
Earlier, world champions India collapsed to 55 for 5 before Dinesh Karthik revived the innings with a superb 146 not out, adding 211 for the fifth wicket with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91) to get the side to a total of 308 for 6....
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