SYDNEY : Battered and bruised after four successive hammerings, India will make a last-gasp effort to avoid the embarrassment of being whitewashed by an unrelenting Australia when the two sides clash in the fifth and final cricket one-dayer here tomorrow.
The Indians came a cropper while defending three back-to -back 300-plus totals and in the fourth match in Canberra, they bungled inexplicably from a position of strength to fail in chasing as well.
And it would take a special resolve to recover from the demoralising debacles to manage at least one positive result before the three-match Twenty20 series starting January 26 in Adelaide.
This is the first bilateral one-day series between the two sides on Australian soil, and the Men in Blue will want to avoid entering the record books in an embarrassing fashion.
While the visitors are searching for answers after the poor show, the hosts took the day off today after travelling here via road, their dressing room relaxed for this 50-over finale.
The Indians could not have a practice session today because of wet conditions and there is a possibility of weather playing spoilsport with the forecast of more showers tomorrow. (AGENCIES)
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