India made no changes to their playing eleven.
Australia made one change to the eleven that last
played the Indians – Josh Philippe made way for Matthew Short.
On winning the toss, Mitchell Marsh, Australia’s
skipper, elected to field.
The match was attended by 82,438 people.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40,
and lost four wickets.
A ball into the match, India sought a batting review.
They challenged the decision for a wicket. Shubman Gill was the batter. It was
upheld by New Zealand umpire Wayne Knights.
Gill, who faced 10 balls, scored five. Sixteen balls
into the match, he was caught by Marsh. Josh Hazlewood, the player of the
match, broke the 20-run stand.
Twenty-one balls (3.3 overs) into the match, India
sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Sanju
Samson, the batter, faced four balls, scoring a couple. It was upheld by Australian
umpire Shawn Craig. He was trapped leg before wicket by Nathan Ellis, who broke
the three-run stand.
Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, faced four balls,
scoring a run. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Josh Inglis.
Hazlewood broke the nine-run stand.
The fourth-wicket pair did not get off the (Var)mark. Tilak,
who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. A couple of balls later,
he was caught by Inglis off the bowling of Hazlewood.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 17. Axar Patel, who faced
a dozen balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 17 balls later, Tim
David and Inglis ran him out.
India scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). Australia
had not conceded any extras at that point.
Abhishek Sharma’s half-century – which included seven fours
and a six – came off 23 balls.
India scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). Australia
had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of
extras they eventually conceded.
The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 44 balls. While Abhishek’s
contribution to the partnership was 18, Harshit Rana’s contribution to it was 34.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Rana, whose 33-ball innings included three boundaries
and a six, eventually scored 35. Forty-seven balls after Axar’s dismissal, he
was caught by David. Xavier Bartlett broke the 56-run partnership.
Shivam Dube, who faced a couple of balls, scored four.
His runs came by way of a boundary. A couple of balls later, he was caught by
Inglis. Bartlett broke the four-run stand.
Kuldeep Yadav, who faced half-a-dozen balls, did not
get off the mark. Seven balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Sean
Abbott. Marcus Stoinis broke the one-run stand.
A hundred and eleven balls (18.3 overs) into the
match, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a
wicket. Abhishek, the batter, scored 68 off 37 balls, which included eight boundaries
and a couple of sixes. It was struck down by Knights. He was trapped leg before
wicket by Ellis, who broke the 15-run stand.
Varun Chakravarthy, who faced a ball, did not open his
account. He was unbeaten.
The last-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Jasprit
Bumrah, who faced a ball, did not open his account. A ball after Abhishek’s
dismissal, Ellis ran him out.
India were dismissed for 125 off 18.4 overs.
Mitchell Owen bowled an over, conceding 13. He was
wicketless, as was Matthew Kuhnemann, who bowled a couple of overs, conceding 14.
Stoinis bowled four overs, conceding 24. He picked up
a wicket.
Ellis bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 21. He picked up two
wickets, as did Bartlett, who conceded four overs, conceding 39.
Hazlewood bowled four overs, conceding 13. He picked
up three scalps.
The first 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.
Australia’s openers had put on 50 off 4.1 overs (26 balls).
India had conceded 10 extras at that point. While Marsh’s contribution to the
partnership was 12, Travis Head’s contribution to it was 28.
Head, whose 15-ball innings included three boundaries
and a six, did not add to the aforementioned score. Twenty-eight balls into the
chase, he was caught by Varma. Chakravarthy broke the 51-run partnership.
Marsh, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 46. Twenty-nine balls later, he
was caught by Abhishek. Kuldeep broke the 36-run stand.
David, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Four
balls later, he was caught by Chakravarthy, who broke the three-run stand.
Australia scored 100 off 9.4 overs (59 balls). India
had conceded 10 extras at that point.
Sixty-three balls (10.2 overs) into the chase, India
sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Owen was
the batter. It was struck down by Knights.
Seventy balls (11.3 overs) into the chase, India
sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Inglis, the
batter, scored 20 off as many balls, which included a boundary. It was upheld
by Craig. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep, who broke the 22-run
stand.
Seventy-seven balls (12.4 overs) into the chase, Australia
sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Owen, the
batter, scored 14 off 10 balls, which include a six. It was struck down by Knights.
He was caught by Samson. Bumrah broke the 12-run stand.
Stoinis, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored as many.
He was unbeaten.
The sixth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Short,
who faced a ball, did not open his account. A ball after Owen’s dismissal, he
was bowled by Bumrah.
Bartlett, who faced a ball, did not open his account.
He was unbeaten.
India eventually conceded 11 extras. Australia, who
scored 126 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 13.2 overs, won by four
wickets with 40 balls to spare.
Rana, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs,
conceded 27.
Kuldeep, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 45. He picked
up a couple of scalps, as did Bumrah and Chakravarthy, who bowled four overs
apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 23.
Australia led the five-match series 1-0.
