India vs Australia 1st T20 – India chasing a target of 209 runs


Post the ODI World Cup campaign, India and Australia are playing their first T20 international match. Suryakumar Yadav is leading the Indian squad with almost all the new faces that you wouldn’t have seen playing in ODI World Cup matches.

Matthew Wade is leading the 6 time World Cup winning Australian side. On Sunday, Australia again created history by lifting the World Cup title again. Post three days, players like Glenn Maxwelll, Steve Smith and Adam Zampa are back in the team playing first T20I against India today.

Highlights from Match – India vs Australia 1st T20I

• Match is being played at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
• Suryaumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl first.
• For Australia, Inglis hit his fastest century. Scored 110 runs in just 50 balls.
• Steve Smith was looking in form and hit half century.
• A few big hits in the final overs from T. David took Australia total to 202 runs.
• In return, India came to bat and lost first two wickets rather quickly.
• Due to a mix up, Ruturaj Gaikwad got run out without playing a single ball.
• Yashaswi Jaiswal gave a blasting start to India but was not able to play a big inning. Scored 21 runs of 8 balls.
• Suryakumar Yadavscored half century.
• Ishan Kishan got out after hitting 58 runs in 39 balls.

Scores

Australia – 208/3(20)
India – 142/3(13)*

Past Record in T20s

In total, two sides have played 26 T20I matches. India has won 15, while Australia has won 10 and one ended without results.

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