The players' performances in the fourth one-dayer between India and Australia in Mohali.

AUSTRALIA:

Shane Watson - 9
A fine all-round performance by Shane Watson! Watson, who survived a confident shout for lbw off the first ball of the innings, looked scrappy initially, but also grew in confidence and opened up, picking boundaries off Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma. He matched his captain Ricky Ponting, to hit a valuable 52-ball 49. Later, he also chipped in with three wickets for 29 runs in 7.4 overs.

Ricky Ponting - 8
Shaun Marsh's dismissal brought Ricky Ponting to the crease early, and the Australia captain was immediately on the front foot, pulling Ashish Nehra for a boundary off the first ball he faced.

Ponting, who smashed Ishant Sharma for a six and a four off the bowler's first over, raised his 73rd half-century with a boundary off Harbhajan Singh but his fabulous innings came to an abrupt end when he was run out.

Doug Bollinger - 8
Doug Bollinger claimed three top-order wickets to help Australia beat India by 24 runs. Bollinger gave Aussies big relief by sending back Virender Sehwag, who looked unstoppable at one stage. He then also got Virat Kohli in his first spell, before returning to see off India captain MS Dhoni.

Cameron White - 6
Australia were 123 for three at one stage when Cameron White and Michael Hussey rebuilt the innings with a 73-run stand for the fourth wicket. White mixed caution with aggression as he played a superb knock of 62 off 71 balls. White, who reached his fourth ODI half-century with a single off Harbhajan Singh, got run out and Australia thereafter lost their way.

Michael Hussey - 7
Australia were reduced to 123 for three as Ricky Ponting got run out and it was essential to consolidate the innings. And Michael Hussey did just that in the company of Cameron White.

In-form Hussey, negotiated the spinners with aplomb and once stepped out to hit Yuvraj over the ropes. Hussey was looking good for his fifty when he holed out to Ishant, trying to hit Yuvraj out of the ground.

Nathan Hauritz - 6
Nathan Hauritz came up with an impressive performance, giving away 31 runs in nine overs, claiming two wickets, which included Sachin Tendulkar's wicket. And later he also saw off Suresh Raina.

Peter Siddle - 5
Peter Siddle, who bowled for just five overs, gave away only 15 runs.

Graham Manou - 3
Graham Manou though scored run a ball (6 off 7 balls) but he did a better job standing behind the wicket.

Moises Henriques - 2
Moises Henriques had a poor game. Period.

Shaun Marsh - 2
Shaun Marsh, who was dropped for the previous game in Delhi, returned to open the innings along with Shane Watson, but he simply failed to impress as he got trapped right in front by Ashish Nehra in the eighth over scoring just five runs off 23 balls.

Mitchell Johnson - 2
Mitchell Johnson proved to be the costliest Aussie bowler in the match. He conceded 74 runs in nine over without any success.

INDIA:

Harbhajan Singh - 8
A great all-round display from Harbhajan Singh! He sizzled not only with a couple of wickets but also hit a quickfire 31 off 25 balls to give India some hope of victory.

Earlier, when Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson had added 64 runs to lend stability to Australia, MS Dhoni pressed Harbhajan Singh into service. Bhajji struck immediately with the wicket of Shane Watson in his first delivery.

Ashish Nehra - 7
Ashish Nehra (3/37) was the pick of the Indian bowlers. India's new-ball bowlers, Nehra and Praveen Kumar, kept Australia's openers on a tight leash with a good line and length. Aussie batsmen looked extremely uncomfortable throughout facing Nehra's angles.

Praveen Kumar - 7
Praveen Kumar along with Ashish Nehra kept Australia's openers on a tight leash in the initial overs. Aussie batsmen failed to get their act together against generous swing that Praveen was generating.

Praveen Kumar also hit a fine 16 off 19 balls and in the able company of Harbhajan Singh threatened to run away with the match.

Ravindra Jadeja - 5
Like most of the Indian bowlers, Ravindra Jadeja also had a good outing. And even though he could not take any wicket but he impressed with his bowling figures of 7-0-27-0, besides knocking off the stumps with a direct throw to run out Ricky Ponting.

Virender Sehwag - 6
India's chase got off to a blazing start with Virender Sehwag displaying the kind of power-hitting on which he has built his career around. The first ball raced to the fence off his blade faster than it had arrived.

The birthday boy copped three boundaries in his next over and before he got out he raced to 30 off 19 balls.

Sachin Tendulkar - 5
Sachin Tendulkar, who needed 47 runs at the start of this match to reach 17,000 in ODIs, went out leg before to off-spinner Nathan Hauritz after hitting 40 runs, as India slipped to 94 for three.

MS Dhoni - 3
At 94 for three, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (26) and Yuvraj Singh had a task uncannily similar to the one they had accomplished in the previous match in Delhi but they both failed.

Yuvraj Singh - 2
Yuvraj Singh could not capitilise on a good start as his innings folded up at 21.

Suresh Raina - 2
Suresh Raina failed to make any mark in this match, scoring a dismal 17 off 30 balls.

Virat Kohli - 2
Virat Kohli had a low key game. Virat, who replaced injured Gautam Gambhir in this match, could only manage to score 10 runs.

Ishant Sharma - 2
Ishant Sharma proved to be the costliest Indian bowler. When India captain MS Dhoni brought in Ishant to bowl, he hoped the beanpole pacer would once again torment the Australian captain like he had done in the past but Ponting was in no mood to oblige. And Ishant failed to make any mark in this match at all.