Green, Wade help Australia clinch high-scoring contest v India
NEW DELHI : Cameron Green smashed 61 and Matthew Wade provided the late assault to secure Australia's four-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 International against India on Tuesday.
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Green, Wade guide Australia to 4-wicket win over India in first T20
Matthew Wade steered his team to a four-wicket victory over India after a blistering knock by Cameron Green in the opening game of the three-match Twenty20 series in Mohali on Tuesday.
India vs Australia - "Bowlers Weren't There": Rohit Sharma's Blunt Reply To Question On Mohali Loss
India lost the first T20I against Australia despite posting a mammoth total of 208 runs on the board and captain Rohit Sharma didn't mince any words when he was asked about the loss. Rohit put the blame squarely on India's pathetic bowling performance in the match. Experienced seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 52 runs in 4 overs, while Harshal Patel was taken for 49 runs in his full quota. Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was hit for 42 in 3.2 overs and despite a heroic spell of 3/17 from Axar Patel, the Aussies beat India on canter eventually.
Green and Wade help Australia chase down 208 against India in first T20
Cameron Green hit a superb fifty in his first outing as an opener in professional cricket to help Australia thrash India in the first T20 in Mohali on Tuesday.
Ravi Bishnoi Posts Cryptic Story After Making Standby List For T20 World Cup
The 2022 T20 World Cup is just a month away. All teams are in the final phase of the preparation. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team is also gearing up for the mega event with two bilateral series against Australia and South Africa. Apart for the 15 members in the main squad, the selectors also announced four standby players, which include veteran paceman Mohammed Shami, all-rounder Deepak Chahar, spinner Ravi Bishnoi and top order batter Shreyas Iyer. Bishnoi was part of the team that played in the Asia Cup and bowled with a lot of heart.
Watch: Glenn Maxwell Practices Batting Left-Handed Ahead Of 1st T20I vs India
India and Australia are all geared up for the upcoming three-match T20I series, starting from September 20 in Mohali. With the Indian side featuring the likes of skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah among others, the Australian team also has some superstars in their ranks like Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Pat Cummins and Steve Smith. The Aaron Finch led-team is all set to give a tough fight to the hosts, ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup. On Monday, both the teams went to sweat it out in the practice ground and what caught everyone's attention was the all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, playing left-handed shots.
India vs Australia, 1st T20I, India Predicted XI: Will Dinesh Karthik Be Preferred Over Rishabh Pant?
India and Australia face each other in a three-match T20I series, starting September 20. The first match is set to take place in Mohali while the rest two matches will take place in Nagpur (September 23) and Hyderabad (September 25). Besides looking to win the matches against each other, both sides will also use the series to find a settled playing XI ahead of the T20 World Cup that is slated to take place in Australia in October-November this year.
India vs Australia 1st T20I: Team India aims to solve the jigsaw puzzle
Time for Team India to settle on best combo as dress rehearsal for World Cup begins with Australia T20Is...MOHALI: One positive to emerge from India's forgettable Asia Cup campaign was the century scored by Virat Kohli after a gap of three long years. Playing after a six-week break, Kohli scored a fiery 71st international century, although in an inconsequential affair against Afghanistan. That Kohli special (122 not out off 61 balls) was made possible, according to the bats man himself, by sticking to a "tried and tested" template in which six-hitting wasn't a priority. Kohli said as much in a chat with skipper Rohit Sharma.