Fifth one-day international: India v Australia, Hyderabad: Australia 350-4 (50 overs) beat India 347 (49.4 overs) by 3 runs
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Sachin Tendulkar hit 175 but it was not enough as India lost a dramatic fifth one-day international against Australia by three runs with two balls remaining.
Australia racked up a huge total of 350 with Shaun Marsh scoring 112 and Shane Watson 93 in an opening stand of 145.
Cameron White (57) also impressed as Praveen Kumar finished with a pair.
Virender Sehwag (38) began the chase well and with a wobbling middle order, Tendulkar's heroics, aided by Suresh Raina (59), finally proved fruitless.
It was an astonishing finale to a match involving a number of astonishing performances and it is the tourists who now go into Sunday's sixth and penultimate match in the series in buoyant mood.
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Marsh's stunning maiden century, as well as three wickets apiece for newcomer Clint McKay and Watson were all brilliant performances for Australia.
But it will be the efforts of man-of-the-match Tendulkar who will rightfully dominate the headlines, despite being on the losing side, scoring 175 off 140 balls including 19 fours and four sixes.
The 36-year-old, already holding the records for most runs in Tests and one-day internationals, has now notched 17,168 runs in limited over cricket over 435 matches with an average of 44.59.
With India sniffing a hugely unexpected win (19 needed off 18), Tendulkar finally fell to McKay, caught by Nathan Hauritz, and it proved to be the crucial scalp, although there were still minor glimmers of hope to come.
"It was very disappointing to lose," said Tendulkar, agreeing that his second-highest one day knock had been one of his most satisfying. "I was striking the ball pretty well and there was constant pressure of keeping up the run rate."
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It's a remarkable effort considering the injuries we've had
Ricky Ponting
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After winning the toss, the injury-hit Australians, introducing McKay instead of Mitchell Johnson for his one day debut, started brilliantly on a good batting wicket with Watson dominating the opening stand with Marsh.
The Indian bowlers were finally rewarded with the score on 145 when Watson skewed a delivery from off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (1-44) into the hands of Ravindra Jadeja.
Marsh then added 91 runs for the second wicket with captain Ricky Ponting (45) after being dropped on 29 by wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and on 52 by Virender Sehwag.
The 26-year-old opener eventually fell on 112 to a fine catch by Gautam Gambhir off pace bowler Ashish Nehra, before White scored 57 from 33, caught by Tendulkar on the last ball of the innings off Kumar (2-68).
It was a massive total for India to chase in front of their fans in Hyderabad and Sehwag showed early intent before falling on 38 to a catch by Doug Bollinger off Ben Hilfenhaus.
 Shane Watson (left) and Marsh produced a fine opening partnerhsip
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McKay picked up two wickets as Gautam Gambhir (8), Yuvraj Singh (9) and Dhoni (8) all departed cheaply to hand Tendulkar centre stage and pick up the run chase with Suresh Raina.
Watson (3-47) at last provided some bowling resistance with Graham Manou catching Raina with the score on 299 and India still needing 52 off 45 balls.
Harbhajan Singh fell for a duck and although the building excitement was somewhat deflated when Tendulkar fell, Kumar bludgeoned a six to leave the Indians wanting 10 off 10.
And with eight needed in the final over, the hosts fell short of the total by just three, with the Australians securing a magnificent win after running out Kumar thanks to a fine throw from Hauritz.
While India captain Dhoni said it hurt "losing a game like that", Australia's Ponting was delighted his young side had come through.
With injured bowlers Peter Siddle, Brett Lee and James Hopes all missing, the skipper said: "It was an amazing game of cricket," adding that Tendulkar's innings was also "amazing".
"It's a remarkable effort considering the injuries we've had and the way we are continuing to improve on this tour."
The sixth one day match between the two sides is on Sunday in Guwahati, with Mumbai hosting the seventh and final clash of the series three days later.
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