Skipper Virat Kohli played a sweet cameo after yet another impressive show by the bowling unit as India comfortably beat Australia by nine wickets in a rain-curtailed opening T20 International, here on Saturday
Skipper Virat Kohli played a sweet cameo after yet another impressive show by the bowling unit as India comfortably beat Australia by nine wickets in a rain-curtailed opening T20 International, here on Saturday. It was the seventh consecutive win for India in the shortest format having lost against the Aussies, way back in 2012 at Dhaka in the ICC World T20.
Kuldeep Yadav celebrates the wicket of Australia's Aaron Finch in Ranchi on Saturday. Pic/AFP
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After chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (2-16 in four overs) yet again bamboozled the visitors alongside Jasprit Bumrah (2-17 in four overs) which saw them score 118-8 in 18.4 overs, India were left to chase a revised target of 48 in six overs via Duckworth-Lewis method. Skipper Kohli's 14-ball-22 had three boundaries and Shikhar Dhawan also hit three boundaries in his unbeaten 15 as they cruised to the target in 5.3 overs, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Australia's batting woes continued as they once again failed to read Yadav's left-arm wrist spin. Man of the match Yadav was complemented well by Jasprit Bumrah's (2-17 in three overs) toe-crushing yorkers. Yuzvendra Chahal (1-23 in four overs) also played his part to perfection. Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got a wicket apiece. Australia have endured a highly forgettable tour of India of losing the ODI series 1-4.
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