Motivated by captain Virat Kohli’s 40th One-day International century, Indian bowlers displayed tremendous grit and bowled out Australia in a last-over thriller to win the second ODI by eight runs at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, on Tuesday.

India consolidated their lead in the five-match series, winning the second match in a row.

After being asked to bat, India rode on a 120-ball 116 by Virat Kohli to post 250. Australia made a confident start in the chase but faltered in end and were wrapped up for 242 in 49.3 overs, eight runs shot of the target.

Pacer Vijay Shankar scalped the last two Australian batsmen in the final over in which Australia needed to score 11 runs for a series-levelling win.

Handing the ball to medium pacer Shankar at the make-or-break situation was a bold decision by skipper Kohli, who had the option of employing Kedar Jadhav as well.