After winning the test series and odi series in australia, india were super power in india and australia. But, undoughtfully australia win the first T20 against india in vizag, india.
After winning the toss skipper virat kohli decide to Bat first. Indian openar rohit sharma didnot gave a good start and out in early overs followed by virat kohli and rishabh pant and Dinesh kartik. The pressure was on the indian tail batsman and so india didnot have a huge total on the board. As india ranks top in ICC t20 ranking.
After comes to Bat team india gave a target of just 127 runs to the Australian team. Every audience wants a team india to score 150+ runs but it not happy. Beside, rahul no player had help team india to decent total. Mahindra dhoni played a slow inning and so india loss the match.
After coming to Bat in 2 innings australian opener marcus stoinis got run out early in the power play. Aaron finch got out in the first ball of the jasprit bumraah. D'Arcy short and Maxwell takes the team to winning position.
The match between australia and india comes to end as australia win the match. Apart from this Australian batsman and bowler gave a full support as the win the match with 3 wickers. Overall, nathan counter nile was a best bowler for australia as he tooks 3 wickers for just 26 runs in his 4 overs spell.
Indian bowlers were also show their best to take wickets in proper interval as the match comes to a last ball. Umesh yadav the only bowler of team india who was so costly as team india loss the match.
Only 2 batsman one from team india K. L. Rahul and other from australia Clean Maxwell who played 50 runs innings for their team. And there has to be a few words for Rahul and Maxwell, who scored fifties and seemed like they batted on a different surface altogether. But Vizag fans, though a bit hard done after the final ball, must have enjoyed this thriller.
Finally, Australia deserved a thriller match to win because the absent of senior player Smith and warner always give a hope to win the match.
Thanks for Reading and stay tuned for next match. Please give your opinion of the second t20.
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