IND vs AUS: Team India’s record win in the first T20, Rinku shines after Suryakumar’s storm, India wins with one ball remaining
IND vs AUS 1st T20I: The first T20 match between India and Australia in the five-match series was played in Visakhapatnam. Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, won the match by 2 wickets.
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| Rinku Singh playing short during IND vs AUS 1st T20 Match at Vishakhapatnam |
IND vs AUS 1st T20I Full Match Highlights: The Indian team, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, must have given some relief to the fans by defeating Australia by 2 wickets in the first match of the T20 series. Suryakumar, who is commanding India for the first time, played an important role in helping the team win by scoring 80 runs at a strike rate of 190.48. Apart from this, Ishan Kishan played an inning of 58 runs. The remaining task was completed by Rinku Singh by scoring 22 runs. Rinku led the team to victory by hitting a six. This is India’s biggest run chase in T20 International.
In the match played in Visakhapatnam, Australia, batting first, scored 208 runs for 3 wickets on the board in 20 overs. For the team, Josh English had scored 110 runs in 50 balls with the help of 11 fours and 4 sixes, which could not help the team win. Chasing the target, the Indian team won by 8 wickets in 19.5 overs. This was the biggest run chase in T20 International for India, which happened under the captaincy of Suryakumar.
India had won the toss and decided to bowl first, but the bowlers of Men in Blue could not live up to the expectations. However, in the second innings, the Indian batsmen took revenge on the bowlers with their batting. However, the match became a bit thrilling in the last over because, before the winning shot, India had lost 3 consecutive wickets in three balls.
The third-wicket partnership of Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan played an important role in India’s victory. Both of them batted aggressively and made a partnership of 112 runs in 60 balls. This partnership came when, while chasing the huge target of 209 runs, India lost 2 wickets at the score of 22 runs in 2.3 overs.
The biggest goal achieved
Even though the Indian team, while chasing the target, lost 2 wickets early, even after this Australia could not take control of the match. The first blow to the team came through a runout on the fifth ball of the first over. Due to miscommunication with Jaiswal, Gaikwad was run out and returned to the pavilion. Then in the third over, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the victim of Matthew Short on the personal score of 21 (8 balls) runs. Jaiswal hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in his short innings.
After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan made a partnership of 112 (60 balls) for the third wicket, which was broken by the wicket of Ishan Kishan in the 13th over. Ishaan was walked by Tanveer Sangha. Kishan played an inning of 58 runs in 39 balls with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes. After this, Tilak Verma departed after scoring 12 runs on the fifth ball of the 15th over. Tilak was also dismissed by Tanveer Sangha.
Then captain Suryakumar Yadav, who was moving towards his century, became the victim of Jason Behrendorff on the fourth ball of the 18th over. Surya returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 80 runs in 42 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes. Surya batted at a strike rate of 190.48. Then, just before the victory, on the third ball of the 19th over, Axar Patel was caught (02) and on the next ball, Ravi Bishnoi (0) was run out. But Rinku Singh made the team victorious by hitting a six and helped India achieve the biggest target of T20 International.
Australia’s Bowling Figure
Australian bowlers could not defend the target of 209 runs. Tanveer Sangha took 2 wickets but gave away 47 runs in 4 overs. However, Jason Behrendorff bowled well and took 1 wicket and cost only 25 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Matthew Short took 1 wicket for 13 runs in 1 over. Whereas Sean Abbott also managed to take 1 wicket.
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