India vs Australia Highlights: KL Rahul smashes winning SIX as India defeats Australia by 5 wickets
- Ind vs Aus Highlights: India defeated Australia by 5 wickets as openers Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad provided the team with strong start and KL Rahul ended the match with the help of Suryakumar Yadav
Ind vs Aus Highlights: India defeated Australia by 5 wickets on Friday to lead the series with 1-0. After good bowling, Indian openers Shubman Gill (74) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (71) provided the team with good start. Adam Zampa tried to bring Australia back in the game but KL Rahul (58) and Suryakumar Yadav (50) led the team to victory.
Asian Champions India bowled well against Australia as Mohammed Shami delivered a beautiful spell of 5/51. Jasprit Bumrah got only one wicket but bowled very well to restrict Australian bowels. Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Shardul Thakur also played crucial roles in the good bowling.
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After Mitchell March went back to the pavilion early, David Warner (52) and Steve Smith (41) played in a crucial partnership to take the Australian score forward. Marnus Labuschagne (39) also played some big shots but the wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
Team India has won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia in the first of the three-match ODI series at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali. The Asia Cup 2023 champions need to put up a show of strength to continue the winning streak ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, which starts next month.
With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli rested for the first 2 games, KL Rahul, who made an impressive return recently, will lead the India team.
Australian skipper and pace bowler Pat Cummins is also coming back from injury but Mitchell Starc is still yet to recover from injury and will be unavailable for the first game.
Key highlights of the Ind vs Aus match so far:
1. Mohammed Shami provided the Indian team with a good bowling attack and with the help of Jasprit Bumrah restricted the Australian batting to 276 runs.
2. Chasing a target of 277 runs, Shubman Gill (74) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (71) provided the team with a strong 142-run opening partnership.
3. Adam Zampa gave the first breakthrough to Australia as he dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad and soon Shreyas Iyer (3) also walked back to the pavilion in a silly runout.
4. Azam Zampa struck again and dismissed dangerous Shubman Gill and now Ishan Kishan and skipper KL Rahul are taking the chase forward.
5. Skipper Pat Cummins took out Ishan Kishan to put pressure on Indian batting but then came Suryakumar Yadav.
6. KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav played a wonderful partnership to take the game home and completed their respective half-centuries.
7. Skipper KL Rahul completed his 50 and soon after smashed the winning six. Finally, India defeated Australia by 5 wickets.
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Ind vs Aus Live Score: SCORECARD
Australia
Mitchell Marsh 4
David Warner 52
Steve Smith 41
Marnus Labuschagne 39
Cameron Green 31
Josh Inglis 45
Marcus Stoinis 29
Matt Short 2
Pat Cummins (C) 21*
Sean Abbott 2
Adam Zampa 2
Indian bowling
Mohammed Shami 5/51 (10)
Jasprit Bumrah 1/43 (10)
Shardul Thakur 0/78 (10)
R Ashwin 1/47 (10)
Ravindra Jadeja 1/51 (10)
India
Ruturaj Gaikwad 71
Shubman Gill 74
Shreyas Iyer 3
KL Rahul (C) 58
Ishan Kishan 18
Suryakumar Yadav 50
Ravindra Jadeja 3
Australia bowling
Pat Cummins 1/44 (10)
Marcus Stoinis 0/40 (5)
Sean Abbott 1/56 (9.4)
Cameron Green 0/44 (6)
Matt Short 0/39 (8)
Adam Zampa 2/57 (10)
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