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Australia beat India by 106 runs in World Cup warm-up in Adelaide

Maxwell and Warner belt quick centuries

Glenn Maxwell: Dominated the Indian bowling attack
Image: Glenn Maxwell: Dominated the Indian bowling attack

Australia continued their hold over India with a straightforward 102-run victory in a World Cup warm-up match in Adelaide.

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David Warner and Glenn Maxwell scored quickfire centuries for the tournament co-hosts, who recently won the Carlton Mid Tri-Series against their Sunday opponents and Ashes rivals England.

India are without a win since their arrival in Australia in late November, having failed to win either of their warm-up games before a 2-0 Test series defeat, and then being beaten in three out of four Tri-Series games - the fourth was washed out.

They have one more chance, against Afghanistan on Tuesday, to end that winless streak before kicking off the tournament against fierce rivals Pakistan on Sunday.

India's bowlers bore the brunt of the damage as Australia piled up 371 in 48.2 overs, making the most of Warner's flying start to post a daunting target.

Warner dominated a 62-run opening partnership with Aaron Finch, who was the first wicket to fall for 20 when he offered a catch to Virat Kohli off the bowling of Stuart Binny.

Shane Watson kept up the brisk scoring rate with 22 off 17 balls but India briefly had some hope when Umesh Yadav bowled Steve Smith for only one to reduce the home side to 120-3.

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However, Warner was in imperious form at the other end as he went to his century off 80 balls, only to fall three balls later for 104 to the bowling of Axar Patel.

Maxwell fireworks

But that only brought Maxwell to the crease and if Australian fans thought Warner's innings was exciting, they would soon realise it was nothing in comparison.

Maxwell set about India's bowlers with languid contempt, hitting 11 fours and eight sixes in a quite sensational knock of 122 before retiring 'out'.

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His century came off 53 balls with a boundary off Yadav and by the end of the same over he had another 22 runs in his pocket after following another four with three consecutive sixes off the pace bowler.

Maxwell's retirement sparked a flurry of late wickets, as Australia fell from 345-6 to 371 all out, Mohammad Shami faring best of the India bowlers with 3-83 in nine expensive overs.

Costly collapse

India scored quickly in the early overs, but lost Rohit Sharma for eight and Virat Kohli for 18 - a wicket apiece for Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc - before Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane settled things down.

They built a fine partnership of 104 in good time before Rahane's departure off the bowling of Pat Cummins for 66 sparked a middle-order collapse.

From 157-2, India slumped to 185-7 with Cummins and Mitchell Johnson claiming a couple of wickets apiece.

Ambati Rayudu produced an impressive innings and with help from Ravi Jadeja they put on 69 for the eighth wicket to make the final losing margin a little less painful.

But Rayudu was caught behind by Brad Haddin off Hazlewood for 53 and Cummins took his third wicket to claim Jadeja's scalp for 20 before Starc wrapped things up by getting Ravichandran Ashwin (1) to loft a short ball to Cummins in the deep.

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