IND vs AUS T20 / Australia won the first T20, defeated Team India by 4 wickets

Zoom News : Sep 20, 2022, 10:40 PM
IND vs AUS T20: Australia defeated India by 4 wickets, registering a spectacular victory in the first match of the three-match series. Batting first in the match, India scored 208 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. In reply, AUS team achieved the target by losing 6 wickets. Australia's Cameron Green scored 61 runs in 30 balls.

Amazing innings from Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya played a wonderful innings in Mohali. He scored 71 runs in just 30 balls. During this, his bat hit 7 fours and 5 sixes. In the last over, Hardik thrashed Cameron Green. He scored 21 runs in this over with a hat-trick six.

Surya's batting

Team India got two setbacks very quickly. Team captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli could not do anything special in the match. After the dismissal of both, Suryakumar Yadav came to support KL Rahul and played a brilliant innings. He scored 46 runs in just 25 balls. During this, 4 brilliant sixes and 2 fours came off his bat. His strike rate was 184. Cameron Green took the wicket of Surya.

Rahul scored 18th fifty of T20 career

KL Rahul, who was in poor form in the Asia Cup, was heavily criticized, but he returned to his original complexion in the first match against Australia. He faced 35 balls and scored 55 runs. His bat hit 4 fours and 3 sixes. During this, Rahul's strike rate was 157.14. His wicket was taken by Josh Hazlewood.

Captain Rohit-Kohli was a flop

Team India captain Rohit Sharma could not do anything special in the first match against Australia. He faced 9 balls and only 11 runs came off his bat. Rohit's wicket was taken by Josh Hazlewood.

Virat Kohli, who returned to form after scoring a century in the Asia Cup against Afghanistan, was dismissed for just 2 runs in 7 balls. Nathan Ellis took his wicket.

Tim David is making his debut for Australia. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant are not playing today's match for India. Umesh Yadav has become a part of the playing XI. Dinesh Karthik has also got a chance in the team.

Possible playing XI of both the teams

India - KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Harshal Patel.

Australia - Aaron Finch (c), Cameron Greene, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Tim David, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER