Watson lead Australia past India into final

It was another struggle for India's batsmen on tour© Getty Images 

Sydney: Australia beat India by 87 runs in a Tri-series one-day international to ensure their place in the fiinals.

Shane Watson made a impressive return by captaining Australia and generally led his team soundly in the field to sucessfully defend a target of 253 runs in the absence of the injured Michael Clarke.

India's worries over their batting continued as their batting scrumbled once again.

Sehwag departed for five before Tendulkar was run-out oon 14. Virat Kohli (21) and Gautam Gambhir (23) were dismissed in successive overs, India were struggling at 83 for four.

Dhoni and Ashwin trued to put some struggle but remained unsuccesful.

David Warner scored his first half century of the year in limited overs cricket, wicketkeeper Matt Wade hit 56 and David Hussey a controversial 54 to fire the Australian innings.

India now need a bonus-point victory over Sri Lanka in Hobart on Tuesday and must rely on Australia beating their sub-continental rivals in Melbourne on Friday to have any hope of progressing to the best of three match final.

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