#AUSvIND 🇦🇺 🇮🇳 :1st ODI

🇦🇺 Australian Chase: Target 131 in 26 Ov.

Need 31 off 60: 100/3 :16 Ov : Comfortable.

99/3 : Philippe 37 of 29 : Sundar got him.

67/2 : 12 Ov : Need 64 from 84.

44/2 : 7.2 : Axar gets Short 8(17).

29/1 : 5 Ov : M Marsh 15(17), Short 6(9).

Arshdeep Singh strikes on his 2nd ball: 

10/1: 1.2 Ov : Travis Head 8(5).

 

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Indian Batted 1st: Set Target = 131 (D/L)

Australian pacers  were on 🔥🔥

Indians undone by bouncy pitch and excellent hard length bowling.

India anyhow managed to reach 136/9.

KL 38(31), Axar 31(38) n Nitish 19*(11).

114/5 : 23 Ov : KL 36* + W Sunder 10*.

Axar out on 31(38) : 84/5  : 20 Ov.

Reduced to 26 Overs per side.

Rain again : 52/4 : 16.4.

50/4 : 15.4 : India completes half-century

Restarts at 12.55 pm : Axar + KL Rahul.

Overs further reduced to 32. 

Story continues...Wicket n Rain stoppage : Resume n Wicket. 

Stoppage again :12.33 IST : 46/4:14.2 Ov.

Vice-Captain Shreyas Iyer ct behind off Hazlewood : 11(24) : 45/4 : 13.2 Ov.

Post resumption Shreyas Iyer hits boundary on 1st ball by Hazlewood.

***The 18 runs between Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli today is the lowest aggregate by India's top three in a men's ODI since the 2019 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand 😐

Match resumes at 12:20 IST , with 35 overs maximum.

Rain again at 10.10 IST : 37/3 :11.5 Ov.

10 Ov : 27/3 : Shreyas 3(14),  Axar 1(6).

Play resume 9.56 IST : Overs 49 max . 

Rain stoppage at 25/3 : 8.5 Ov: 9.43 IST.

Australian pacers Starc and Josh Hazlewood maintained good pressure and now Ellis too: 

Big Big blow: Shubman Gill caught down the leg :1st ball loosener by Ellis 10(18).

25/3 : 8.1 Ov : Shreyas 2(9) + Axar.

No more smiles for Rohit and Virat on Sunday after gap of 6 odd months. 

Hitman and King dumped by 1st hour.

Virat Kohli records his first ODI duck on Australian soil. 🏏😬

21/2 : 6.1 : Virat gone on 0 off 8 off Starc flashy drive..edges to backward point : excellent catch. Shreyas Iyer in.

5 Ov : 14/1 : Shubman 5*(9) , Virat 0*.

13/1 = 3.4 Ov : India loose first wicket.

Rohit ct in 2nd slip b Hazlewood 8 (14).

Mitchell Marsh has won the toss and Australia 🇦🇺 elect to field first. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy makes his ODI debut 🧢

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh said playing in “packed out stadiums” against India, which will have Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli back in the ranks, will be a “great experience” for his team.

Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have some impressive numbers in Australia 👀

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