India vs Australia 2nd T20I: Clarke, Uthappa support Virat, slam umpires for continuing play in rain

On Friday, things took a bizarre turn when it started raining towards the end of the Australian innings when the umpires refused to stop play despite the rain. 

This led to an agnry reaction from Virat Kohli. His annoyance against umpires Gerard Abood and Simon Fry was seconded by Michael Clarke and Robin Uthappa in the studio. 

This was primarily because bowling in the rain is a dangerous task can lead to injury and also makes the task harder for bowlers. The ball is harer to grip, and it will also benefit Australian bowlers in the 2nd innings. When the Aussies come back to bowl, their bowlers will get more swing, which makes Kohli's anger quite justifiable. 

Australia are 132/8 after 19 overs. Ben McDermott (32* runs 30 balls) has been the best batsmen for them. Nathan Coulter-Nile (20) and Andrew Tye (12*) have given Australia some very important late order runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed have picked up 2 wickets each for India. 

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India vs Austrlia T20: Teams (from)

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Washington Sundar

Australia: Aaron Finch (capt), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Ben McDermott, Glenn Maxwell, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa