The pivotal moment in the chase, if it can be called that, was the loss of three wickets for one run from 102 to 103. The third of those wickets will rankle. Umar Akmal may or may not have feathered an edge off Ravi Jadeja through to MS Dhoni. Umpire Richard Kettleborough thought not but was overturned by third umpire Steve Davis on the basis of a sound on Snicko that was so imperceptible it could have been made by a moth flapping its wings in Ceduna. The DRS is meant to take the guesswork out of umpiring, not add to it.
The match was beamed to a record audience of 1.5 billion and they were treated to an atmospheric, though sadly one-sided match between the game's most passionate rivals.
For the fourth time in as many games, the team batting first posted at least 300, although India needed every ball available to them after losing their way in the final five overs. When 273-2 after 45 overs becomes 300-7, you'd call that slightly underwhelming.
There was, however, nothing disappointing about the efforts of Shikhar Dhawan (73), Suresh Raina (74) and the brightest star in the Indian galaxy, Kohli.
His 107 was the 22nd time he has notched up three figures in his ODI career, the same total as Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum have managed combined.
Kohli's only blot was yet another silly and unnecessary confrontation he could have avoided, this time with Sohail Khan.
"I could wrap this ground up and take it home with me," he said of the Adelaide Oval, where he has passed 100 four times in seven innings across the formats.
So would India's fanatical fans, though they may have trouble getting it through Customs. Five thousand turned up to Adelaide without accommodation, happy to stay overnight at the airport for the chance to see their heroes. It would have been an uncomfortable, yet blissful, sleep.
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