Australia have moved to top spot in the Commonwealth Bank Series with a comprehensive 110-run bonus-point win over India at the Gabba.
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Set 289 for victory, the visitors lost early wickets under sustained pressure from Brett Lee and Ben Hilfenhaus, and were unable to fight their way back into the contest, finishing bowled out for a lowly 178, despite the best efforts of captain MS Dhoni (56).
Hilfenhaus was the pick of the bowlers across both sides and indisputable man-of-the-match, keeping up his hot summer against the Indians with game-best figures of 5-33.
Australia's win takes them to 14 points, while India remain in second on 10 and Sri Lanka round out the field with seven.
Australia's imposing total was the product of an all-round batting performance, as openers David Warner (43) and Matt Wade (45) set a platform, middle-order pair Peter Forrest (52) and Michael Hussey (59) combined in a 100-run partnership to ensure a competitive total, and David Hussey (26 not out) and Dan Christian (30 not out) teed off at the death to bring the score to 5-288.
Xavier Doherty was super tight with 0-29 from his 10, while Lee was sensational in his first two spells, before seeing his figures blow out when Dhoni opened the shoulders in the batting power-play.
In one of the few low points for the hosts, stand-in skipper Ricky Ponting continued his lean run, falling for seven in his fifth-straight single-figure innings in the tournament.
Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar was equally disappointing, managing three scratchy runs in an entirely unconvincing performance at the top of the order.
For the Indian bowling attack, Pathan enjoyed the most success, taking three wickets to justify an economy rate of more than six an over.
Floundering at 5-89 at the halfway point of their innings, the Indian objective was officially rendered a lost cause when Ravindra Jadeja was brilliantly caught by Peter Forrest, running in from deep extra cover to take the skier between a host of scrambling teammates.
The Indians took their batting power play at the beginning of the 35th over and Dhoni took advantage, launching Lee's second delivery deep into the stands and powering the next through Dan Christian's hands at mid-off and on to the boundary to bring up his half-ton.
With 15 overs remaining and the visitors facing an asking rate of more than 10 runs per over, the death blow was eventually delivered by Hilfenhaus, with Christian plucking Dhoni at mid-on to repay his earlier drop off the Indian skipper.
Hilfenhaus and Lee came together to clean up the tail in the same fashion exhibited in their destruction of the top.
