Margao: A damp outfield caused by overnight rains forced cancellation of the third and final ODI between India and Australia without a ball being bowled to give the hosts a 1-0 series victory, their first at home in over two decades, here today.
With the abandonment of today's ODI, the second in the three-match series, Australia returned home without winning a single game in their tour of India. They had lost the two-match Test series 0-2 before the ODI series.
India had beaten Australia by five wickets in the second ODI at Visakhapatnam on October 20 while the first match in Kochi on October 17 was washed out.
This was the first time that India have beaten Australia in an ODI series since 1998.
The series win by India is also the first at home in over two decades against Australia.