Australia D(hon)isappointed; India win comfortably

India made five changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Ambati Rayudu, Axar, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit (Shar)made way for Yuvraj Singh, a couple of T20 International debutants (Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah), Ravindra Jadeja and Ashish Nehra.

Australia made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Cameron White, Glenn Maxwell, George Bailey, the Brads (Hodge and Haddin), Mitchell Starc, James Muirhead and Doug Bollinger and made way for Steve Smith, T20 International debutant Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Kane Richardson, Cameron Boyce and Shaun Tait.

(Aar)On winning the toss, Finch, Australia’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, and lost a couple of wickets.

Rohit, whose 20-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 31. Twenty-five balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Faulkner. Shane Watson broke the 40-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, who faced eight balls, scored five. Four balls later, he was caught by Wade. Watson broke the one-run stand.

India scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While the contribution of Virat Kohli, the player of the match, to the partnership was 31, Suresh Raina’s contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to it was a couple.

India scored 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Australia no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Kohli’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 32 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 68 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 68, Raina’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to it was half-a-dozen.

India scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). Australia had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli, whose 55-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 90. He was unbeaten.

Raina, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 41. Eighty-seven balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, Faulkner broke the 134-run partnership.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose three-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

India scored 188 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

Head, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded nine. Boyce, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 23. Tait and Richardson bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 41.

Faulkner, who bowled four overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket. Watson, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.

David Warner, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 17. Thirty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Kohli. Bumrah broke the 47-run stand.

Australia scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Smith, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Jadeja broke the 42-run stand.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Finch, whose 33-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 44. A couple of balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin.

Head, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Ten balls later, he was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Jadeja.

Australia scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Watson, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Nehra. Ashwin broke the 17-run stand.

Lynn, whose 16-ball innings included a six, scored 17. Nine balls later, he was caught by Yuvraj. Pandya broke the 14-run stand.

Wade had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Seven balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Pandya broke the five-run stand.

Faulkner, whose seven-ball innings included a six, scored 10. Bumrah had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 14-run stand.

Richardson had on reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored nine. Half-a-dozen balls later, Nehra broke the run-a-ball stand.

Australia scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Boyce, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Seven balls later, he was caught by Pandya. Bumrah broke the two-run stand.

Tait, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Australia, who were dismissed for 151 off 19.3 overs, lost by 37 runs. Yuvraj, who bowled a wicketless overs, conceded 10.

Nehra, who bowled four overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket. Pandya, who bowled three overs, conceded 37. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Ashwin and Jadeja, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 21.

Bumrah, who bowled 3.3 overs, conceded 23. He picked up three scalps.

India led the three-match series 1-0.