India wallop Australia by 73 runs
1 April 2014 5:13 AM IST
Put into bat, India scored 159 for seven with Yuvraj Singh showing glimpses of his destructive self with an innings of 60. On a slow track, Yuvraj initially struggled before blasting four sixes and five boundaries in a 43-ball knock.
Indian bowlers then faced little problems in skittling out the Aussies for a meagre 86 in 16.2 overs as Ravichandran Ashwin registered dminating figures of 3.2-0-11-4.This was India’s most facile win in a T20 match.
Ashwin got the first breakthrough when Finch tried to slog him and Kohli took a simple catch at mid-on. Cameron White (0) looked distinctly short of match practice as he miscued while trying to drive Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the up and Ravindra Jadeja judged it well running backwards from his mid-on position. Young Mohit Sharma, getting the first match in place of Mohammed Shami, then bowled an off-cutter which breached through Shane Watson’s (1) defence. The match was sealed when Maxwell tried an audacious reverse sweep off the Tamil Nadu tweaker to get bowled.
Operating from the leg-stump line, it was a straighter one and only the batsman was to blame for his downfall. With half of the team back in the dug-out before the completion of 10 overs, the match was all but sealed. Skipper George Bailey (8) hit a six and the second cross-batted heave was his dismissal. Brad Haddin (6) on current form wouldn?t have lasted longer against Amit Mishra as Australia were down on their knees at 75 for seven. Earlier, Yuvraj Singh finally got back to form with an impressive 60 as India posted a competitive 159 for seven. On a slow track, Yuvraj initially struggled before blasting four sixes and five boundaries in a 43-ball knock.
It was also his eighth T20 international half-century in 38 matches. Dhoni played the role of second fiddle to perfection, contributing 24 in an 84-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Dhoni lost the first toss in the tournament and as Ravichandran Ashwin had said yesterday, were forced ?swim a tsunami? considering the adverse conditions for batting first on a slow Sher-e-Bangla track.It wasn’t conducive for strokeplay as the Indian batsmen found out while trying to set a decent target. The Australian slow bowlers did a decent job in these conditions as India managed only 59 in the first 10 overs.
Indian bowlers then faced little problems in skittling out the Aussies for a meagre 86 in 16.2 overs as Ravichandran Ashwin registered dminating figures of 3.2-0-11-4.This was India’s most facile win in a T20 match.
Ashwin got the first breakthrough when Finch tried to slog him and Kohli took a simple catch at mid-on. Cameron White (0) looked distinctly short of match practice as he miscued while trying to drive Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the up and Ravindra Jadeja judged it well running backwards from his mid-on position. Young Mohit Sharma, getting the first match in place of Mohammed Shami, then bowled an off-cutter which breached through Shane Watson’s (1) defence. The match was sealed when Maxwell tried an audacious reverse sweep off the Tamil Nadu tweaker to get bowled.
Operating from the leg-stump line, it was a straighter one and only the batsman was to blame for his downfall. With half of the team back in the dug-out before the completion of 10 overs, the match was all but sealed. Skipper George Bailey (8) hit a six and the second cross-batted heave was his dismissal. Brad Haddin (6) on current form wouldn?t have lasted longer against Amit Mishra as Australia were down on their knees at 75 for seven. Earlier, Yuvraj Singh finally got back to form with an impressive 60 as India posted a competitive 159 for seven. On a slow track, Yuvraj initially struggled before blasting four sixes and five boundaries in a 43-ball knock.
It was also his eighth T20 international half-century in 38 matches. Dhoni played the role of second fiddle to perfection, contributing 24 in an 84-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Dhoni lost the first toss in the tournament and as Ravichandran Ashwin had said yesterday, were forced ?swim a tsunami? considering the adverse conditions for batting first on a slow Sher-e-Bangla track.It wasn’t conducive for strokeplay as the Indian batsmen found out while trying to set a decent target. The Australian slow bowlers did a decent job in these conditions as India managed only 59 in the first 10 overs.
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