The Aussies stun Sharma-led India

India (Shar)made five changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, and Arshdeep Singh made way for Rohit (who was leading the team), Hardik Pandya, Harshal, Umesh Yadav, and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Australia made half-a-dozen changes to the (Dani)eleven that last played the Indians – Moises Henriques, D’Arcy Short, Sams, Sean Abbott, Andrew Tye, and Mitchell Swepson made way for Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Tim David, Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, and Josh Hazlewood.

(Aar)On winning the toss, Finch, Australia’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 46, and lost a couple of wickets.

Sharma, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. Sixteen balls into the match, he was caught by Ellis. Hazlewood broke the 21-run stand.

Virat Kohli had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Green. Ellis broke the 14-run stand.

India scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). Australia had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair scored 50 off 30 balls. While K L Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 25, Suryakumar Yadav’s contribution to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Ten overs into the match, India scored 86 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Rahul was batting on 47, Suryakumar was batting on 23.

Rahul’s half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 32 balls.

India scored 100 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). Australia had conceded three extras at that point.

Rahul eventually scored 55 off 35 balls, which included four boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Forty-two balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Ellis. Hazlewood broke the 68-run partnership.

Suryakumar, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 46. Ten balls later, he was caught by Matthew Wade. Green broke the 23-run stand.

Axar Patel, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Green. Ellis broke the 20-run stand.

India scored 150 off 16.1 overs (97 balls). Australia had conceded four extras at that point. That was incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

A hundred and nine balls (18.1 overs) into the match, Australia sought a bowling review. Dinesh Karthik, the batsman, faced five balls, scoring half-a-dozen. It was upheld by umpire J Madanagopal. He was leg before wicket by Ellis, who broke the 30-run stand.

Hardik’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 25 balls.

He eventually scored 71 off 30 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries and five sixes. He was unbeaten.

India scored 200 off 19.5 overs (119 balls).

Although he was unbeaten, Harshal, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

India scored 208 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Glenn Maxwell, who bowled an over, conceded 10. He was wicketless, as were Cummins and Adam Zampa, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter conceded 36.

Green, who bowled three overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket.

Hazlewood, who bowled four overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Ellis, who bowled four overs, conceded 30. 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 60, and lost a wicket.

Finch, whose 13-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 22. Twenty-one balls into the chase, Axar broke the 39-run stand.

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

The second-wicket pair scored 50 off 26 balls. While Green’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Steven Smith’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Green’s half-century – which included eight boundaries and three sixes – came off 26 balls.

Australia scored 100 off 9.2 overs (56 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

Green, whose 30-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to four sixes, eventually scored 61. Forty balls after Finch’s dismissal, he was caught by Kohli. Azar broke the 70-run partnership.

Sixty-nine balls (11.3 overs) into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Smith, the batsman, scored 35 balls off 24 balls, which included three boundaries and a six. It was upheld by umpire K N Ananthapadmanabhan. He was caught by Karthik. Umesh broke the 13-run stand.

Seventy-two balls (a dozen overs) into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Glenn Maxwell, the batsman, faced three balls, scoring a run. It was upheld by Ananthapadmanabhan. He was caught by Karthik. Umesh broke the one-run stand.

Inglis, whose 10-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Thirteen balls later, Axar broke the 22-run stand.

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

The sixth-wicket pair scored 50 off 26 balls. While the contribution of Tim David, who had previously represented Hong Kong, and was making his Twenty20 International debut for Australia, to the partnership was a dozen, Wade’s contribution to it was 33. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Australia scored 200 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point. That was incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

David, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 18. Thirty balls after Inglis’ dismissal, he was caught by Hardik. Chahal broke the 62-run partnership.

Wade, whose 21-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 45. He was unbeaten, as was Cummins, who faced just a ball, scoring a boundary.

Australia, who scored 211 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.2 overs, won by four wickets with four balls to spare.

Hardik, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 22. He was wicketless, as were Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter conceded 49.

Chahal, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket.

Umesh, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Axar, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up three scalps.

Australia led the three-match series 1-0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kohli leads; India beat SA

India (Shar)made Cha(h)ar changes to their playing eleven – Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rahul made way for Rohit, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja.

South Africa (Bavu)made seven (Anri)changes to the eleven that (Da)last played the Indians – Jean-Paul Duminy, Heinrich Klaasen, Christiaan Jonker, Chris Morris, Farhaan Behardien, Aaron Phangiso and Junior made way for Quinton de Kock (who was leading the team), three Twenty20 (Fortu)International debutants (Temba, Bjorn and Nortje), Rassie van der Dussen, Dwaine Pretorius and Kagiso Rabada.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper and the player of the match, inserted the visitors.

The first Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 39, for the loss of a wicket.

Reeza Hendricks, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-three balls into the match, he was caught by Washington Sundar. Deepak Chahar broke the 31-run stand.

South Africa scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 40 balls. While de Kock’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Bavuma’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

De Kock’s half-century – which included eight boundaries – came off 35 balls.

He eventually faced 37 balls, scoring 52. Forty-five balls after Hendricks’ dismissal, he was caught by Kohli. Navdeep Saini broke the 57-run partnership.

Van der Dussen, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was caught by Jadeja, who broke the two-run stand.

South Africa scored 100 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Bavuma, whose 43-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 49. Thirty balls after van der Dussen’s dismissal, he was caught by Jadeja. Deepak broke the 36-run stand.

David Miller, whose 15-ball innings included a six, scored 18. Half-a-dozen balls later, Hardik broke the three-run stand.

Pretorius, whose seven-ball innings included a six, was unbea‘ten’.

Andile Phehlukwayo, whose five-ball innings included a six, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded five extras. South Africa scored 149 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Krunal Pandya had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he bowled a wicketless over. Sundar bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 19.

Saini bowled four overs, conceding 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Jadeja and Hardik, who bowled four overs each, conceding 31 apiece. Deepak bowled four overs, conceding 22. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, for the loss of a wicket.

Sharma, who faced a dozen balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of sixes. Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Phehlukwayo, who broke the 33-run stand.

Thirty-three balls into the chase, South Africa sought a bowling review. Kohli was the batsman. Using the umpire’s call, it was struck down by umpire Anil Chaudhary.

India scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). South Africa had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While Shikhar Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 15, Kohli’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Dhawan, whose 31-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 40. Forty-seven balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Miller. Tabraiz broke the (Sham)sixty-one-run stand.

India scored 100 off 12.5 overs (77 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave South Africa no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Rishabh Pant, who faced five balls, scored four. A dozen balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Shamsi. Fortuin broke the 10-run stand.

Kohli’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a six – came off 40 balls.

Kohli eventually scored 72 off 52 balls, which included four boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Iyer, who scored 16. His 14-ball innings included two boundaries.

India scored 150 off 19 overs (114 balls). In fact, they scored 151 for the loss of three wickets, winning by seven wickets with an over to spare.

Nortje and Pretorius bowled three overs each, conceding 27 apiece. They were wicketless, as was Rabada, who bowled three overs, conceding 24.

Phehlukwayo and Shamsi bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 19. Fortuin bowled four overs, conceding 32. He picked up a wicket.

India led the three-match series 1-0.

 

Dhoni-led India beat Australia; Advance

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

Australia made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – the Shauns (Marsh and Tait), Travis Head, Chris Lynn, the Camerons (Bancroft and Boyce), Andrew Tye, and Scott Boland made way for Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steve Smith (Australia’s skipper, who chose to bat on winning the toss), James Faulkner, Peter Nevill, Adam Zampa, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Josh Hazlewood.

The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 59, and lost a wicket.

Australia’s openers scored 50 off 3.4 overs (22 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. While Usman Khawaja’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Aaron Finch’s contribution to it was 18.

Khawaja, whose 16-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 26. Twenty-six balls into the match, he was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Ashish Nehra broke the 54-run partnership.

Warner, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-one balls later, he was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the 18-run stand.

Smith, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. Eight balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Yuvraj Singh broke the two-run stand.

Australia scored 100 off 12.5 overs (78 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Finch, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 43. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Shikhar Dhawan. Hardik Pandya broke the 26-run stand.

Glenn Maxwell, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 31. Twenty-one balls later, Jasprit Bumrah broke the 30-run stand.

Shane Watson, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was unbeaten.

James Faulkner, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli, the player of the match. Pandya broke the 15-run stand.

Australia scored 150 off 19.4 overs (119 balls). India had conceded 14 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Nevill, whose two-ball innings included a boundary and a six, was unbea‘ten’.

Australia scored 160 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 20.

Ashwin, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. Yuvraj, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket. Bumrah and Nehra bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 20. Pandya, who bowled four overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 37, and lost a couple of wickets.

Dhawan, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Khawaja. Coulter-Nile broke the run-a-ball match.

Rohit Sharma, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. A couple of balls later, Watson broke the 14-run stand.

Suresh Raina, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Nevill. Watson broke the 12-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). Australia had conceded an extra at that point.

Yuvraj Singh, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. Thirty-eight balls later, he was caught by Watson. Faulkner broke the 45-run stand.

India scored 100 off 14.4 overs (88 balls). Australia had conceded three extras at that point.

Kohli’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a six – came off 39 balls.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 14. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

India scored 150 off 18.4 overs (112 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli, whose 51-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 82. He was unbeaten, as was Dhoni, who scored 18. His 10-ball innings included three extras.

India, who scored 161 for the loss of four wickets off 19.1 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with five balls to spare.

Maxwell and Zampa bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 11. Josh Hazlewood, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 38.

Faulkner, who bowled 3.1 overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket, as did Coulter-Nile, who bowled four overs, conceding 33. Watson, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up two scalps.

India advanced to the semi-finals.

 

Series Level; Dhoni-led India triumph

India (Shar)made three changes to their playing eleven – Rohit, Ashok Dinda and Pragyan Ojha made way for Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja and Twenty20 International debutant Sudeep Tyagi.

Sri Lanka made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Muthumudalige Pushpakumara made way for Kaushalya Weeraratne.

On winning the toss, Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka’s skipper and the player of the series, chose to bat.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, who faced three balls, scored a run. Eight balls into the (Shar)match, Ishant broke the 10-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 4.3 overs (31 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Sanath Jayasuriya’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Sangakkara’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to it was three.

Jayasuriya, whose 21-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 31. He was trapped leg before wicket by Irfan Pathan, who broke the 81-run partnership.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 9.2 overs (65 balls). India had conceded 16 extras at that point.

Sangakkara’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 29 balls.

He eventually scored 59 off 31 balls, which included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. Nineteen balls after Jayasuriya’s dismissal, he was caught by Ashish Nehra. Yuvraj Singh, who was celebrating his 28^th birthday at his home ground and was the player of the match, broke the 30-run stand.

Mahela Jayawardene, whose six-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 12. Eleven balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, he was caught by Tyagi. Sharma broke the 20-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 150 off 13.5 overs (93 balls). India had conceded 20 extras at that point.

Chamara Kapugedera, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Ten balls after Jayawardene’s dismissal, he was caught by Karthik. Sharma broke the 14-run stand.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 38. Ten balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Yuvraj broke the 12-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Weeraratne, who faced four balls, scored three. The next ball, Virender Sehwag and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, ran him out.

Angelo Mathews, whose 13-ball innings included a boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 26. Nuwan Kulasekara, who scored 10, was unbea‘ten’.

India eventually conceded 24 extras. Sri Lanka scored 206 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Suresh Raina, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Tyagi, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 21. Nehra, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 44. Jadeja, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 30.

Pathan, who bowled three overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket. Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceded 42. He picked up a couple of wickets. Yuvraj, who bowled three overs, conceded 23. He picked up three scalps.

India’s openers put on 50 off 5.1 overs (34 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded three extras at that point. While Gautam Gambhir’s contribution to the partnership was 15, Sehwag’s contribution to it was 33.

The openers eventually put on 58. Gambhir, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. Half-a-dozen overs into the chase, Jayasinghe, Kulasekara and Sangakkara ran him out.

Sehwag’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 27 balls.

India scored 100 off 9.4 overs (61 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Sehwag, whose 36-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 64. Five overs after Gambhir’s dismissal, he was caught by Weeraratne. Lasith Malinga broke the half-century partnership.

India scored 150 off 13.4 overs (86 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Dhoni’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Yuvraj’s contribution to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Dhoni, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 46. Half-a-dozen balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, Dilhara Fernando broke the 80-run partnership.

Yuvraj’s half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 20 balls. He eventually scored 60 off 25 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries and five sixes. He was unbeaten.

India scored 200 off 18.2 overs (115 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Sri Lanka no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fourth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Raina, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Ten balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, Kulasekara ran him out.

Karthik, who scored a boundary off the only ball he faced, was unbeaten.

India, who scored 211 for the loss of four wickets off 19.1 overs, won by seven wickets with five balls to spare.

Dilshan bowled a wicketless over, conceding 10. Weeraratne bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 43. Mathews bowled 3.1 wicketless overs, conceding 49. Kulasekara bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 50.

Fernando and Malinga bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 29, the latter conceded 28. 

India levelled the two-match series 1-1.