In an otherwise predictable squad, Karthik's selection over the young Rishabh Pant became the talking point after the team was announced on Monday.
India have tried a number of players for the spot including Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar and Ambati Rayudu but all of them have failed at times under pressure.
Sourav Ganguly said the Aaron Finch-led Australian team played better cricket than the hosts and termed the loss as a wake-up call for Virat Kohli and his boys ahead of the World Cup.
Clarke tweeted after the Australian team beat fancied India in the fifth and final ODI at the Feroz Shah Kotla for a stunning come-from-behind 3-2 series win here Wednesday.
Australia first beat India 2-0 in the two-match T20 Series and have now pulled off a 3-2 series win after being 0-2 down.
In what was their last game before the showpiece event in the United Kingdom, the Indian innings folded for 237, exactly in 50 overs while chasing a 273-run target.
The long wait is over for Australia! They have beaten India in India in an ODI series after almost 10 years. Great character shown by the new-look Aussie team.
Will the IPL offer any answers? Does Rahane still deserve a chance? Is Vijay Shankar ready? We don't know but India can still hope.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly is tied with Sharma in terms of innings (200) but the Mumbaikar edged out the Kolkata Prince by two matches on the list.
The impersonator has been offering in-stadia branding and ad spaces for the ongoing India-Australia series," BCCI said in a statement.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is confident that India will be able to pull off the series-decider.
DDCA President Rajat Sharma also mentioned that the association, for the first time, will be giving couple of VIP passes to all the former international players from the state.
In the third ODI, all the Indian players came out wearing the caps handed over to them by former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is also an honorary Lieutenant Colonel with the Territorial Army.
At the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, the wicket is usually low and slow but the team would not like to be surprised in the key game which makes the toss crucial.
Bharat Arun said the team at this point is really happy with the combinations they were trying out going into World Cup.
Bedi also felt the Indian ODI team is experimenting needlessly ahead of the World Cup, to be held in England from May 30 to July 14.
Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) President Rajat Sharma said that the state body has decided to donate Rs 10 lakh to Delhi Police's Martyrs Fund.
Kuldeep and Chahal, the two Indian wrist spinners, have troubled the world's best batsmen in the shorter formats.
Chasing a formidable target of 359 runs, Peter Handscomb's maiden ODI century and half-centuries from Usman Khawaja and Ashton Turner took the visitors past the line with 13 balls to spare.
Ashton Turner, who fired Australia to a series-levelling win with an unbeaten 84 off 43 balls, was adjudged not out early in his innings despite the snicko-meter showing a spike following a DRS call from India.
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