With more firepower to come - James Faulkner and Brad Haddin, for starters - Australia still have the licence to go up a gear when they think fit. Clarke guides his first four off his legs - the first boundary for four overs, since before those two wickets fell.

Jadeja, spinning the ball from hand to hand, is economical with his run up - only two or three paces - and is equally miserly with the rest of his over. Given that the "slog" overs routinely go for 10-15 these days, India will be relatively happy with these last few overs.

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Harsha Bhogle
BBC Test Match Special

"This is a wonderful phase for India. Australia are just re-gathering - the slog may not come until the final five overs now."

A brief "who to bowl?" conference between the India brains trust sees Yadav's last two overs kept in reserve as Mohammed Shami returns. A roar from the Indian fans greets an athletic stop from the lively Jadeja as Watson adds a single - Shami tests Clarke with a bouncer, but he doesn't have the pace of a Wahab Riaz to discombobulate the Aussie skipper. Another better over for India - just two from it.

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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Sydney

"MS Dhoni doesn't do conventional. Remember him standing back to the left-arm spin of Jadeja during last year's Lord's Test? Now we're seeing some outrageous field settings.

"Firstly, Yadav to Clarke, five men in the ring, straight, including a man almost behind the umpire, peering around the non-striker from edge of the 30-yard circle. Then, Jadeja to Watson, only three men on the leg side, just one saving a single between long on and deep backward square."

Australia 239-4 (40 overs)

Batsmen: Watson 2, Clarke 3

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Warner 12), 197-2 (Smith 105), 232-3 (Maxwell 23), 233-4 (Finch 81)

Bowling figures: Shami 7-0-40-0, Yadav 8-0-63-3, Mohit Sharma 7-0-47-0, Kohli 1-0-7-0, Jadeja 8-0-41-0, Ashwin 9-0-34-1

Australia won toss

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Dhoni swaps his spinners over as slow left-armer Jadeja, his beard now bushier than much of the hair on the top of his head, returns for his eighth over. It's rebuilding time for Clarke and Watson, who help themselves to two singles apiece. Last 10 coming up.

Zubair Ahmed: I know how wickets are falling in Sydney without watching the match live - by hearing the deafening screams of my colleagues.

Gurjeet Johal: Got him! Damage control now, must keep it to 300.

Captain Michael Clarke is in at six, two lower than his place on the scorecard - fair to expect that these two will get a bit of "chin music" after the way he and Watson suffered at the hands of Pakistan's Wahab Riaz during the quarter-final.

Clarke pulls a single to bring Watson on strike for the first time - his first ball is another legside wide from Yadav. But a vital over has brought one wicket at the cost of two runs.

Rahul Dravid
Ex-India captain on BBC Test Match Special

"That's Yadav's third wicket, and two of them have been with the short ball. It just came on to Finch a bit quicker with a bit more bounce. India will feel they've got a chance if they can get a couple of tight overs in here."

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Yadav re-ties his shoelaces - and it may have done the trick as he bangs in a bouncer which Finch hits straight to short mid-wicket. Suddenly, the old "add two wickets to the score" maxim comes to mind - as from being well set, Australia have two new batsmen in, neither of whom have faced a ball, while the Indian fans are back on their feet.

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One powerful right-handed all-rounder replaces another as Aussie captain Michael Clarke keeps himself back and sends Shane Watson out to replace Maxwell. But he'll have to wait to face a ball as Finch nicks the strike with a single.

Rahul Dravid
Ex-India captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It's an incredibly important wicket - we know how dangerous Glenn Maxwell can be. Ashwin fired that particular ball in a lot quicker."

Ravichandran Ashwin returns as India turn back to spin - and does for Maxwell as the bearded right-hander obligingly lofts one down deep square leg's throat. A cameo of 23 from 14 balls for Maxwell.

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"It's a good job that Yadav didn't get any fingers to that shot - he would have lost them. These two batsmen are like coiled springs - they can create mayhem."

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Maxwell shows he can hit straight as well, with a cross-batted baseball-style blast over the bowler for four - a taller bowler like Mohammad Irfan might have risked decapitation. Only a good stop by Ajinkya Rahane at cover prevents the fourth boundary of the over. Good news for India: the powerplay is over. But will four men on the boundary be enough to stem the tide?

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"He's waiting for the short ball now, Maxwell. He knows he's going to get a lot of short stuff, so he's just lurking on the back foot - these two bowlers aren't Wahab Riaz in terms of pace."

Finch survives his umpteenth lbw appeal of the tournament - it looked high again - as they scamper a leg bye. Maxwell effortlessly pulls a short ball for four between the scouts out on the legside boundary at long leg and deep square leg - and then launches one into the stratosphere over mid-wicket, landing several rows back in the stand. A poor ball, and Maxwell gave it the treatment it deserved.

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A rather needless referral to the third umpire as Finch pushes a quick single, a direct hit breaks the stumps at the striker's end and it goes upstairs, even though Maxwell had nearly passed the stumps by the time the wicket was down. More busy singles mean it's 10 off the over.