Australia fought back to win the first Twenty20 International (T20I) against favourites India by four runs at the Gabba, Brisbane on Wednesday.
After the rain stopped the match during Australia's innings, the Duckworth-Lewis method reduced the match to 17 overs per side and the hosts set a target of 174 for Virat Kohli and Co.
Shikhar Dhawan gave India a flying start from then wickets kept falling on the other end, including Captain Virat Kohli, who went cheaply for just four runs. His wicket was soon followed by Dhawan and there began the collapse until Dinesh Karthik took the charge with young Pant on the other end.
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However, the Australian bowlers despite being expensive in terms of economy managed to make breakthroughs at the very correct times and that took to the final over where India needed 13 runs and the hosts fell short by four runs in the end.