It has been yet another case of so near yet so far for India in the ODI series against Australia. They have squandered a 2-1 adavantage to allow the Aussies to take an unassailable 4-2 lead. There are three more instances in this decade of India failing to win a home bilateral ODI series comprising five or more matches after taking a lead during the course of the rubber. The full details are:

vs Australia (leads 2-1, loses 2-3) in 2000-01: The five-match ODI series was contested after the well known "final frontier" Test series. It resulted in an alternate victory for India and Australia before the crunch game at Margao. After VVS Laxman scored a solid ton, it was left to Michael Bevan to guide the visitors to a four-wicket win. The match was marred by circulation of bogus tickets which resulted in many genuine ticket holders being denied entry. Matthew Hayden who aggregated 303 runs was adjudged Man of the Series.