
Australia vs. India, Cricket World Cup Warm-Up: Highlights, Scorecard and Report
Australia continued their impressive build-up for the forthcoming Cricket World Cup with a crushing 106-run victory over India in Adelaide.
David Warner and Glenn Maxwell made centuries as the hosts made 371 in the day-night match at the Adelaide Oval.
| R | B | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Warner | b Patel | 104 | 83 | 14 | 2 |
| AJ Finch | c Kohli b Binny | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| SR Watson | c Patel b MM Sharma | 22 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| SPD Smith | b Yadav | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Bailey* | c Jadeja b Mohammed Shami | 44 | 66 | 6 | 0 |
| GJ Maxwell | retired out | 122 | 57 | 11 | 8 |
| MR Marsh | c Rahane b Yadav | 21 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| MG Johnson | c MM Sharma b Mohammed Shami | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| MA Starc | c †Dhoni b MM Sharma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Cummins | b Mohammed Shami | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| XJ Doherty | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 5, w 3, nb 3) | 13 | |||
| Bowling | O | M | M | R | |
| STR Binny | 6 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| B Kumar | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 9.2 | 0 | 83 | 3 | |
| UT Yadav | 9 | 1 | 52 | 2 | |
| MM Sharma | 6 | 0 | 62 | 2 | |
| R Ashwin | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | |
| AR Patel | 5 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| RA Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
The tourists could only make 265 in their reply as they were dismissed in 45.1 overs.
The match does not count as a full international as squads of 15 players were used, although only 11 were eligible to bat and field.
Australia, who won the toss and chose to bat, saw Warner blast 104 from 83 balls with the opener hitting 14 boundaries and two sixes.
He departed in the 27th over with the score on 185-4, but Maxwell picked up the mantle and blasted 122 from only 57 balls.
He smashed eight sixes and 11 boundaries before he retired with five overs of the innings remaining.
India, who failed to win a match in the recent Tri-Nations series, had contributions from Shikhar Dhawan (59) and Ajinkya Rahane (66) as they reached 157-2 in the 25th over.
However, they departed in quick succession as the visitors lost four wickets for 16 runs in 28 balls midway through their innings.
There was a late flurry from Ambati Rayudu, who hit four sixes in making 53 from 42 balls, but they were well short of the target.
| R | B | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Sharma | c Finch b Hazlewood | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| S Dhawan | c Starc b Johnson | 59 | 71 | 5 | 0 |
| V Kohli | b Starc | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| AM Rahane | c Marsh b Cummins | 66 | 52 | 8 | 0 |
| SK Raina | run out (Warner) | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| AT Rayudu | c †Haddin b Hazlewood | 53 | 42 | 4 | 4 |
| MS Dhoni*† | c Starc b Cummins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| STR Binny | b Johnson | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| RA Jadeja | c Warner b Cummins | 20 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| AR Patel | not out | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | c Cummins b Starc | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 17, nb 1) | 21 | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| MA Starc | 4.1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| MG Johnson | 6 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| JR Hazlewood | 6 | 1 | 25 | 2 | |
| MR Marsh | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| XJ Doherty | 7 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
| GJ Maxwell | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SR Watson | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| PJ Cummins | 6 | 1 | 30 | 3 | |
| SPD Smith | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
The Indians have a final chance to boost confidence before the tournament when they face Afghanistan on Tuesday at the same ground.
The World Cup begins on Saturday with co-hosts Australia facing England on the opening day.

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