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New Delhi. Australia defeated India by four wickets with four balls in a T20 match before the unbeaten innings of 45 runs in 21 balls of Matthew Wade after a half -century of Cameron Green (61 runs). The fielding of the Indian team was quite disappointing in which the team dripped three catches. Apart from fielding in this defeat, bowling was also bad. All except Akshar Patel, everyone took runs. In addition to the half -centuries of all -rounder Hardik Pandya (71 not out) and opener KL Rahul (55 runs), Suryakumar Yadav (46 runs), India scored a big score of 208 runs for six wickets after getting the batting nerve.
Australia scored a Green half-century, Steve Smith’s 35 runs and finally 21 balls of 21 balls and two sixes unbeaten with 45 runs, scoring 211 for six in 19.2 overs, 1-0 in the series with a win of four wickets. Created the lead. For Australia, Tim David scored 18 runs in the debut match.
The players of both the teams took full advantage of the batting pitch and entertained the audience by putting a sightseeing shot. Indian regional guards gave many lives to Australian players, otherwise this score could have been something else. For some time, questions have been raised in the form of Australian captain Aaron Finch, but he scored 22 runs in 13 balls with three fours and a six and was the first player to be dismissed whom Akshar Patel bowled. Finch had told about starting the innings with Cameron Green at the time of the toss. Green did not disappoint its captain at all.
Green and Smith were moving fast for the second wicket and moving towards a good score. Meanwhile, Akshay Patel gave life to Green on Hardik’s ball in the eighth over, then he was on 43 runs. In the 9th over, Rahul again left Smith’s catch while running away from the long off. On the next ball, Green completed his half -century by hitting a six in the midwicket on Akshar Patel’s ball, which was his first fifty in professional cricket.
Akshay Patel took his wicket when he tried to play the ball elevated and Kohli made no mistake in catching it. This ended a brilliant 70 -run partnership in a 40 ball between Green and Smith. Green scored 61 runs in 30 balls with eight fours and four sixes. India made two reviews in the 12th over in which it got the wickets of Smith (35 runs) and Glenn Maxwell. But there was no decrease in the run speed of Australia. Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar (52 runs in four overs) again proved to be expensive in the 19th over, he gave 16 runs in it. Akshar Patel took three for 17 runs in four overs while Umesh Yadav took two wickets for 27 runs in two overs. Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket for 42 runs.
Earlier, India scored a big score of 208 for six against Australia in the first match of the three -match series with half -centuries of all -rounder Hardik Pandya (71 not out) and opener KL Rahul (55 runs). Apart from Hardik and Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav (46 runs) took full advantage of the batting pitch and entertained the audience by putting a sightseeing shot.
Hardik made the Indian innings more exciting by hitting three consecutive sixes on Cameron Green in the final over. This scored 67 runs in the last five overs and India crossed the score of 200 runs. Rahul’s strike rate has been criticized for some time, but he replied to it with four fours and three sixes in the innings of 35 balls. Then Hardik batting amazing, facing 30 balls, hit five sixes to seven fours.
Apart from these two, Suryakumar Yadav hit two fours and four sixes in 25 balls. Australia won the toss and invited India to bat. But captain Rohit Sharma (11) and Virat Kohli (02) returned to the pavilion cheaply. After which Rahul and Suryakumar shared a 68 -run partnership in 42 balls, in which both of them made many great shots. Rahul hit a gunny sixes on Josh Hazlewood in a couner and then on Cameron Green deep square leg.
Suryakumar also hit four sixes while playing according to his style, including long on Long Aan and two consecutive sixes on Deep Midwick. Then Hardik completed the half -century while playing responsibly and scored openly against the Australian bowlers. Nathan Ellis took three wickets and Josh Hazlewood took two wickets for Australia. Cameron Green got one wicket. Australia made Tim David debut in the match.
