A pointer to how rattled the Australian captain was when Dhoni and Robin Uthappa took the attack to the visitors is the fact that the visitors' best bowler on view - speedster Brett Lee - did not complete his quota of overs despite having given away very few runs in his first spell.
The match will assume importance for Sachin Tendulkar as it will mark his 400th appearance in one-dayers and the star batsman will be keen to make it memorable.
The Indians have improved with every outing which would not have been lost on the Australians who are bound to come back strongly.
The Indians failed to bat out the 50 overs at Kochi and Hyderabad and tasted defeat but lost only four wickets while piling up an imposing 290 at Chandigarh, a clear indication of the upward swing in their batting graph.
Image: Dhoni (right) plays football with team mate Robin Uthappa
Australia's tour of India 2007
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