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.

Green hit 61 off just 30 balls to help Australia chase down India's total of 208-6. At one point, the match seemed out of Australia's grasp after left-arm spinner Axar Patel ran through their line up, picking 3-17 to leave the world champions needing 61 from 30 balls.

But wicketkeeper Mathew Wade (45 off 21 balls) turned the tide in Australia's favour by going after India's most experienced seamers. Wade hit two sixes in the 18th over bowled by Harshal Patel (0-49) and then sent Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0-52) to the boundary ropes on three successive occasions in the penultimate over to set up a four-wicket win.

India were not helped by sloppy fielding that included three dropped catches, including that of Green on 42.

Batting first, India took some time to get going after losing the wicket of captain Rohit Sharma in the third over. In-form Virat Kohli too fell cheaply for two, getting out to Nathan Ellis.

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