A century from Shikhar Dhawan and half-centuries from skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were easily the talking points after India posted a mammoth 352-5 against Australia on Sunday. However, on a flat Oval deck, anything less than 325 would have been chaseable, and more so for a team like Australia. The defending champions eventually ended up with getting 316 — just 36 runs short of victory.

India were well aware of the conditions at The Oval given they had lost in a Champions Trophy match to Sri Lanka here in 2017 after scoring 321.