India won by a huge margin of 6 wickets against Australia. The Men in Blue dominated the game. Matthew Wade scored 43 runs in just 20 deliveries that led Australia to score 90/5, and they were reduced to just eight overs due to a delay caused by a wet outfield. Skipper Rohit Sharma scored 46 off 20 deliveries and star players like KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Hardik Pandya played cameos. Dinesh Karthik was the perfect finisher by hitting a six and a four off the first two balls of the last over.
The match will decide the victors since both the teams are now at 1-1.
India vs Australia: Match Highlights
The men in blue were chasing a target of 91. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma mustered 46 runs in 20 balls that accelerated the victory for the team. Australian spinner Adam Zampa dismissed three major players, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav i a row. The pair had mustered 20 runs in the first over, bowled by Josh Hazlewood. Matthew Wade’s power-hitting ability steered Australia to 90 runs for five wickets but it didn’t help them to win.
The match was reduced to eight overs both the sides and India elected to bowl first. Aaron Finch gave Australia a good start before they lost a set of wickets and all thanks to Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah. The visitors were in great trouble but Matthew WAde’s 43 runs in 20 balls helped the Aussies to a good total. Bumrah replaced Umesh Yadav in the game and so is Rishabh Pant since Bhuveneshwar Kumar is out of the game. The Australian team made a few transformations in their squad. Sean Abbott and Daniel Sams replaced Nathan Ellis and Josh Inglis.The toss in today’s match got delayed as well due to wet outfield.
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