After the Indian Premier League, the official duties of the players started and today India face Australia for the very first match of the very long tournament in Australia. The first match of the tournament was not that good for team India as they lost to Australian team by 66 runs. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Australia versus India.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and the decision was excellent which was proved by the opening pair of the team as they were capable to score 105 runs without losing a single wicket. The Australian players also got some milestone, Aaron Finch become the fastest Australian batsman to score 5000 runs in ODI.
It was a batting Paradise in Sidney as we witness for high scoring match as Australia players played sensation and two players of their team were capable to score century. Aaron Finch and Steve Smith hit centuries as Australia posted a massive target on the board as the team scored 374/6.
All the bowlers of team India very expensive and Yuzvendra Chahal it now the spinner who conceded most number of runs in 10 overs as he conceded 89 runs. Mohammed Shami was the only bowler who performed really well in the match as he was capable to pick 3 wickets by giving 59 runs in his 10 overs.
In reply, India did not get a good start as they lost the opening pair very quickly and virat Kohli who got a life line was not able to capitalize that and he also went back to the pavilion very cheaply. India was at 101 for 4 in the 14th over, then the sensational all-rounder of the team Hardik Pandya offered a crucial partnership of 128 runs with Dhawan to keep India in the chase.
Hardik Pandya scored 90 off 76 balls and Shikhar Dhawan smashed 74 off 86 but that was not enough to help India chase down 375 as Australia beat India by 66 runs in the first One-day International to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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