Indian batsman K L Rahul and Virat Kohli run between the wickets during the second one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia, at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Photo: PTI
Kuldeep Yadav bowled a game-changing 38th over to complement a K L Rahul blinder as India cricket team levelled the series with a comfortable 36-run victory over Australia cricket team in second One Day International (ODI) at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Friday. Put into bat, India put up a much-improved batting performance with Rahul's blistering 52-ball-80 taking India to 340 for six after Shikhar Dhawan (96 off 90 balls) and skipper Virat Kohli (78 off 76 balls) laid the foundation.
Australia were in the game till Steven Smith (98) carried the battle back to the enemy camp but Kuldeep's ninth over turned out to be a game-changer as he first dismissed wicketkeeper Alex Carey and then had a delivery that bounced extra to have Smith played on. The visitors were all-out for 304 in 49.1 overs. Kuldeep's final figures of 2 for 65 may not be mind-blowing but did just enough damage to see that the third ODI in Bengaluru doesn't lose context. Mohammed Shami (3/77 in 10 overs) and Navdeep Saini (2/62 in 10 overs) then bowled some exquisite toe-crushers to put an end to the contest. Jasprit Bumrah (1/32 in 9.1 overs) was economical as ever and his contribution cannot be overlooked.
However on a placid track, Smith, a proverbial thorn in India's flesh was again proving to be dangerous along with Marnus Labuschagne (44) as they added 96 in quick time.
Ravindra Jadeja (2/58 in 10 overs) steady spell and got rid of Labuschagne in nick of time to upset Smith's rhythm after he had hit nine fours and a six off 102 balls.
However this match also brings to fore Rahul's emergence as proper keeper-batsman option for white-ball cricket as his extra runs coming in at No 5, proving to be valuable in the end.
Indian players celebrate the wicket of Australian batsman David Warner during the second one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Photo: PTI
Not to forget his reasonably decent keeping effecting a stumping and also took two catches. More importantly, his keeping down the leg-side was far better than Rishabh Pant, who is currently recovering from concussion.
Earlier, it was Dhawan, who missed a well-deserved ton by a whisker but laid a solid platform for the aggressive duo of skipper Kohli and Rahul to ensure a commanding total.
Back in form since the last T20 encounter against Sri Lanka, the senior opener looked solid in his 90-ball-96 while Kohli, back at his familiar one drop position, held the middle-order with a 78 off 76 balls and Rahul (80 off 52 balls) provided the final flourish in what was much improved batting performance from the hosts.
While Dhawan added 81 for the opening stand with Rohit Sharma (42) who would regret this missed opportunity on a batting belter after getting set, the southpaw also had a vital 103-run stand with Kohli for the second wicket.
As fare would have it, both the openers suffered from on-field injuries -- Dhawan being hit on rib-cage trying to fend a Pat Cummins bouncer while Rohit got a jerk on his shoulder while trying go field at the boundary line.
The Kohli-Rahul duo's 78-run partnership off 10.3 overs was also pivotal as it helped the latter to launch a final assault during the end overs.
Australian batsman Steve Smith was bowled by Indian bowler Kuldeep Yadav during the second one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Photo: PTI
While Dhawan's innings had 13 fours and a six, Kohli had six hits to the fence including a classic jab-flick off Pat Cummins (0/53 in 10 overs). Rahul's was a stand-out innings with six boundaries and three -maximums, one of which was a lofted cover drive off Mitchell Starc (0/78 in 10 overs), who had a forgettable day.
Adam Zampa (3/50 in 10 overs) was once again the stand-out performer taking Kohli out of equation for the seventh time in limited overs just when he was looking to get his 44th ODI ton.
At the start, Dhawan began with a bowler's back-drive, giving a glimpse of what was in store. The southpaw completed his sixth fifty versus Australia in 60 balls as he played shots all around the ground.
The last time Dhawan scored successive fifties was in January 2019 against New Zealand. This was his 29th in 50-over cricket.
The left-hander was particularly harsh on left-arm spinner Ashton Agar (0-63 in 8 overs), whom he hammered for two successive fours in the 25th, a sweep and a reverse-sweep, and then in 27th over stuck a four and a six, not allowing him to settle down.
In fact the 77 runs from 10 overs bowled by fifth and sixth bowling option Marnus Labuschagne (0/14 in 2 overs) was the difference from the last game.
However, Dhawan missed out on his 18th ODI hundred by four runs when he pulled a Kane Richardson ball straight to fine leg in 29th over.
Shreyas Iyer (7) fell cheaply. But Kohli was in sublime touch as he ran the singles and doubles with intensity and also it the loose balls for boundary.
Here are the playing 11 of both the teams:India playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), K L Rahul(w), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia Playing 11: David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
9:32 PM IST
Australia
Ball 1: Zamapa edges to keeper, GONE. Zampa c Rahul b Bumrah 6(6) [4s-1]
9:31 PM IST
Over Summary: 1 0 4 4 6 4 ; Australia: 304-9
Mohammed Shami [9.0-0-58-3] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Richardson hits just over mid-on for FOUR
Ball 5: RIchardson hits towards long-off for SIX
Ball 4: Richardson slogs it for FOUR.
Ball 3: Richardson smashes FOUR
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Zampa collects a single.
9:28 PM IST
Over Summary: 0 1 1 0 4 0 ; Australia: 285-9
Jasprit Bumrah [8.0-2-26-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Richardson smashes straight down the ground for FOUR
Ball 4: Richardson collects a single.
Ball 3: Zampa digs out the yorker towards third man for a single
Ball 2: Richardson hits down the ground for a single.
Ball 1: DOT
9:23 PM IST
Over Summary: W 1 W 0 4 0 ; Australia: 279-9
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Zampa hits the short and wide delivery over backward point for FOUR.
Ball 4: Zampa hits down the ground but doesn't take the single.
Adam Zampa, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 3: A bumper and Starc tries to pulls it gets an thin edge and Rahul collects a single. Starc c Rahul b Navdeep Saini 6(11)
Ball 2: Richardson collects a single.
Kane Richardson, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 1: A dead straight yorker, Agar misses and ball hits on the pads follows by a load appeal, Umpire raises his fingers. Agar take REVIEW. It is THREE REDS. Agar departs. Agar lbw b Navdeep Saini 25(25) [4s-3]
9:16 PM IST
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; Australia: 274-7
Shami continues
Ball 6: A single for Agar
Ball 5: Starc hits down the ground for a single
Ball 4: Agar collects a single.
Ball 3: Starc collects a single
Ball 2: Agar collects a single towards long-on
Ball 1: Starc collects a single.
9:12 PM IST
Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 1 ; Australia: 268-7
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: Starc collects a single
Ball 5: A single Agar
Ball 4: A single for Starc
Ball 3: Agar collects a single towards long-on
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Starc collects a single
9:07 PM IST
Over Summary: W W L2 0 Wd 0 1L ; Australia: 263-7
Mohammed Shami [7.0-0-51-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6:
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 5: WIDE down the leg side
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Shami on hattrick, he bowls a brilliant yorker, Starc misses it. A loud appeal for LBW, umpire declines. The ball was going down leg. 2 leg byes taken
Ball 2: Pat Cummins, right handed bat, comes to the crease and Shami castles him. Its two in two for Shami. Pat Cummins b Shami 0(1)
Ball 1: Shami castles Turner with a superb yorker. Turner b Shami 13(15)
8:59 PM IST
Over Summary: 4 4 2 1 1 0 ; Australia: 259-5
Navdeep Saini [7.0-0-40-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A single for Turner towards square leg.
Ball 4: A single for Agar straight down the ground.
Ball 3: Agar hits towards deep third man for a couple of runs
Ball 2: Agar cuts towards deep point for FOUR but Rohit gets injured while trying to safe the FOUR
Ball 1: Agar pulls towards backward square leg for FOUR
8:54 PM IST
Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 2 ; Australia: 247-5
Kuldeep Yadav [9.0-0-59-2] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A top edge but Chahal fails to cover the ground from square leg. Turner survives and collects a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Agar collects a single towards mid-wicket
Ball 4: Turner hits towards point for a single.
Ball 3: Agar smashes towards long-on for a single.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Turner collects a single.
8:50 PM IST
Over Summary: 4 0 1 0 1 0 ; Australia: 241-5
Bumrah continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A single for Turner
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Agar collects a single
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Agar cuts towards deep third man for FOUR
8:44 PM IST
Over Summary: 2 1L 0 Wd 1 0 2 ; Australia: 235-5
Mohammed Shami [6.0-0-45-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A slo delivery and Turner hits wide of long-on for a couple of runs.
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Ashton Agar pulls towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 4: WIDE
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: A loud appeal for LBW against Turner, umpire declines. India take review, ball missing stumps. One leg byes taken
Ball 1: Turner hits towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
8:37 PM IST
Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 4L 1 ; Australia: 228-5
Jasprit Bumrah [6.0-2-17-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Turner dabs towards silly point region for a single.
Ball 5: FOUR leg byes
Ball 4: Agar collects a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Turner collects a single
Ball 1: Zamapa edges to keeper, GONE. Zampa c Rahul b Bumrah 6(6) [4s-1]
Over 49; Richardson scores 18 runs'
Over Summary: 1 0 4 4 6 4 ; Australia: 304-9
Mohammed Shami [9.0-0-58-3] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Richardson hits just over mid-on for FOUR
Ball 5: RIchardson hits towards long-off for SIX
Ball 4: Richardson slogs it for FOUR.
Ball 3: Richardson smashes FOUR
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Zampa collects a single.
Over 48
Over Summary: 0 1 1 0 4 0 ; Australia: 285-9
Jasprit Bumrah [8.0-2-26-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Richardson smashes straight down the ground for FOUR
Ball 4: Richardson collects a single.
Ball 3: Zampa digs out the yorker towards third man for a single
Ball 2: Richardson hits down the ground for a single.
Ball 1: DOT
Over 47; Australia need 62 runs in 18 balls
Over Summary: W 1 W 0 4 0 ; Australia: 279-9
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Zampa hits the short and wide delivery over backward point for FOUR.
Ball 4: Zampa hits down the ground but doesn't take the single.
Adam Zampa, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 3: A bumper and Starc tries to pulls it gets an thin edge and Rahul collects a single. Starc c Rahul b Navdeep Saini 6(11)
Ball 2: Richardson collects a single.
Kane Richardson, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 1: A dead straight yorker, Agar misses and ball hits on the pads follows by a load appeal, Umpire raises his fingers. Agar take REVIEW. It is THREE REDS. Agar departs. Agar lbw b Navdeep Saini 25(25) [4s-3]
Over 46; Australia need 67 runs in 24 balls
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; Australia: 274-7
Shami continues
Ball 6: A single for Agar
Ball 5: Starc hits down the ground for a single
Ball 4: Agar collects a single.
Ball 3: Starc collects a single
Ball 2: Agar collects a single towards long-on
Ball 1: Starc collects a single.
Over 45; Australia need 73 runs in 30 balls
Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 1 ; Australia: 268-7
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: Starc collects a single
Ball 5: A single Agar
Ball 4: A single for Starc
Ball 3: Agar collects a single towards long-on
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Starc collects a single
Over 44; Shami takes two wicket in two balls
Over Summary: W W L2 0 Wd 0 1L ; Australia: 263-7
Mohammed Shami [7.0-0-51-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6:
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 5: WIDE down the leg side
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Shami on hattrick, he bowls a brilliant yorker, Starc misses it. A loud appeal for LBW, umpire declines. The ball was going down leg. 2 leg byes taken
Ball 2: Pat Cummins, right handed bat, comes to the crease and Shami castles him. Its two in two for Shami. Pat Cummins b Shami 0(1)
Ball 1: Shami castles Turner with a superb yorker. Turner b Shami 13(15)
Over 43; Australia need 82 runs in 42 balls
Over Summary: 4 4 2 1 1 0 ; Australia: 259-5
Navdeep Saini [7.0-0-40-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A single for Turner towards square leg.
Ball 4: A single for Agar straight down the ground.
Ball 3: Agar hits towards deep third man for a couple of runs
Ball 2: Agar cuts towards deep point for FOUR but Rohit gets injured while trying to safe the FOUR
Ball 1: Agar pulls towards backward square leg for FOUR
Over 42; Australia need 94 runs in 48 balls
Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 2 ; Australia: 247-5
Kuldeep Yadav [9.0-0-59-2] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A top edge but Chahal fails to cover the ground from square leg. Turner survives and collects a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Agar collects a single towards mid-wicket
Ball 4: Turner hits towards point for a single.
Ball 3: Agar smashes towards long-on for a single.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Turner collects a single.
Over 41
Over Summary: 4 0 1 0 1 0 ; Australia: 241-5
Bumrah continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A single for Turner
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Agar collects a single
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Agar cuts towards deep third man for FOUR
Over 40; Australia need 106 runs in 60 balls
Over Summary: 2 1L 0 Wd 1 0 2 ; Australia: 235-5
Mohammed Shami [6.0-0-45-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A slo delivery and Turner hits wide of long-on for a couple of runs.
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Ashton Agar pulls towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 4: WIDE
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: A loud appeal for LBW against Turner, umpire declines. India take review, ball missing stumps. One leg byes taken
Ball 1: Turner hits towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
Over 39; Australia need 113 runs in 66 balls
Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 4L 1 ; Australia: 228-5
Jasprit Bumrah [6.0-2-17-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Turner dabs towards silly point region for a single.
Ball 5: FOUR leg byes
Ball 4: Agar collects a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Turner collects a single
Over 38; Smith falls for 98
Over Summary: 1 W 1 0 W 0 ; Australia: 221-5
Kuldeep Yadav continues
Ball 6: Ashton Agar, left handed bat, comes to the crease and defends
Ball 5: Smith gets an inside edge onto the stumps, GONE. The Australian run machine departs for 98
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Turner collects a single
Ashton Turner, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 2: Carey tries to hit over extra cover, hits straight to field a soft dismissal. Kuldeep picks his 100th ODI wicket. Carey c Kohli b Kuldeep Yadav 18(17) [6s-1]
Ball 1: Smith collects a single towards mid-wicket
Over 37
Over Summary: 1 1 4 0 0 1 ; Australia: 219-3
Navdeep Saini [6.0-0-33-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A single for Smith towards point
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Smith smashes FOUR
Ball 2: A single for Carey
Ball 1: Smith collects a single
Over 36
Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 1 0 ; Australia: 212-3
Kuldeep Yadav continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Smith collects a single
Ball 4: Carey collects a single
Ball 3: Smith collects a single
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 35
Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 6 1 ; Australia: 209-3
Jadeja continues
Ball 6: Smith collects a single
Ball 5: Smith smashes SIX
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Carey collects a single
Ball 2: Smith collects a single
Ball 1: A single for Carey
Over 34
Over Summary: 1 1 0 6 3 2 ; Australia: 199-3
Kuldeep Yadav continues
Ball 6: Smith collects a couple of runs
Ball 5: Carey collects three runs
Ball 4: Carey hits SIX
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Smith collects a single.
Ball 1: Carey collects a single
Over 33
Over Summary: 1 0 Wd 0 1 0 1 ; Australia: 186-3
Jadeja continues
Ball 6: A single for Carey
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Smith collects a single
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 3: WIDE
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: A single for Carey
Over 32
Over Summary: 1 0 1 0 1 1 ; Australia: 182-3
Kuldeep Yadav [5.0-0-37-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Carey collects a single,.
Ball 5: A single for Smith
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: A single for Carey
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Smith collects a single
Over 31; Jadeja breaks 96-run stand, removes Labuschagne
Over Summary: 1 1 4 1 W 0 ; Australia: 178-3
Jadeja continues
Ball 6: Carey blocks on backfoot
Alex Carey, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 5: Labuschagne comes down the wicket and tries to hit over extra cover, but slices it straight to long-off, GONE. Jadeja provides India much needed breakthrough. Labuschagne c Shami b Jadeja 46(47) [4s-4]
Ball 4: A single for Smith towards cover point region.
Ball 3: Smith hits just over bowler's head for FOUR, a much needed boundary for Australia
Ball 2: Labuschagne collects a single.
Ball 1: Smith collects a single.
Over 30; CRR: 5.7 REQ: 8.5
Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 0 0 ; Australia: 171-2
Bumrah continues
Ball 6: Labuschagne tries to hit the bumper, misses.
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Smith hits towards sweeper cover for a single
Ball 2: Labuschagne punches towards cover for a single.
Ball 1: Smith steers down to third man for a single
Over 29; CRR: 5.79 REQ: 8.24
Over Summary: 1 1 0 1 1 1 ; Australia: 168-2
Jadeja continues
Ball 6: A single for Smith
Ball 5: Labuschagne hits straight down the ground for a single
Ball 4:Smith hits towards long-on for a single.
Ball 3: Loud appeal for leg before wicket, umpire declines. Virat Kohli takes review, third umpire says day light between bat and ball. Ball hitting is umpire's call. Smith survives.
Ball 2: Labuschagne collects a single
Ball 1: Smith collects a single
Over 28; CRR: 5.82 REQ: 8.09
Over Summary: 1 1 1 4 0 0 ; Australia: 163-2
Jasprit Bumrah [4.0-2-7-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Labuschagne hits straight down the ground for FOUR
Ball 3: A single for Smith
Ball 2: Labuschagne collects a single towards third man
Ball 1: Smith collects a single
Over 27
Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 0 4 ; Australia: 156-2
Jadeja continues
Ball 6: Labuschagne hits over extra cover for FOUR
Ball 5: Labuschagne pushes towards mid-off for a single.
Ball 4: Smith works towards square leg for a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 26; CRR: 5.81 REQ: 7.92
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 1 0 ; Australia: 151-2
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: An inswinging delivery and Labuschagne defends it of front foot.
Ball 5: Smith punches towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 4: Smith walks towards off stump and gets beaten as ball goes past whisker away from the leg stump.
Ball 3: Smith blocks from the crease.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 25
Over Summary: 1 0 0 4 0 1 ; Australia: 150-2
Ravindra Jadeja [4.0-0-21-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Smith collects a single
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Smith smashes FOUR
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Labuschagne collects a single
Over 24
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; Australia: 144-2
Navdeep Saini [4.0-0-26-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Labuschagne clips towards square leg for a single.
Ball 5: A short delivery outside off and Smith hits towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 4: A single for Labuschagne towards deep square leg
Ball 3: Smith hits towards backward square leg for a single
Ball 2: Labuschagne collects a single
Ball 1: Smith collects a single
Over 23; CRR: 6 REQ: 7.52
Over Summary: 0 0 0 2 4 0 ; Australia: 138-2
Kuldeep Yadav continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Labuschagne slog sweeps towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR
Ball 4: Labuschagne clips towards fine leg for a couple of runs.
Ball 3: Labuschagne hits towards cover
Ball 2: Labuschagne hits towards extra cover
Ball 1: Labuschagne hits back to bowler
Over 22; CRR: 6 REQ: 7.46
Over Summary: 1 0 1 0 Wd 1 1 ; Australia: 132-2
Shami continues
Ball 6: Labuschagne collects a single.
Ball 5: Smith clips towards deep square leg for a single
Ball 5: WIDE
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Labuschagne collects a single towards backward square leg
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: A single for Smith
Over 21; Smith hits fifty
Over Summary: 2 0 1 1 1 1 ; Australia: 127-2
Kuldeep Yadav continues
Ball 6: Smith clips towards deep fine leg for a single and completes his fifty
Ball 5: Labuschagne glances towards deep fine leg for a single
Ball 4: A single for Smith
Ball 3: Labuschagne hits down thr ground for a single.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Labuschagne collects a couple of runs
Over 20
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 4 ; Australia: 121-2
Mohammed Shami [4.0-0-31-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Smith smashes FOUR
Ball 5: A single for Labuschagne
Ball 4: Smith collects a single
Ball 3: A single for Labuschagne
Ball 2: A single for Smith
Ball 1: A single for Labuschagne
Over 19; CRR: 5.89 REQ: 7.39
Over Summary: 1 1 0 1 1 4 ; Australia: 112-2
Kuldeep Yadav continues
Ball 6: Smith slog sweeps towards cow corner region for FOUR
Ball 5: Labuschagne hits towards long-off for a single.
Ball 4: Smith glances towards deep fine leg for a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Labuschagne collects a single towards deep square leg
Ball 1: Smith collects a single.
Over 18; CRR: 5.78 REQ: 7.41
Over Summary: 1 2 1 4 1 0 ; Australia: 104-2
Jadeja continues
Ball 6: Labuschagne fails to score
Ball 5: A single for Smith down the ground
Ball 4: Smith drives towards deep extra cover for FOUR
Ball 3: A single for Labuschagne collects a single.
Ball 2: Labuschagne collects a couple of runs
Ball 1: Smith collects a single
Over 17; CRR: 5.59 REQ: 7.46
Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 4 2 ; Australia: 95-2
Kuldeep Yadav continues
Ball 6: Labuschagne collects a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Labuschagne smashes FOUR
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Smith collects a single
Ball 2: A single for Labuschagne
Ball 1: A single for Smith
Over 16; Finch departs
Over Summary: W 1 1 1 1 0 ; Australia: 86-2
Ravindra Jadeja [2.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A single for Smith
Ball 4: Labuschagne hits down the ground for a single.
Ball 3: A single for Smith
Ball 2: Labuschagne opens his account in ODI cricket with a single.
Marnus Labuschagne, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 1: Finch tries to hit Jadeja out of the park, but gets beaten. Meanwhile Rahul removes the bails as Finch drags his foot over the line. Replays shows that the Australia captain's foot was on the line and he departs. Now both centurion from last match has been back into the pavallion.
Over 15; CRR: 5.47 REQ: 7.4
Over Summary: 2 1 0 2 1 2 ; Australia: 82-1
Kuldeep Yadav, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack
Ball 6: Smith hits chips over the infield in off side for a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Finch collects a single towards mid-wicket
Ball 4: Finch hits towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: A single for Smith
Ball 1: Smith collects a couple of runs towards backward square leg.
Over 14; Smith, Finch put up 50-run stand
Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 4 2 ; Australia: 74-1
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: Finch collects a couple of runs towards mid-wicket region.
Ball 5: Finch plays a short arm jab towards deep backward square leg for FOUR
Ball 4: A short of length delivery outside off and Smith steers wide of third man fielder for a single.
Ball 3: Finch collects a single towards point region.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 13
Over Summary: 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 ; Australia: 66-1
Jadeja continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Smith clips towards backward square leg for a couple of runs.
Ball 3: Finch hits down the ground for a single
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 12; CRR: 5.25 REQ: 7.32
Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 0 1 ; Australia: 63-1
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: Finch steals a single from mid-on.
Ball 5: A short delivery, Finch falls to put bat on ball.
Ball 4: Smith collects a risky single.
Ball 3: Finch collects a single
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 11; CRR: 5.45 REQ: 7.21
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 0 1 ; Australia: 60-1
Ravindra Jadeja, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack
Ball 6: A single for Finch
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: A single for Smith
Ball 3: Finch hits down the ground for a single
Ball 2: A single for Smith
Ball 1: Finch collects a single.
Over 10
Over Summary: 0 4 4 0 4 0 ; Australia: 55-1
Navdeep Saini continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A half volley and Smith drives straight down the ground for FOUR
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Smith whips towards deep backward square leg for FOUR as Bumrah makes a sloppy effort.
Ball 2: Smith flicks towards deep square leg for FOUR
Ball 1: DOT
Over 9; CRR: 4.78 REQ: 7.27
Over Summary: 4 0 4 0 1 1L ; Australia: 43-1
Mohammed Shami [3.0-0-22-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: One leg byes.
Ball 5: Finch gets a thick inside edge to deep fine leg for a single.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: A short delivery and Finch pulls towards deep fine leg for FOUR
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Width outside off and Finch cuts through backward point for FOUR
Over 8; CRR: 4.12 REQ: 7.33
Over Summary: 0 0 1 0 1 1 ; Australia: 33-1
Navdeep Saini, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Ball 6: Finch pushes wide of mid-off for a single.
Ball 5: Smith clips towards backward square leg for a single
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Finch collects a single
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 7; Bumrah bowls a maiden over
Over Summary: MAIDEN ; Australia: 30-1
Bumrah continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 6; CRR: 5 REQ: 7.07
Over Summary: 1 2 3 0 1L 0 ; Australia: 30-1
Shami continues
Ball 6: Finch defends on backfoot
Ball 5: One leg byes.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Finch miscues as he hits over infield for three runs.
Ball 2: Finch cuts to wide of third man for a couple of runs.
Ball 1: A short delivery and Smith pulls it just wide of leg slip for a single.
Over 5; CRR: 4.6 REQ: 7.07
Over Summary: MAIDEN ; Australia: 23-1
Bumrah continues
Ball 6: Finch punches on backfoot to extra cover for no run
Ball 5: Finch gets an inside edge behind the wicket for no run.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Ball nips in as Finch tries to defend it on backfoot, hits onto the pads
Ball 2: Finch dabs on backfoot
Ball 1: DOT
Over 4; Warner departs as Pandey takes one handed blinder
Over Summary: 4 W Wd 0 0 1 1 ; Australia: 23-1
Shami continues
Ball 6: A single for Finch towards mid-on
Ball 5: Smith glances towards deep fine leg for a single
Ball 4: A short delivery and Smith sways away from the line of the delivery.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 3: WIDE down the leg side
Steven Smith, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 2: Warner tries to hit over cover, Manish Pandey takes a one handed blinder to remover the southpaw. Warner c Manish Pandey b Shami 15(12) [4s-2]
Ball 1: A short delivery outside off, Warner drags it mid-wicket boundary for FOUR.
Over 3
Over Summary: 1 Wd5 0 0 0 0 0 ; Australia: 16-0
Bumrah continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Finch hits towards backward point for no run.
Ball 4: An inswinging delivery and Finch gets an inside edge to short mid-wicket.
Ball 3: A full delivery outside off, Finch tries to drive, misses.
Ball 2: An inswinging delivery and Finch fails to put bat on ball.
Ball 2: 5 WIDES
Ball 1: Warner collects a single.
Over 2; CRR: 5 REQ: 6.9
Over Summary: 2 4 0 0 3 0 ; Australia: 10-0
Mohammed Shami, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Warner collects three runs.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Warner smashes FOUR
Ball 1: Warner collects a couple of runs
Over 1
Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 0 0 ; Australia: 1-0
David Warner and Aaron Finch are at the crease. Warner is on strike. Bumrah will open the attack
Ball 6: Finch goes for an extravagent drive outside off, misses.
Ball 5: Aaron Finch leaves outside off.
Ball 4: Warner nudges towards square leg for a single.
Ball 3: An away going delivery and Warner tries to flirt outside off, beaten by pace and bounce.
Ball 2: Warner blocks on backfoot
Ball 1: Warner defends the short of length delivery
Australia need 341 runs to win three match series
Innings Break!#TeamIndia post a formidable total of 340/6 (Dhawan 96, Kohli 78, Rahul 80) on the board.
Ball 5: Shami digs out the yorker towards short fine leg for a single
Mohammed Shami, right handed batsman, comes to the crease
Ball 4: Rahul tries to steal a BYES, gets runout. End of a brilliant innings. Rahul run out (Carey) 80(52) [4s-6 6s-3]
Ball 3: Rahul tries to make some room, Starc follows him, one byes taken
Ball 2: Jadeja slogs towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 1: A single for Rahul
Over 49
Over Summary: 1 2 0 6 4 1 ; India: 335-5
Pat Cummins [9.0-1-39-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Rahul pulls the slow bumper towards deep backward square leg for a single.
Ball 5: Rahul moves towards off side and glances through short fine leg for FOUR
Ball 4: A short and wide delivery, Rahul plays an upper cut towards third man boundary for SIX.
Ball 3: A wild swing from Rahul, misses.
Ball 2: Rahul plays a fore hand shot towards square leg for a couple of runs.
Ball 1: Jadeja collects a single towars cover.
Over 48; CRR: 6.69
Over Summary: 4 1 2 Wd 1 1 1 ; India: 321-5
Starc continues
Ball 6: Jadeja glances towards deep fine leg for a single.
Ball 5: A short delivery and Rahul hits it down to fine leg for a single.
Ball 4: Jadeja hits towards long-on for a single.
Ball 4: WIDE
Ball 3: A low full toss and Jadeja gets a bottom edge towards square leg for a single.
Ball 2: Rahul dabs towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 1: Rahul slices towards deep point for FOUR
Over 47
Over Summary: 2 1 1 1 1 2 ; India: 310-5
Richardson continues
Ball 6: Jadeja collects a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Rahul collects a single towards point
Ball 4: Jadeja works on leg side for a single.
Ball 3: Rahul hits towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 2: Jadeja hits towards long-off for a single.
Ball 1: Jadeja collects a couple of runs.
Over 46; Rahul on fire
Over Summary: 1 1 4 6 Wd 1 1 ; India: 302-5
Mitchell Starc [7.0-0-48-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Jadeja collects a single.
Ball 5: Rahul jabs towards deep fine leg for a single.
Ball 5: WIDE
Ball 4: Rahul plays a extended cover drive for SIX towards deep extra cover
Ball 3: A low full toss and Rahul hits wide of sweeper cover for FOUR
Ball 2: A single for Jadeja
Ball 1: Rahul collects a single.
Over 45; Manish Pandey departs
Over Summary: W 1 4 0 1 1 ; India: 287-5
Richardson coontinues
Ball 6: Rahul collects a single
Ball 5: A single for Jadeja
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Jadeja smashes FOUR
Ball 2: Rahul collects a single.
Ravindra Jadeja, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 1: A short of length delivery and Manish Pandey top edges it to deep mid-wicket, GONE Manish Pandey c Agar b K Richardson 2(4).
Over 44; Kohli departs
Over Summary: W 1 0 1 1 1 ; India: 280-4
Adam Zampa [9.0-0-46-2] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A single for Manish Pandey
Ball 5: A single for Rahul towards mid-wicket
Ball 4: Manish Pandey pushes down the ground for a single.
Ball 3: Manish pushes towards extra cover for no run.
Ball 2: A single for Rahul
Manish Pandey, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 1: Kohli tries to go big straight down the ground and Marcus Labuschagne takes a stunning catch at the boundary line. Kohli c Starc b Zampa 78(76) [4s-6]
Over 43; CRR: 6.42
Over Summary: 1 1 0 2 1 1 ; India: 276-3
Kane Richardson [7.0-0-52-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Virat Kohli pushes with soft hand towards extra cover for a single.
Ball 5: Rahul pulls the short delivery towards wide of deep mid-wicket for a single
Ball 4: Rahul makes some room outside off and hits towards deep point for a couple of runs.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: A single for Kohli
Ball 1: Rahul collects a single towards sweeper cover.
Over 42; CRR: 6.43
Over Summary: 1 1 6 2 1 2 ; India: 270-3
Ashton Agar [7.0-0-50-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Rahul collects a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Kohli hits towards long-on for a single.
Ball 4: Rahul slices towards deep point for a couple of runs.
Ball 3: Rahul smashes straight down the ground for SIX.
Ball 2: Kohli hits down the ground for a single.
Ball 1: A single for Rahul towards mid-wicket region.
Over 41; CRR: 6.27
Over Summary: 1 0 1 4 1 1 ; India: 257-3
Adam Zampa [8.0-0-38-2] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Rahul collects a single.
Ball 5: Kohli collects a single.
Ball 4: Kohli whips towards leg side, finds the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on for FOUR.
Ball 3: Rahul collects a single
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Kohli collects a single.
Over 40; Kohli, Rahul put up 50-run stand
Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 4 ; India: 249-3
Kane Richardson [6.0-0-44-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Rahul smashes FOUR
Ball 5: Kohli hits towards deep mid-wicket for a single
Ball 4: Rahul collects a single.
Ball 3: Kohli slices towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Rahul flicks towards deep backward square leg for a single.
Over 39; CRR: 6.18
Over Summary: 1 0 1 4 1 0 ; India: 241-3
Agar continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Rahul drives towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 4: Rahul cuts towards deep point for FOUR.
Ball 3: Kohli jabs down the ground for a single.
Ball 2: Kohli tries to cut, gets beaten.
Ball 1: Rahul drives towards sweeper cover for a single.
Over 38; CRR: 6.16
Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 0 1 ; India: 234-3
Pat Cummins continues
Ball 6: Rahul dabs behind the wicket for a quick single.
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: A short delivery and Kohli pulls on leg sde for a single.
Ball 3: Ball stays low, Kohli fails to put bat on ball.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Rahul collects a single.
Over 37; CRR: 6.24
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 0 2 ; India: 231-3
Ashton Agar [5.0-0-37-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Kohli works towards deep point for a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Kohli defends on backfoot
Ball 4: Rahul pushes towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 3: Kohli hits towards long-on for a single.
Ball 2: Rahul taps towards cover-point region for a single.
Ball 1: Kohli hits down the ground for a single.
Over 36
Over Summary: 4 4 0 0 1 0 ; India: 225-3
Pat Cummins [7.0-1-27-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Kohli steers down to third man for a single.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Kohli on fire as he hits back to back boundaries.
Ball 1: Kohli smashes FOUR
Over 35; Kohli hits fifty
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 0 ; India: 216-3
Zampa continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A single for Rahul down the ground and completes his FIFTY
Ball 4: Rahul collects a single
Ball 3: A single for Kohli
Ball 2: Rahul collects a single.
Ball 1: Kohli collects a single.
Over 34
Over Summary: 4 2 0 1 4 1 ; India: 211-3
Starc continues
Ball 6: A single for Kohli
Ball 5: Kohli drives through extra cover for FOUR
Ball 4: Rahul slaps towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Rahul collects a couple of runs
Ball 1: Rahul smashes FOUR
Over 33; Iyer OUT
Over Summary: 1 0 0 W 0 1 ; India: 199-3
Adam Zampa [6.0-0-31-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A single for Rahul towards square leg
Ball 5: DOT
K L Rahul, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 4: Iyer tries to hit big, misses gets castled. Shreyas Iyer b Zampa 7(17) [4s-1]
Ball 3: Iyer digs out the yorker length delivery back to bowler
Ball 2: Iyer fails to score
Ball 1: Kohli hits back to bowler, Zampa makes a sloppy fielding effort, gifts Kohli a single
Over 32; CRR: 6.16
Over Summary: 2 0 1 0 0 0 ; India: 197-2
Mitchell Starc [5.0-0-33-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Iyer drives towards short extra cover for no run.
Ball 4: Iyer dabs towards backward point for no run.
Ball 3: Kohli steers down to third man for a single.
Ball 2: Kohli drives towards mid-off for no run.
Ball 1: Kohli collects a couple of runs.
Over 31; CRR: 6.26
Over Summary: 1 2 0 4 0 0 ; India: 194-2
Richardson continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: A short delivery and Iyer pulls towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Iyer drives wide of sweeper cover for a couple of runs.
Ball 1: Kohli steers down to third man for a single.
Over 30
Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 1 0 ; India: 187-2
Adam Zampa [5.0-0-28-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: A single for Kohli towards backward square leg
Ball 4: A single for Iyer towards cover
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Kohli collects a single
Over 29; Dhawan departs at 96
Over Summary: 2 1 4 W 0 0 ; India: 184-2
Kane Richardson [4.0-0-30-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Shreyas Iyer, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 4: A short delivery and Dhawan hits straight to deep fine leg, GONE. Dhawan c Starc b K Richardson 96(90) [4s-13 6s-1]
Ball 3: Dhawan hits straight down the ground for FOUR
Ball 2: A single for Koohli
Ball 1: Kohli drives towards sweeper cover for a couple of runs
Over 28; Dhawan nears ton
Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 1 4 ; India: 177-1
Labuschagne continues
Ball 6: Dhawan sweeps through short fine leg for FOUR.
Ball 5: Kohli pushes down the ground for a single.
Ball 4: Dhawan hits the half tracker towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Dhawan hits back to bowler
Ball 1: DOT
Over 27; Dhawan scoring big
Over Summary: 1 0 6 4 0 1 ; India: 171-1
Agar continues
Ball 6: A single for Dhawan
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Dhawan hits the half tracker towards deep square leg region for FOUR
Ball 3: Dhawan slog sweeps towards deep mid-wicket leg for SIX
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Kohli collects a single
Over 26
Over Summary: 4 1 1 1 1 0 ; India: 159-1
Marnus Labuschagne, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Kohli dabs towards point region for a single.
Ball 4: Dhawan hits towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 3: Kohli works towards square leg for a single.
Ball 2: Dhawan chips over bowler's head for a single
Ball 1: Dhawan cuts on backfoot towards deep point for FOUR.
Over 25; CRR: 6.04
Over Summary: 0 0 1 4 4 1 ; India: 151-1
Agar continues
Ball 6: Dhawan tucks towards mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 5: Dhawan reverse sweeps through short third man for FOUR
Ball 4: Dhawan sweeps towards between deep mid-wicket and square leg for FOUR.
Ball 3: Kohli collects a single towards cover region
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 24
Over Summary: 1 1 Wd 0 0 2 0 ; India: 141-1
Starc continues
Ball 6: Dhawan tucks towards mid-wicket for no run,.
Ball 5: Dhawan flicks towards deep square leg for a couple of runs.
Ball 4: A short delivery and Dhawan sways away from the line of the delivery.
Ball 3: Dhawan pushes towards mid-off for no run.
Ball 3: WIDE down the leg side.
Ball 2: Kohli tucks with soft hands towards mid-wicket region for a single.
Ball 1: One leg byes for India
Over 23; CRR: 5.91
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 0 1 ; India: 136-1
Agar continues
Ball 6: A single for Dhawan
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Kohli hits down the ground for a single
Ball 3: Dhawan collects a single towards square leg
Ball 2: A single for Kohli
Ball 1: Dhawan clips towards deep square leg for a single.
Over 22; Dhawan hits FIFTY
Over Summary: 1 1 0 1 4 1 ; India: 131-1
Mitchell Starc [3.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A single for Kohli towards deep fine leg.
Ball 5: Dhawan gets an top edge over keeper for FOUR
Ball 4: A single for Kohli towards backward square leg.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Dhawan dabs towards cover region for a single and completes his FIFTY.
Ball 1: Kohli collects a single towards fine leg.
Over 21
Over Summary: 1 0 0 0 1 1 ; India: 123-1
Agar continues
Ball 6: A single for Kohli towards square leg
Ball 5: Dhawan comes down the wicket and hits straight down the ground for a single.
Ball 4: Dhawan works towards mid-wicket region for no run.
Ball 3: Dhawan defends.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Kohli knocks down the ground for a single.
Over 20; CRR: 6
Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 0 ; India: 120-1
Adam Zampa continues
Ball 6: Dhawan glances towards short fine leg for no run.
Ball 5: Kohli collects a single down the ground.
Ball 4: Dhawan hits towards deeps square leg for a single.
Ball 3: Kohli works towards deep square leg for a single.
Ball 2: Kohli cuts towards backward point for no run.
Ball 1: Dhawan knocks down to long-off for a single
Over 19; CRR: 6.11
Over Summary: 0 4 1 2L 1 1 ; India: 116-1
Ashton Agar, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack
Ball 6: Dhawan works towards square leg for a single.
Ball 5: A single for Kohli
Ball 4: Two leg byes for India
Ball 3: A single for Dhawan towards sweeper cover
Ball 2: Dhawan drives through extra cover for FOUR
Ball 1: DOT
Over 18
Over Summary: 1 1 4 1 1 0 ; India: 107-1
Adam Zampa continues
Ball 6: Kohli blocks on front foot
Ball 5: Dhawan hits down the ground for a single.
Ball 4: Kohli drives towards sweeper cover for a single
Ball 3: Kohli hits the half tracker towards deep backward square leg for FOUR
Ball 2: A single for Dhawan towards cover region.
Ball 1: Kohli collects a single.
Over 17; CRR: 5.82
Over Summary: 1 4B 0 1 0 0 ; India: 99-1
Pat Cummins continues
Ball 6: A short delivery and Dhawan sways away from the line of the ball.
Ball 5: Dhawan pushes towards mid-off for no run.
Ball 4: Kohli steers down to third man for a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: A bumper and ball goes over keeper, FOUR Byes.
Ball 1: Dhawan knocks down to long-off for a single.
Over 16
Over Summary: 0 2 1 1 1 1 ; India: 93-1
Adam Zampa continues
Ball 6: A single for Dhawan
Ball 5: Kohli collects a single
Ball 4: Dhawan collects a single.
Ball 3: Kohli collects a single
Ball 2: Kohli collects a couple of runs
Ball 1: DOT
DRINKS BREAK
Over 15; CRR: 5.8
Over Summary: 0 0 4 1 0 0 ; India: 87-1
Pat Cummins [5.0-1-20-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Dhawan ducks under the bumper.
Ball 4: Kohli works towards deep square leg for a single.
Ball 3: Kohli plays his classic extra cover shot for FOUR.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
Over 14; Rohit departs
Over Summary: 1 4 W 1 0 0 ; India: 82-1
Adam Zampa continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Kohli drives towards sweeper cover for a single.
Virat Kohli, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 3: Rohit tries to sweep misses follows by a loud appeal, umpies give out. Rohit takes REVIEW, flat line on snicko, hitting in line and stumps. Rohit Sharma GONE, India lost their lone review.
Ball 2: Rohit slog sweeps towards cow corner region for FOUR
B all 1: Dhawan collects a single.
Over 13
Over Summary: 1 1L 4 1 1 0 ; India: 76-0
Richardson continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Dhawan glances towards backward square leg for a single
Ball 4: Rohit clips towards deep fine leg for a single.
Ball 3: Rohit Sharma comes down the wicket and slaps the short of length delivery towards cow corner for FOUR
Ball 2: Dhawan collects one leg byes for India towards leg slip region.
Ball 1: Rohit steers down to third man for a single.
Over 12; CRR: 5.67
Over Summary: Wd 0 1 0 1 0 1 ; India: 68-0
Adam Zampa, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Ball 6: A single for Rohit
Ball 5: Rohit blocks back to bowler.
Ball 4: Dhawan dabs towards square of wicket for a single.
Ball 3: Dhawan comes down the wicket and hits straight onto the stumps.
Ball 2: Rohit pushes towards short extra cover and collects a single as Smith makes a sloppy fielding effort.
Ball 1: Rohit oushes towards short mid-wicket for no run.
Ball 1: Rohit tries to sweep, misses. WIDE called down the leg side
Over 11; CRR: 5.82
Over Summary: 2 1 1 0 1 4 ; India: 64-0
Richardson continues
Ball 6: A short of length delivery and Dhawan pulls towards deep square leg for FOUR
Ball 5: Rohit drives towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 4: Rohit stands tall and pushes towards extra cover for no run.
Ball 3: A short delivery and Dhawan guides it to third man for a single.
Ball 2: Rohit collects a single towards third man.
Ball 1: Rohit hits towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
Over 10; CRR: 5.5
Over Summary: 1 1 0 0 0 1lb ; India: 55-0
Cummins continues
Ball 6: One leg byes for India.
Ball 5: Rohit blocks back to bowler.
Ball 4: Rohit tucks towards short mid-wicket for no run.
Ball 3: Rohit blocks.
Ball 2: Dhawan collects a single as the ball hits his elbow and he is lying on the ground.
Ball 1: Rohit collects a single.
Over 9
Over Summary: 0 4 1 1 0 1 ; India: 52-0
Richardson continues
Ball 6: Rohit works towards square leg for a single.
Ball 5: Rohit defends towards point region for no run.
Ball 4: Dhawan collects a single.
Ball 3: Rohit works towards square leg for a single.
Ball 2: Rohit goes on top of the ball and hits through cover-point region for FOUR.
Ball 1: DOT
Over 8
Over Summary: 0 0 1 0 1 4 ; India: 45-0
Pat Cummins [3.0-1-12-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Dhawan flicks towards deep backward square leg for FOUR
Ball 5: Rohit works towards square leg for a single.
Ball 4: Rohit blocks on front foot
Ball 3: Dhawan gets a outside edge to third man for a single.
Ball 2: Dhawan slices towards backward point for no run.
Ball 1: Dhawan drives towards mid-off for no run.
Over 7
Over Summary: 1 1 0 0 1 4 ; India: 39-0
First bowling change, Kane Richardson, right arm medium fast, comes into the attack
Ball 6: Rohit glances through short fine leg for FOUR.
Ball 5: Dhawan comes down the wicket and works towards square leg for a single
Ball 4: Dhawan tucks towards leg side for no run.
Ball 3: Dhawan leaves the away going delivery outside off.
Ball 2: Rohit collects a single towards backward point
Ball 1: Dhawan clips towards deep backward square leg for a single.
Over 6
Over Summary: 0 Wd 4 0 2 0 2 ; India: 32-0
Starc continues
Ball 6: Rohit hits the short delivery wide of mid-on fielder for a couple of runs.
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Rohit hits towards cover point region for a couple of runs. Smith drops a tough chance at backward point.
Ball 3: Rohit drives towards cover for no run.
Ball 2: Rohit drives through extra cover for FOUR, a classic cover drive.
Ball 2: WIDE down the leg side
Ball 1: Rohit defends back to bowler.
Over 5
Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 0 2 ; India: 23-0
Cummins continues
Ball 6: Dhawan tucks wide of mid-on for a single and earns another run due to over throw.
Ball 5: Dhawan flirting outside off, beaten.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Rohit works towards deep square leg for a single.
Ball 1: DOT
Over 4
Over Summary: 0 0 2 0 4 0 ; India: 20-0
Starc continues
Ball 6: Dhawan pushes towards mid-off for no run.
Ball 5: Dhawan flicks the ball on the pads towards deep fine leg for FOUR.
Ball 4: Dhawan gets an inside edge onto the pads for no run.
Ball 3: Dhawan cuts through backward point for a couplre of runs.
Ball 2: Dhawan plays the low full toss with soft hands towards mid-on for no run.
Ball 1: DOT
Over 3
Over Summary: 0 4 0 1 4 0 ; India: 14-0
Cummins continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Rohit flicks towards deep square leg for FOUR
Ball 4: Dhawan glances down to deep fine leg for a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Dhawan drives through cover for FOUR
Ball 1: DOT
Over 2
Over Summary: 4 0 0 0 0 1 ; India: 5-0
Mitchell Starc, left arm fast, comes into the attack
Ball 6: Dhawan glances towards deep fine leg for a single
Ball 5: A short and wide delivery, Dhawan goes for an extravagent drive, misses
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Dhawan defends for no run.
Ball 2: Dhawan tucks towards square leg for no run.
Ball 1: A half volley and Dhawan drives straight down the ground for FOUR.
Over 1; Cummins starts with a maiden over
Over Summary: Maiden ; India: 0-0
Rohit and Dhawan are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Pat Cummins will open the attack
Ball 6: Rohit gets an leading edge to cover region for no run.
Ball 5: Rohit defends from the crease.
Ball 4: Rohit pushes towards mid-on for no run.
Ball 3: Rohit pushes towards mid-off for no run.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Cummins bowls an inswinger and Rohit tucks towards leg side
India playing 11
India playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), K L Rahul(w), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia playing 11
Australia Playing 11: David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
India playing 11 alert
Manish Pandey in for Rishabh Pant
TOSS ALERT: India to bat first
India captain Virat Kohli flips the coin and Australia skipper Aaron Finch calls tails and it is tails. Australia win toss and elect to bowl first
Pitch report card
ODIs played: 2
Pacers' wickets: 13
Pacers' economy: 6.5
Spinners' wickets: 10
Spinners' economy: 5.1
Bumrah's yorkers, bounces surprise Warner
Swashbuckling Australian opener David Warner has said he was surprised by the yorkers and bounces of India's pace-spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.
Warner, who remained unbeaten on 128 in his team's 10-wicket win against India in the ODI series opener at the Wankhede Stadium, negated Bumrah's challenge well.
Skipper Aaron Finch also hit a blazing hundred (110 not out) as the Australians romped home with plenty to spare.
Asked how he prepares for bowlers like Bumrah and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, Warner, one of the best left-handers in the world, said it was all about keeping still.
"It's about being nice and still. I can't imagine someone like Brett Lee running in from almost the boundary and just sort of staggering in there and all of a sudden bowl 150kmph, it takes a while to get used to and that's great skill from Bumrah.
"His (Bumrah's) bouncers surprise you, his yorkers surprise you and then when he bowls the change-up it's very, very difficult, it's like when Lasith Malinga at his prime, he bowled 140kmph and swung them.
"... But you knew you were going to get a yorker or a bouncer but it was how are you going to play that and that's what's so unique," added Warner.
Saying that he finds Kuldeep's bowling a fraction slower, he admitted that picking chinaman bowlers was difficult.
"And with Kuldeep (Yadav), he's got great change-ups as well. I find that he's bowling a fraction slower these days, quite different to Rashid Khan who bowls at 100kmph, under lights I think left-arm chinamans are very difficult to pick," he added.
Australian batsman David Warner celebrates his century during the first one day international (ODI) cricket match against India, at the Wankhede Stadium. Photo: PTI
Not most skilful, but have a strong character: Zampa
Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa on Thursday said he is not the most skilful bowler in the world as compared to Kuldeep Yadav and Rashid Khan but he gets it going by showing a strong character as he did by getting India skipper Virat Kohli out one more time in the ODI series opener in Mumbai.
Zampa has dismissed Kohli four times in ODIs and twice in T20s.
"It's going to be an attacking approach. I think if you're on the back-foot and have a defensive mindset then that's when he (Kohli) can get on top of you. The most important thing playing in places like India against these guys is to have a little bit of character," said Zampa ahead of Friday's second ODI here.
The Indian captain, one of the finest batters in the world, lavished praise on Zampa ahead of the first ODI saying the leg-spinner had more belief than other bowlers.
"It's a big compliment from Virat," he said of Kohli's praise.
"I'm not the most skilful leg-spinner in the world. Guys like Kuldeep Yadav and Rashid Khan are guys that are really hard to pick. But one thing I have always tried to do is have a strong character."
Australia won the first of the three ODIs by 10 wickets with Zampa snaffling a sharp catch of his own bowling to remove Kohli just after being whacked for a six.
"You probably know you're going to get hit for boundaries but it can really get worse if you make that affect you. I have got him a few times now but I don't think there is anything in it. He still scores at over 100 (strike rate) against me," the 27-year-old said.
Adam Zampa (photo: ICC)
India will comeback strong in the series: Shreyas Iyer
Ahead of the do-or-die match against Australia, India batsman Shreyas Iyer asserted that the team will come back strong in the series after losing the first ODI.
"We have not lost the series and we can still come back strong and that's what we have discussed in the dressing room after the game. We need to back ourselves and believe in ourselves," Iyer told reporters in the pre-match conference here on Thursday.
"There is definitely a lot of areas to work on and yes we will come back strong in the next match," he added.
Iyer, who came to bat at number three at Wankhede Stadium ahead of skipper Virat Kohli, said that "you have to be ready to bat at any number" as the competition in the team is very tough. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Australia Captain Finch expects India to 'fight back hard' in second ODI
Australia captain Aaron Finch has no doubts that India will "fight back" in the second ODI here Friday after being battered in the series-opener in Mumbai.
Australia gave the hosts a reality check with a crushing 10-wicket win in the lung-opener on Tuesday, riding on David Warner and Finch's unbeaten hundreds.
But Finch said it would be silly to take India lightly as they boast of world-class players.
"That was a pretty good performance. I think our fielding was a little bit sloppy but all in all we ar really happy with how the boys went," he was quoted as saying by 'cricket.com.au' after the win in Mumbai.
"They (India) will fight back no doubt. They are a great side, got some world-class players," Finch said talking about what to expect from Friday's match. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
With dismal ODI record, Rajkot not happy hunting ground for India
Hosts India have a dismal ODI record at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium in Khanderi as they have lost on both the previous occasion when they played at the venue.
India first played a ODI at the SCA Stadium on January 11, 2013 against England and lost by nine-runs in a thriller. Then they played their second ODI against South Africa at the same venue on October 18, 2015 and this time they lost by 18 runs.
So, the Virat Kohli-led side, who are 0-1 down in the three-match series, would surely like to change the record to keep themselves afloat in the series.
When and where to watch India vs Australia 2nd ODI Live
Date: January 17, 2020 (Friday)
Time: 1:30 PM (IST)
Toss Timing: 1:00 pm IST
Venue: Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
India vs Australia 2nd ODI match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD with English commentary. The same broadcast with Hindi commentary will be available on Star Sports 1 Hindi and Star Sports 1 Hindi HD. Fans could also watch the live streaming of India vs Australia match on Hotstar website and app.
India vs Australia 2nd ODI predicted playing 11
India tentative playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav/Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja/Yuzuvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia tentative playing 11: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
Preview
Skipper Virat Kohli is set to be back at his regular number three position after the strategy of coming two-down boomeranged in the lung-opener as India cricket team take on a resolute Australia cricket team in the must-win second One Day International (ODI) at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot on Friday.
India go into the game 0-1 down after Australia registered a 10-wicket win in the lung-opener at Mumbai, courtesy David Warner and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hundreds.
In a bid to field all three in-form players -- Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul --, Kohli dropped himself down the order but the plan backfired spectacularly as he was unable to convert his start.
Opener Dhawan later said he was ready to bat at number three if asked to by the team management, but since Kohli has been successful at that position, the skipper would be more than willing to walk in one-down.
Kohli batting at three also provides stability to the middle-order.
With a concussed Rishabh Pant out of the second game, Rahul is a certainty as he will keep wickets. READ FULL ARTICLE