India win by 11 runs
Canberra; India beat Australia by 11 runs in the first T20I here, Friday.
Chahal on for Jadeja
Canberra: India brought in leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as concussion substitute for Ravindra Jadeja in the first T20I against Australia, Friday. Jadeja was seen limping immediately after being hit on the head by a Mitchell Starc delivery in the 20th over of the Indian innings.
Smith gone
Canberra: Chasing a target of 162, Australia registered 74/2 at the end of 10 overs in the first T20I against India here, Friday.
D’Arcy Short 23 (24 balls) and Glenn Maxwell 2 (1 ball) after Steve Smith (12r, 9b 0x4 1×6) was caught by Sanju Samson off a Yuzvendra Chahal delivery.
No breakthrough for India
Canberra: Australia end on 53 without loss after six overs of powerplay.
Australia off to a flier
Canberra: Australia skipper Aaron Finch (27 batting) and D’Arcy Short (16 batting) helped their side to a flying start putting on 45 without loss in the first five overs. Both Finch and Short looked at ease against the Indian pacers and spinners.
India post 161/7 in 20 overs
Canberra: Kl Rahul’s 51 (40 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten 44 (23b, 5×4, 1×6) helped India register 161/7 in 20 overs in the first T20 against Australia here, Friday.
Moises Henriques picked up three wickets while Mitchell Starc grabbed two for Australia.
Brief Scores:
India: 161/7 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 51, Ravindra Jadeja 44 not out; Moises Henriques 3/22).
India lose Samson, Pandey, Rahul in quick succession
Canberra: India had their backs to the wall after being reduced to 97 for five at the end of the 15th over in their first T20 game against Australia here Friday. It was a poor five overs for India as Moises Henriques got stuck into them with the wickets of Samson (23) and Rahul (51, 40b, 5×4, 1×6) while Zampa accounted for Pandey (two). India could only add 22 runs between the 10th and 15th over
Samson falls, India 86 for 3
Canberra: India lost their third wicket with the dismissal of Sanju Samson (23, 15b, 1×4, 1×6). India’s score now stands at 86 for three after 11.1 overs. Meanwhile KL Rahul (50 batting) got to his 12 T20I half century.
India progress to 75 for two after 10 overs
Canberra: India progressed to 75 for two after the end of the 10th over. They will really have to accelerate in the remaining 10 overs if they have to put Australia under pressure. KL Rahul (48 batting) and Sanju Samson (15 batting) will now have to put on a big partnership
India lose Kohli
Canberra: Leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson struck a huge blow by dismissing Indian skipper Virat Kohli for nine. It was a long hop which Kohli hit back to the bowler.
India after end of powerplay are 42 for 1
Canberra: India scored 12 runs from Sean Abbot’s first over to reach 42 for one at the end of the powerplay overs
India lose Dhawan, reach 30 for one after five overs
Canberra: India did not have a very good first five overs against Australia in the first match of the three-game T20 series here Friday. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and put India in. His decision was vindicated with Mitchell Starc clean bowling Shikhar Dhawan in the third over. At the end of five overs India are 30 for one with KL rahul (20 batting) and Virat Kohli (seven batting) at the crease. Indian have rested Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer for the game while T Natarajan is making his T20 debut.
Australia win toss, put India in
Canberra: Australia and India are set to lock horns here Friday for the first T20I of the three-match series.
Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Teams
Australia 1 Aaron Finch, 2 D’Arcy Short, 3 Matthew Wade, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Moises Henriques, 7 Sean Abbott, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Mitchell Swepson, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood
India 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Sanju Samson, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 T Natarajan
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