After India were made to bat first in gloomy conditions, whatever game was possible was held in fits and starts following innumerable stoppages for rain. But after the third intervention, when India were 692 in 16 overs, the rain took over and the game was finally called off at 8 pm local time.
India, however, would not have been too disappointed by the abandonment as it has given them a lifeline in this tournament. The two points they got from this rain-ruined match gets them on to the points table in the tri-series and makes things a bit easier - India now simply have to defeat England in their last league match in Perth on January 30 to make it to the final.
Had India lost Monday's game, they would have had to improve their net-run rate substantially while beating England by a bonus point. That would have been a much difficult proposition. Now, though, the game in Perth has virtually become a semifinal.
The winners will take on Australia in the final, also in Perth, on February 1.
From the morning it was overcast in Sydney and rain was forecast for the day .At one time there was doubt if the game would start at all, since it rained in the Moore Park area quite heavily in the morning. The weather let up in the afternoon for the match to make a 45-minute delayed start.
If India were disappointed at all by the events of the day, it was that they could not test out Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja. Sharma was to play his first game since the third Test and Jadeja would have got his first game on the tour. The Indian think-tank is desperate to test their form and fitness.
The two will now have to wait till the Perth game against England to finally step on to the field. For Monday's game, India dropped Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Akshar Patel for Ishant and Jadeja. For Australia, David Warner and skipper George Bailey, who was suspended for slow over-rate for the Hobart match, returned to the squad. There was not much at stake for Australia as they are already in the final. Bailey, though, was planning to bat higher up the order to get among the runs. Warner, who has played just one good innings - a century against India in the opening game in Melbourne - too would have been eager to spend some time in the middle.
In the 16 overs possible, struggling India opener Shikhar Dhawan again failed to make it count, falling cheaply to Mitchell Starc. For the third time in the tri-series, he was caught in the slips cordon without getting into double-figures. Ambati Rayudu played a neat little innings of 29 in which he clobbered a six, but failed to capitalize on the start he got.
Virat Kohli had just joined Ajinkya Rahane in the middle when rain interrupted play for the third time. The only bright spot for India was Rahane's batting, as he seemed quite secure in the middle despite the Australian pace bowlers getting a lot of bounce on a pitch that was supposed to help the spinners.
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