Virat-led India victorious over Australia

India (Shar)made seven changes to their playing eleven – Rohit, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah and Navdeep Saini made way for Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (who was leading the team), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami and Twenty20 International debutant Thangarasu Natarajan.

Australia made seven changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Marcus Stoinis, Peter Handscomb, Ashton Turner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Jhye Richardson and Jason Behrendorff made way for Matthew Wade, Steve Smith, Moises Henriques, Sean Abbott, the Mitchells (Starc and Swepson) and Josh Hazlewood. 

On winning the toss, Aaron 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 42, and lost a wicket.

Dhawan, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. Seventeen balls into the match, Starc broke the 11-run stand.

Kohli, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Swepson, who broke the 37-run stand.

India scored 50 off seven overs (42 balls). Australia had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Sanju Samson, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 23. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Swepson. Henriques broke the 38-run stand.

Manish Pandey, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. Nine balls later, he was caught by Hazlewood. Adam Zampa broke the four-run stand.

Lokesh Rahul’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 37 balls.  He eventually scored 51 off 40 balls. Seven balls later, he was caught by Abbott. Henriques broke the two-run stand.

India scored 100 off 19 overs (115 balls). Australia had conceded eight extras at that point.

Pandya, whose 15-ball innings included a six, scored 16. Eighteen balls after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Smith. Henriques broke the 16-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 23-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 44. He was unbeaten.

India scored 150 off 15.3 overs (93 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point.

Although his five-ball innings included a boundary, Sundar Was(hingto)n’t in seven heaven, because 16 balls after Pandya’s dismissal, he was caught by Abbott. Starc broke the 38-run stand.

Chahar, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

Australia eventually conceded eight extras. India scored 161 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Abbott, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 23. He was wicketless, as was Hazlewood, who bowled four overs, conceding 39.

Swepson, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Zampa, who bowled four overs, conceding 20. Starc, who bowled four overs, conceded 34. He picked up a couple of wickets. Henriques, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up three scalps.

Chahal – who replaced Jadeja as a concussion substitute from the start of Australia’s innings – was the player of the match.

The Powerplay of the hosts’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 53, without the loss of a wicket.

Australia scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Australia’s openers put on 50 off 32 balls. While D’Arcy Short’s contribution to the partnership was 18, Finch’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Finch, whose 26-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 35. Forty-six balls into the chase, he was caught by Pandya. Chahal broke the 56-run partnership.

Smith, whose nine-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Samson. Chahal broke the 16-run stand.

Sixty-three balls into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Glenn Maxwell, who scored a couple off three balls, was the batsman. It was upheld by Australian umpire Shawn Craig. He was trapped leg before wicket by Natarajan, who broke the three-run stand.

Australia scored 100 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Short, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 34. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Pandya. Natarajan broke the 38-run stand.

Wade, who faced nine balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a couple of overs later, he was caught by Kohli. Chahal broke the nine-run stand.

A hundred and six balls into the chase, Australia sought a batting review. Henriques, who scored 30 off 20 balls (which included a boundary and a six), was the batsman. It was upheld by Australian umpire Rod Tucker. He was trapped leg before wicket by Natarajan, who broke the four-run stand.

Abbott, whose eight-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

Starc, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, Natarajan broke the one-run stand.

Swepson, whose five-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 12. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded five extras. Australia, who scored 150 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs (120 balls), lost by 11 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece. Shami and Sundar were wicketless. While the former conceded 46, the latter conceded 16. Chahar, who conceded 29, picked up a wicket. Natarajan and Chahal picked up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 25.

India led the three-match series 1-0.