Australian Cricket team won the opening match of the 3-match ODI series between India and Australia.
SNPNEWS.IN News Update (Gurmail Kamboj): The first match of the series between India and Australia, which started on 19 October, was played today at the Optus Ground in Australia. Australia won the toss and invited India to bat first.
The match started in a rain-affected manner, favoring the Australian bowling attack. India had a very poor start, scoring just 25 runs in 49 balls and losing 3 batsmen, after which the match was affected by rain and when it was resumed, only 26-26 overs were left.
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India’s batsmen Rohit Sharma (14-8), Virat Kohli (8-0) Shubman Gill (18-10), Suresh Iyer (24-11), Axar Patel (38-31), Washington Sundar (10-10), KL Rahul (31-38), Harshit Rana (2-1), Arshdeep Singh (00), NK Reddy (11-19)* batted very poorly. Due to which India could only score 136 runs after losing 9 batsmen in the rain-affected 26 overs. After which, using the DLS method, Australia was given a target of 131 runs in the stipulated 26 overs.
Australian bowlers Josh Hazelwood (7-20-2), Mitchell Starc (6-22-1), Michael Owen (3-20-2), Matthew Kuhnemann (4-26-2) and Nathan Ellis (5-29-1) bowled brilliantly. Due to which the Indian batsmen could not stay at the crease and the Indian team failed to give a challenging target.
Chasing the target, the Australian team’s opener and captain Mitchell Marsh (52-46)* and the 2nd down batsman Josh Phillip (29-37) besides Matt Renshaw (24-21)* took Australia to the target of 131 runs for the loss of 3 wickets with 29 balls remaining.
The Indian bowlers looked extremely weak in a rain-affected and short-targeted match, with Arshdeep Singh (5-31-1), Washington Sundar (2-14-1) and Axar Patel (4-19-1) taking wickets.