Summary Australia are looking for a one-day series whitewash over India in Saturday's final game.
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia are looking for a one-day series whitewash over India in Saturday s final game, after being handed an unlikely win in the fourth tie when the tourists imploded with victory in sight.
Coach Darren Lehmann admitted he didn t think skipper Steve Smith s men would get "across the line" at Canberra s Manuka Oval on Wednesday when India were 277 for one chasing 348.
But after a spectacular Indian batting collapse -- in which the last nine wickets fell for just 46 runs -- Australia won by 25 runs to lead the series 4-0.
"The challenge now is to finish five-zip," said Lehmann.
The coach added that despite the wins in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra, Saturday s Sydney Cricket Ground match would still be hard-fought.
"Every game is important, whether it s five-nil, or 4-1, or 3-2 it doesn t matter when you are playing cricket for Australia, you actually want to win every game you play," he said.
"We ve got a job to do and entertain the crowd along the way. For us it s a chance to show our skills off."
Smith said ending the one-day campaign 5-0 was "absolutely" the goal after Test series wins against New Zealand and the West Indies this season.
"It will be a fitting finish for the summer if we can finish with five-nil," the skipper said.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who fell for a duck in Wednesday s match, said his side s positive start to the game showed that a series whitewash could be avoided.
"After the first three losses people were saying it s going to be difficult to come back, but in this game I thought we batted really well," he told ABC News late Wednesday.
"It also gives a glimpse of what you ll see in the Twenty20s, a lot of flamboyant cricket."
Australia and India follow the ODI series with three T20 matches in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
