India tour of Australia 2020-21, 3-match T20I series, First T20I, Australia vs India - India won by 11 runs
Friday, Dec 04, 2020, Manuka Oval, Canberra
India managed to get to 161/7 in 20 overs after being sent into bat first, a huge thanks to Ravindra Jadeja's knock who scored an unbeaten 44* off 23 deliveries which includes 5 fours and a six. Indian opener KL Rahul (51 off 40) scored his half-century but he couldn't build his innings. Shikhar Dhawan (1 off 6), Virat Kohli (9 off 9) and Manish Pandey (2 off 8) all departed cheaply.
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Sanju Samson who managed to break into playing XI scored 23 runs off 15 deliveries. During his stay at the crease, he looked elegant with the bat having scored a boundary and a huge six. Moises Henriques was the pick of Australian bowlers with 3 wickets while under pressure Mitchell Starc bagged two wickets. Adam Zampa and Mitchell Swepson bagged a wicket each.
During the chase, Australia got a good start with openers Aaron Finch and D'Arcy Short adding 56 runs for the first wicket. But since then it was a complete downward curve for the hosts! From 56/0 they were down to 75/3 losing Finch, Smith and Maxwell in the process! And the next three wickets (Short, Wade & Henriques) too fell in quick succession to give India the complete advantage of the game.
Overall, Yuzvendra Chahal who walked in a concussion substitute for Ravindra Jadeja turned the chase on its head to give visitors advantage with his 3 wickets in his 4 overs. Debutant T Natarajan too bowled brilliantly bagging three wickets. In the end, India won the game quite comfortably by a margin of runs
Brief Scores: India - 161/7 in 20 overs (KL Rahul - 51, Ravindra Jadeja - 44*, Moises Henriques - 3/22, Mitchell Starc - 2/34) defeated Australia - 150/7 in 20 overs (Aaron Finch - 35, D'Arcy Short - 34, Yuzvendra Chahal - 3/25, T Natarajan - 3/30) by a margin of 11 runs
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