Rain disappoints Kohli-led India, Australia

The match was attended by 63,439 people.

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

Australia made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Billy Stanlake made way for Nathan Coulter-Nile.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

Owing to rain, the match was reduced to a 19-overs-a-side match.

The first Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, for the loss of three wickets.

Aaron Finch, Australia’s skipper, faced a ball, didn’t get off the (Ku)mark. A couple of balls into the match, he was caught by Rishabh Pant. Bhuvneshwar broke the one-run stand.

Chris Lynn, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Krunal Pandya. Khaleel Ahmed broke the 26-run stand.

D’Arcy Short, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Ten balls later, Ahmed broke the eight-run stand.

Marcus Stoinis, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Dinesh Karthik. Jasprit Bumrah broke the run-a-ball stand.

Australia scored 50 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Ben McDermott, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 32. He was unbeaten.

Glenn Maxwell, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. Twenty-seven balls after Stoinis’ dismissal, Pandya broke the 21-run stand.

Alex Carey, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Pandya. Kuldeep Yadav broke the 12-run stand.

Australia scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Coulter-Nile, whose nine-ball innings included a boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 18. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Manish Pandey. Kumar broke the 27-run stand.

Andrew Tye, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded 16 extras. Australia scored 132 for the loss of seven wickets off 19 overs. It was at that point that the match was interrupted by rain.

Pandya, Yadav and Bumrah bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They scored 26, 23, and 20, respectively.

Kumar, who bowled three overs, conceded 20. He picked up two scalps, as did Ahmed, who bowled four overs, conceding 39.

India didn’t bat, and the match ended without a result. 

Australia led the three-match series 1-0.