Australia won the 3rd ODI against India by 3 wickets in Melbourne today with 7 balls remaining. With this Australian victory, India lost the 5 ODI series 3-nil. India failed to defend their score for the third time in succession after Perth's 309 and 308 in Brisbane. Winning the toss, Australian captain Steven Smith sent India in to bat first. Virat Kohli scored 117 runs to register his 24th century and became the quickest batsman to reach 7,000 runs. India scored 295 for 6 in the stipulated 50 overs. Australia squared off with 296 for 7. For Australia, John Hastings took four wickets for 58 runs. For India, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each.