India made four changes to their playing eleven – Robin Uthappa, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary and Yusuf Pathan made way for Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and the Sharmas (Rohit and Twenty20 International debutant Rahul).
Australia made nine changes to their playing (Micha)eleven
– Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steve Smith,
Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes made way for Matthew Wade
(the player of the match), Travis Birt, three Twenty International debutants [George
Bailey (who was leading the team), James Faulkner and Brad Hogg], Mitchell
Marsh, Daniel Christian, Brett Lee and Xavier Doherty.
On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s
skipper, inserted the hosts.
The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 55,
and lost a wicket.
David Warner, whose 14-ball innings included a
boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 25. Twenty-three balls later, he was
caught by Suresh Raina. Vinay Kumar broke the 38-run stand.
Australia scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). India
had conceded an extra at that point.
Birt, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and a
six, scored 17. Thirty-seven balls later, he was caught by Raina. Ravichandran
Ashwin broke the 41-run stand.
Australia scored 100 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). India
had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
Wade’s half-century – which included three boundaries
and a couple of sixes – came off 34 balls.
Eighty-eight balls into the match, there was an interruption
due to rain. Australia had scored 131 for the loss of a couple of wickets at
that point. While Wade was batting on 70, David Hussey was batting on 17.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 28 balls. While
Wade’s contribution to the partnership was 34, David Hussey’s contribution to it
was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Wade, whose 43-ball innings included five boundaries
and three sixes, eventually scored 72. Thirty-four balls after Birt’s
dismissal, Raina broke the 56-run partnership.
Australia scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). India
had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
David Hussey, whose 30-ball innings included a
boundary and three sixes, scored 42. Twenty-five balls later, Rahul broke the
35-run stand.
Bailey, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary,
scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Marsh, who faced a ball, failing to get
off the mark.
India eventually conceded three extras. Australia had
conceded 171 for the loss of four extras at that point. Rohit, who bowled a
couple of wicketless balls, scored a couple. Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled a
couple of wicketless overs, conceded 23. Praveen Kumar, who bowled three
wicketless overs, conceded 34.
Raina, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He picked
up a wicket. Rahul, who bowled 3.4 overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket.
Ashwin and Vinay bowled four overs, picking up a wicket apiece. While the
former conceded 34, the latter conceded 28.
The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 49,
and lost a couple of wickets.
Sehwag, who faced three balls, scored four. His runs
came by way of a boundary. Three balls later, he was caught by David Hussey.
Lee broke the six-run stand.
Gambhir, whose 14-ball innings included three
boundaries, scored 20. Thirty balls later, he was caught by Marsh. David Hussey
broke the 41-run stand.
India scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). Australia
had conceded five extras at that point.
Virat Kohli, whose 21-ball innings included a six,
scored 22. Seven balls later, he was caught by Warner. Hogg broke the six-run
stand.
The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rohit,
who faced a ball, D(av)idn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was
dismissed by Hussey.
Raina, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary,
scored 14. Twenty-six balls later, Christian broke the 19-run stand.
Although his eight-ball innings included a boundary,
Jadeja had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a dozen balls later, he was
caught by Warner. Christian broke the nine-run stand.
India scored 100 off 15 overs (91 balls). The number
of extras they had conceded at that point gave Australia no reason to be in
seventh heaven.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Dhoni’s
contribution to the partnership was 37, Ashwin’s contribution to it was 13.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Dhoni, whose 43-ball innings included a boundary and
three sixes, eventually scored 48. He was unbeaten, as was Ashwin, who scored
15. His 16-ball innings included a boundary.
Australia eventually conceded 10 extras. India, who
scored 140 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs, lost by 31 runs.
Faulkner, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 18. He was wicketless, as was
Doherty, who bowled four overs, conceding 23.
Lee and Hogg bowled four overs each, picking up a
wicket apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 21. David
Hussey, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded four. He picked up a couple of
scalps, as did Christian, who bowled four overs, conceding 35.
India led the two-match series 1-1.
