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'I didn't have an inkling in the event that I was regularly going to play a one-dayer once more. It's interesting how things change however it was decent to get that open door in Australia and take it, at that point to have confidence (from) the selectors to keep me in, it was pleasant to get (lady hundred) today. It was entirely extraordinary'

After a thrill ride summer when he was dropped from the Australian Test side and overlooked in the restricted overs groups, Peter Handscomb is crawling nearer to solidifying a spot during the current year's 50-over World Cup.

The right-gave batsman battled for keeps running in the home Test arrangement against India and was along these lines dropped for the two Tests against Sri Lanka.

He was additionally forgotten for the white-ball matches against South Africa at home and a spot in the Australian center request for the World Cup showed up a slim chance.

Be that as it may, the 27-year-old scored intensely for Victoria in the One-Day Cup crusade and earned a review for the three one-day internationals against India at home.

On Sunday, he struck his lady ODI hundred to enable Australia to pursue down a record 359 and level the five-coordinate arrangement at 2-2.

"It's a flighty diversion," he told columnists after Australia's four-wicket triumph at Mohali.

"I'm simply siphoned to be in an Australian group.

"Clearly, it was breaking to get dropped from the Test squad, it was something I'd been priding myself on, endeavoring to be a solid red-athlete for Victoria and continually pushing my case for Australia.

"So hurt. Be that as it may, on the other side, to now push my case in white-ball (cricket), it's an excellent inclination and how rapidly the highs and lows change inside cricket."

Handscomb, who said he has worked with previous Australia Test opener Chris Rogers on his procedure, has not had a steady kept running in the 50-overs position since his presentation in January 2017 and Sunday's match was just the fifteenth of his vocation.

He indented up two fifties in the three matches against India at home and has additionally been strong on the visit.

In their penultimate match of the arrangement in India, Australia were lurching at 12-2 preceding Handscomb, who scored 117, and Usman Khawaja added 192 hurries to return their pursuit on track.

"I'm entirely upbeat," he said subsequent to hitting eight fours and three sixes in his 105-ball thump.

"I didn't have even an inkling on the off chance that I was consistently going to play a one-dayer once more. It's interesting how things change yet it was decent to get that open door in Australia and take it, at that point to have confidence (from) the selectors to keep me in, it was pleasant to get (lady hundred) today. It was entirely unique."

Australia created the best one-day worldwide pursue in their history to crush India in Chandigarh. Set an objective of 359 the visitors won with 13 balls to save on account of Peter Handscomb's lady century and Ashton Turner's dazzling unbeaten 84.

Handscomb entered the fight in the fourth finished, when Aaron Finch's second-ball duck and Shaun Marsh's skittled stumps diminished Australia to 12 for 2. The Victorian withdrew toward the beginning of the 42nd over, directing his group to a point where they required 88 keeps running from the last nine overs.

Australia will guard champions at the Cricket World Cup, to be facilitated by England and Wales from May 30 to July 14.