India vs Australia Match Highlights
In the opening T20 International, Australia defeated India by four wickets to take a 1-0 series lead. With just four balls remaining, the Kangaroos stormed to victory. Thanks to Cameron Green’s explosive performance and Matthew Wade’s undefeated 45 off 21 balls. Here in this article, we have discussed India vs Australia Match Highlights in detail.
Captain of Australia Aaron Finch after choosing to bat first and inviting India. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were ineffective and left for very little money. KL Rahul nevertheless kept up his strong form. The right-handed batsman once again hit a score of fifty or more vs Afghanistan during the Asia Cup.
Later, Suryakumar Yadav contributed as well with an important 46-run knock from 25 balls. Then, in a most impressive way, Hardik Pandya scored 71 off 30 to finish the innings by hammering three sixes in the final three balls to help India reach 208/6 in 20 overs.
In reply, With the help of Finch and Green, Australia’s reaction got off to a fast start. Giving the impression for a brief time that they were on the way to triumph. Finch left after scoring 22 runs off 13 balls, but Green kept the show going with Steve Smith. The two added a 50-plus stand to take the game away from India.
Axar Patel and Umesh Yadav led India’s comeback after the halfway point. When everything was going in Australia’s favour until the tenth over. While Yadav, who had a costly start, took two wickets in his subsequent stint. The spinner took three in his allotted four overs.
In the end, though, Australia won the match and grabbed a 1-0 series lead thanks to a pivotal partnership between Green and Tim David. Green scored 61 runs off 30 balls, while Wade scored an unbeaten 45 runs off 21 balls to help Australia claim the second-highest run chase in their T20 history.
Cameron Green – awarded player of the match.
Cameron Green was awarded player of the match for his amazing batting performance scoring 61 runs from 30 balls, after the match in the post-match interview Green stated saying “I was thrown into the deep end but having someone like Finchy as an experienced campaigner, he kept me calm. We had the luxury of seeing the Indians bat and Hardik must be one of the best in what he does, it was a pleasure to watch him.
It was kind of good to watch them bat, and that gave us an idea about how to go about while chasing. I have no idea; I’ll leave it up to the coaches to think about that.”
India will attempt to rebound in the second T20 match on September 23 at Nagpur after losing the first T20 match. Catch all the live action on Disney Plus Hotstar and Starsports Network.
