| 0.0 : PITCH REPORT - There looks to be a decent coverage of grass and the deck has been used before, albeit not the one on Friday. There are some worn patches as well. So, while it could get a bit quicker, it could dry out as well in this heat and the effect will be seen in the second innings where it could slow down considerably. |
| 1-0 to Australia! Can India stay alive in the series? Yes, they looked rusty in the first game as they were defeated comprehensively. Their fielding was poor while the bowling was not upto the mark. But they are a strong side and one expects them to make a comeback strongly. Australia, on the other hand, were excellent with the willow in hand but just like India, they were inconsistent with the ball and would want to put up a more clinical show and win the series. Who will take the honours? Stay |
| WEATHER - It is scorching. 40 degrees! Belter of a day coming up. So the great Glenn McGrath reckons that you normally bat first at the SCG as it slows down in the second half of the game but even more so today, with the heat set to take toll on the players if they field first. |
| TOSS time! The men concerned are out in the middle. |
| Australian skipper, Aaron Finch, is asked about Marcus Stoinis first and the former confirms that the HULK IS OUT. Stresses that they do not want to take risks with fast bowlers and side injuries. Further says that he could be out for a couple of weeks and MOISES HENRIQUES replaces him. |
| Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, says that they were rusty in the first ODI but that is not an excuse. Adds that they have not played ODIs for a while but the guys know what they have to do in this game. States that they need to show intensity on the field and capitalize on what comes their way. Informs that they are playing the same side. |
| What is a good score in today's game? 250, perhaps? Because you do expect the pitch to slow down. New Zealand made 238. No, not here, but in a place closer from here. 238/3 IN 20 OVERS at Mount Maunganui! Boy, they have hammered the West Indian attack to all parts. Glenn Phillips' scintillating 108 from 51 has set a challenge to West Indian batters to showcase their power hitting. That is surely going to be a cracker! We shall keep you updated. |
| Australia (Playing XI) - Aaron Finch (C), David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques (IN PLACE OF MARCUS STOINIS), Alex Carey (WK), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood. |
| India (Unchanged playing XI) - Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli (C), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| We are all in readiness for the game to begin! The Indian players stride out in the middle and take their respective positions in the field. Aaron Finch and David Warner come out as the openers for Australia. Mohammed Shami will start for the visitors. |
| 0.1 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, A bouncer to start from Shami! A good one at that. Shami runs in and bowls a bouncer around middle, Warner ducks under it. The umpire signals the first bouncer for the over. |
| 0.2 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, A solid defense this time from Warner. Good length ball on off, Warner prods forward and defends it to the cover region. |
| 0.3 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, FOUR! Warner and Australia are underway in some style. This was not a bad delivery from Shami but a terrific shot. On a length around off, Warner actually walks towards the bowler. To negate the swing, perhaps? Cuts it through the cover-point region for a boundary. |
| 0.4 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Shami comes around the wicket and bowls a good length ball on middle, Warner hops and defends it out onto the pitch. |
| 0.5 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, An appeal for LBW turned down! Good bowling from Shami. Length ball on off, angling in. Warner looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads. Shami puts in a huge appeal but it is turned down. Probably the impact was outside off. |
| 0.6 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Good shot for nothing! 4 from the first over from Shami. Fullish ball outside off, Warner drives but finds cover-point. |
| 1.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Bumrah starts with a full ball on off, Finch prods forward and defends it to mid off. Nice start from Bumrah. |
| 1.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Back of a length ball on middle, Finch is on his back foot and then flicks it to square leg. |
| 1.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Good length ball on off, Finch defends it out solidly towards the off side. |
| 1.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, On a length on middle from Bumrah, Finch works it to mid-wicket for another dot. |
| 1.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Five dots in a row! Full on off, Finch drives it to cover. Can Bumrah start with a maiden? |
| 1.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Yes, he can! Good length ball on off, Finch defends it to cover off the back foot. Good start from Bumrah. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to bowl with the second new ball. |
| 2.1 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, A couple now! Shami dishes a length ball on middle, Warner flicks it to deep square leg and picks up a couple before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 2.2 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, In the air... safe! That surprised David Warner! Short ball from Shami which rises a little more than Warner expected. Warner looks to pull but it takes the top edge but it has enough to go over the square leg fielder. Another couple of runs. |
| 2.3 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, A soild defense this time. Full ball on off, Warner defends it to cover and shouts a loud no to his partner. |
| 2.4 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Edgy but over the slip fielder! Fullish outside off, Warner looks to drive but does not move his feet at all. It takes the outside edge and goes over the first slip fielder towards third man. Warner crosses over for the single. India are definitely looking charged up today. |
| 2.5 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, Good length ball on off, Finch defends it to mid off. |
| 2.6 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, Finch is off the mark! Full on the pads, Aaron flicks it to deep square leg and will keep the strike for the next over with a single. |
| 3.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, A muted appeal from Bumrah! Good length ball on middle and leg, Finch looks to flick but it brushes his pads and goes towards square leg for a leg bye. Bumrah appeals for LBW but the umpire is not interested. Probably looked a bit high. |
| 3.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, A quick single. Bumrah dishes a full one on the pads, Warner flicks it to square leg and takes off for a quick single. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Warner would have been in though. |
| 3.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Good length ball on off, Finch defends it to cover off the front foot. |
| 3.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Lucky for Finch! Extra bounce again! Good length ball on middle, bounces a little more. Finch looks to flick but it lobs off the upper half of the bat. Luckily, it goes over mid-wicket and a couple is taken before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 3.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Poor ball from Bumrah and Finch puts it away. Full ball on the pads, Finch flicks it to the deep square leg region for a boundary. Easy pickings for Finch. |
| 4.1 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, SIX! Welcome into the attack, Navdeep Saini! Poor start from Saini though. He bowls a short ball first up but does not rise high enough. Warner rocks on his back foot and then pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie! |
| 3.6 : A bowling change. Navdeep Saini to bowl now. |
| 4.2 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, SWING AND A MISS! Better from Saini! Good length ball outside off, moves away after pitching. Warner looks to swing it away but the ball beats the outside edge and goes to the keeper. |
| 4.3 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, On a length on the pads, Warner flicks it to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 4.4 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Almost! Just went past the stumps! Good length ball outside off, Finch does not move his feet and then looks for the big swing. It takes the inside edge, goes past the leg stump and towards short fine leg. |
| 3.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, On a length outside off, Finch punches it to cover-point. Good over for Australia. 8 runs from it. |
| 4.5 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Good running! Length ball on off, Finch defends it to cover. Warner calls Finch for the single and make it easily in the end. |
| 4.6 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, Length ball on middle, Warner flicks it to the deep square leg region and picks up a single. They look for the second but the fielder is quick to the ball and the batters decide to settle for one. |
| As expected, Mohammed Shami gets a change of ends. 2-0-10-0 so far. |
| 5.1 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Good length ball on off, Warner defends it to cover and shouts wait on to his partner for the single. |
| 5.2 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Shami dishes a short ball on middle, Warner looks to pull but it takes the bottom half of the bat and rolls to mid on. |
| 5.3 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Full on middle, Warner solidly defends it back to the bowler. |
| 5.4 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Four dots in a row! Good length ball on off, Warner blocks it to the cover fielder. |
| 5.5 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, A single now. On a length on off, Warner pushes it to deep cover and crosses over for the run. |
| 5.6 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, Quick run and Finch is in. Full ball on off, Finch pushes it to mid off and takes off for a single. Kohli runs a little ahead and then has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Finch would have been in comfortably. Just 2 from Shami's over. |
| 6.1 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Good fielding from Chahal! Fullish ball on off, Finch drives it wide of mid off. Chahal slides and makes a good stop. A single to start the 7th over. |
| 6.2 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, Full on middle, Warner defends it to mid off for nothing. |
| 6.3 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, FOUR! Bang! Warner is on the charge! Saini overpitches it on off, Warner frees his arms and then powers it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 6.4 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, A couple now! Short ball around middle, Warner pulls it in front of square on the leg side. Agarwal comes across but almost overruns it. He recovers and makes the stop. A couple taken. |
| 6.5 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, FOUR! Warner is looking in ominous touch! Good length ball on middle, Wanrer backs away, gives himself room and then punches it through deep cover for a boundary. |
| 6.6 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, WIDE! Too high! Short ball around middle, Warner ducks under it. It is too high and the umpire gives it a wide. |
| Navdeep Saini to David Warner, Back of a length ball on off, Warner hops and then guides it to point off the back foot. Another expensive over from Saini comes to an end. 12 runs from the over. |
| 7.1 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, Nicely bowled from Shami! Good length ball on off, Finch moves forward and then looks to flick but it hits his thigh pad and lobs towards short third man. |
| 7.2 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, On a length on middle, Finch works it to fine leg and takes a single. |
| 7.3 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Length ball on off, Warner blocks it to cover and says no for the single. |
| 7.4 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Good length ball on middle, Warner flicks it to mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 7.5 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, FOUR! Wow, beautiful from Warner! Short on middle, Warner camps on his back foot and then flays it through mid-wicket for a boundary. Warner is looking solid. |
| 7.6 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, FOUR! Another boundary! 50-run stand comes up! These two love playing against the Indians and they are looking in ominous touch once again. Shami bowls a shortish one outside off, Warner lifts it over the cover fielder and fetches himself another boundary. |
| 7.5 : NZ-WI UPDATE - West Indies have managed just 44/2 at the end of the Powerplay. They are chasing a mammoth 239 in the second T20I at Mount Maunganui. |
| 8.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Good length ball on off, Aaron defends it to cover-point. |
| 0.0 : With Navdeep Saini proving to be expensive, Kohli has gone back to his ace gun. Jasprit Bumrah returns. 2-1-7-0 so far. |
| 8.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, WIDE! Bumrah will have to re-bowl that one! Short ball around middle, Finch lets it go. Too high and a wide signaled. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Good length ball on middle, Finch flicks it to mid-wicket and takes off for a single. Kohli fails to pick it up cleanly and they make it easily. |
| 8.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Full on off, Warner prods forward and drives it to mid off. |
| 8.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, A bouncer around middle and leg, Warner ducks under it. David looks at the square leg umpire for a wide but not given. |
| 8.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Good length ball on middle, Warner tucks it to mid-wicket. Finch wants the single but Warner seeing Hardik charging in, says no. |
| 8.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Well bowled! Length ball on off, Warner looks to defend off the front foot but it takes the outside edge and goes towards cover. Just 2 from Bumrah's over. |
| 9.1 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Finch gets into the act now! Saini has been not upto the mark so far and Australia are targetting him. Full on off, Finch dances down the track and then lifts it wide of mid off for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Navdeep Saini gets a change of ends now. 2-0-21-0 so far. |
| 9.2 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Good length ball on middle, Finch drives it to mid on. |
| 9.3 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Just short of Jadeja at point. Finch can consider himself lucky there. Shortish outside off, Finch looks to punch it off the back foot but it goes uppish towards Jadeja at point. Luckily for Finch, it lands just short. |
| 9.4 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Back of a length ball on middle, Finch looks to flick it off the back foot but gets an inside edge, hits the pads and rolls to the off side for a single. |
| 9.5 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, Excellent bowling from Saini! Much better from him. Very full outside off, Warner fails to dig it out and the ball goes to the keeper. |
| 9.6 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, End of the Powerplay 1. Good length ball outside off, Warner cuts it through the cover-point region and picks up a couple to end the over. Australia are 59 for 0 at the end of the first 10 overs. |
| We have a bowling change. Spin is in. Yuzvendra Chahal introduced. |
| 10.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Full on middle, flicked through mid on for a single. |
| 10.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, SIX! THUNDEROUS! Welcome, Yuzi! Power from Warner. Tossed up, outside off, not too much spin in the pitch, Davey gets down and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket! |
| 10.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, FOUR! Not a great delivery from Chahal. The wrong 'un, outside off, but it is just pushed through, dragging it fractionally short. Warner cuts it through the covers. |
| 10.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Well bowled. Nice, slow leg spinner, tossed up, around leg, David defends it back. |
| 10.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, HALF CENTURY FOR DAVID WARNER! Outstanding knock. What has he had for lunch before this game? Just 39 balls for his 50. Gets there with a gentle nudge through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, LBW appeal. Looks close, but the umpire shakes his head. Chahal does not ask his skipper for the review. Just looks at Rahul. Full and around off, Finch gets across, looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. Impact was outside off, one feels. |
| 11.1 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, Full and around off, driven back to the bowler. Saini leaps to stop. |
| 11.2 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, OOPS, WARNER IS DOWN! That was a big tumble. A length ball, outside off, Davey steers this towards third man. Runs the first one hard, looks to turn quickly for the second but slips and falls flat on his face. Gets up, smiles and then adjusts his gloves. |
| 11.3 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Full and outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| 11.4 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, A length ball, outside off, coming in, Finch walks into the shot and pushes it towards mid off. Warner looks for the single, 'NOT NOW!' is the response from his partner. |
| 11.5 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, 'AWWWW!' goes Finch. That was nasty. Right in the bread basket! NO BALL SIGNALLED. A high full toss, Finch looks to pull but is comprehensively beaten by pace. He immediately goes down in pain but also acknowledeges to his partner that he is okay. In fact, there is more. Saini apologizes, to which Aaron smiles and says it is okay, only to be surrounded by Yuzvendra Chahal and KL Rahul. Rahul just checks whether Finch has his chest and abdomen guards on and |
| Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, Nothing on the Free Hit. A short ball, outside off, the skipper gives this all with a mighty swing, but misses. |
| 11.6 : Navdeep Saini to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Off the top edge this time! A short ball, around off, skids off the deck, Finch looks to pull but gets a top edge which goes over Rahul. Lands in front of the ropes at fine leg and beats the fielder to his right. |
| 12.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Short ball, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, The googly, outside off, Finch looks to punch it through the off side but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat towards short mid-wicket. 'YEH ACCHA HAI!' says Rahul. Meaning, 'This is nice!' |
| 12.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Comes down the track a touch this time, gets to the pitch of the ball and pushes it towards long on for a run. |
| 12.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Around off, pushed down to long on for one. |
| 12.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Hmmm... Finch jumps out of the crease, looks to flick but is not to the pitch of the ball. Is hit on the pads. |
| 12.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Around leg, flicked through mid-wicket for one more. |
| 13.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Outside off, punched through the covers for a single. |
| 13.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Aaah. That would have hurt. A short ball, pretty sharp, skids off the deck, Warner looks to pull, then looks to let it go. Is caught in between and can do nothing. The ball goes off his chest towards fine leg. Did he play that? Must have been some glove involved. |
| 13.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Short and around off, Finch pulls this through mid-wicket. |
| 13.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Just over cover! Full and outside off, Finch lofts this over a leaping cover fielder and gets a couple. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah comes back into the attack. 3-1-9-0 so far. Suspect that this extra rotation of bowlers is not only because of Australia's good start but is because of the heat. |
| 13.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Fine shot. Outside off, on a length, Finch just creams his cover drive to perfection. |
| 13.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aaron Finch, Around off, solidly defended. |
| Mix-up, confusion! Seems like Warner is gone! A run-out appeal has been referred upstairs. Warner looks confident as always, but this time he might be wrong. Wait. He is in! |
| 14.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Works this through the leg side for a single. |
| 14.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Miscommunication, but safe in the end. Was KL Rahul standing a bit too far from the stumps? Low full toss, outside off, Warner drove this through the covers. His initial call was wait, but then a bit of a misfield happened. Now, Davey wanted the single but Finch had already said no. Warner had to turn back and had to dive in. To the naked eye, it looked out as Rahul collected the throw and dislodged the bails. However, when it was seen in the replays after |
| 14.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Full and around off, driven straight to cover. |
| 14.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Around off, flicked through mid-wicket for one more. |
| 14.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Outside off, punched towards cover. |
| 14.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Full and around off, pushed towards the bowler. |
| Time for DRINKS. Australia are in a terrific position again. |
| 15.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 15.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Down the leg side, lapped perilously close to KL Rahul's gloves towards fine leg for a single. |
| 15.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Full and around off, driven towards the bowler. |
| 15.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, A controlled chip from Warner, getting it wide of who is that - Manish Pandey, is it? Seems so, at wide long on. A single taken. |
| 15.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Around off, punched towards long on. Jadeja gets across to his right, tries to stop it but the ball goes through. One more run taken. |
| 15.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, 100 COMES UP FOR AUSTRALIA. And it is raised by the opening pair again. Short and outside off, Warner punches this through the covers. The fielder makes a half-stop, slows down the pace of the ball but there is no one in the deep square of the wicket on that side. Deep point runs while the cover fielder get up and goes back as well. The latter gets there but by then, three runs are taken. |
| 16.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Around off, flicked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 16.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Outside off, punched wide of long off. The call is for two initially but the fielder charges in and makes them change their decision to a single. |
| 16.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Punches this down to long on for a run. |
| 16.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, SIX! Just over a leaping fielder at long on! Needed a Kieron Pollard to catch that. Full and around middle, Warner lunges and just looks to hit this. By no means, powerfully and perhaps hit it way too better than he would have liked. Luckily for him, it clears the fielder. |
| 16.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Around off, flicked straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 16.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Outside off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 17.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, A misfield now. Virat Kohli it is. Full and outside off, Finch pushes it towards cover where Kohli takes his eyes off the ball and concedes a single. |
| 17.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Quicker ball, punched towards cover. |
| 17.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, The googly, around off, reverse swept towards short third man. It was mistimed, hence a run was taken. |
| 17.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Around off, flicked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 17.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, The arm ball, outside off, punched through the covers for one more. |
| 17.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Comes down the track and works it to the right of short fine leg for one. |
| 18.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, A touch short, coming in, worked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 18.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Full and outside off, Finch comes down the track and looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. |
| 18.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Comes down the track again, looks to go big but is not to the pitch of the ball. Gets a thick inside edge onto his boot. He wants to get going here, Finch. Looks itchy. Something is going to give. |
| 18.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Works this towards long on for one more. |
| 18.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Full and outside off, Warner blocks it towards the bowler, well, a bit to his right, because Chahal has to dive to half-stop it, parrying it towards cover. |
| 18.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Quicker one, punched back to the bowler. |
| 19.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Outside off, slapped to deep cover for a single. |
| 19.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, This is smashed straight to mid off. |
| 19.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Full and outside leg, Warner looks to play the reverse sweep but top-edges it over the keeper. Just a single. |
| 19.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Now this is a good stop. Finch punches this through the covers, looks for a single but the fielder gets across to his right and stops it. |
| 19.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Now this is flicked, but straight to square leg. |
| 19.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Outside off, pushed straight to point. |
| 20.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Chahal bowls a floated ball on middle, Warner works it down to long on for a run. |
| 20.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Flighted ball on off, Finch dances dances down the track and drives it back to the bowler. Chahal fumbles and the ball goes to long off for a single. |
| 20.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, FOUR! Nicely played from Warner! Floated on off, Warner goes on his knees and then sweeps it to the deep square leg region for a boundary. |
| 20.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, Flighted ball on middle, Warner flicks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 20.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, Flatter on off, punched to cover off the back foot. |
| 20.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aaron Finch, SIX! What a way to get to 50! Terrific from Finch. He continues his form from the last game and is looking in some solid touch. Loopy ball on middle, Finch hammers it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 21.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Floated on middle, Warner flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 21.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Flatter ball on middle, Finch rocks on his back foot and then drives it to long on for a single. |
| 21.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Floated on middle, David tucks it to the deep on the leg side for a run. |
| 21.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Floated on middle, Finch lifts it towards the deep mid-wicket region and picks up a couple before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 21.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Hits the pads. Quicker on middle, Finch looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 21.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Aaron Finch, Floated on middle, Finch looks to go over long on but does not time it well. It goes off his inner half and towards long on. It falls short of the fielder and a single is taken. |
| 0.0 : What happened there? DEAD BALL has been signalled. Not quite sure why. Paul Reiffel was having some issue, one guesses. He is indicating to his face and earpiece, not sure what. |
| 22.1 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, Full on middle, Finch drives it to mid off. |
| 0.0 : Mohammed Shami comes back on. 4-0-21-0 are his figures so far. |
| 22.2 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Pulled and pulled away nicely! Short ball from Shaim but does not rise high enough. Finch rocks on his back foot and then pulls it to deep square leg region for a boundary. |
| 22.3 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, Another short ball on middle, Finch pulls it wide of the fine leg fielder and before the fielder slides and cuts it off, two taken. |
| 22.4 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, Good length ball outside off, Finch pushes it to cover. |
| 22.5 : Mohammed Shami to Aaron Finch, OUT! CAUGHT! Good bowling change from Kohli! Brings his strike bowler back on and Shami strikes. Finally, they get the breakthrough. Finch goes after playing another fine knock but will be a little disappointed that he could not continue. Good length ball on middle, Finch looks to flick but closes the face of the bat a little too early. It takes the leading edge and goes towards cover. Kohli runs back a little and takes a simple catch. Very important wicket f |
| Steven Smith makes his way out to the middle. |
| 22.6 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, Shami bowls a full one on middle, Smith flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 23.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Floated on middle, Warner drives it to long on for a single. |
| 23.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up on off, Smith prods forward and defends it to the cover region. |
| 23.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flatter ball outside off, Smith camps on his back foot and then punches it through the cover-point region for a single. |
| 23.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Loopy ball on middle, Warner flicks it to mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 23.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Full on the middle and leg stump line, Warner flicks but finds the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 23.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Quicker on the pads, Warner nudges it to deep square leg to keep the strike for the next over. |
| 24.1 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Good length ball on off, Warner guides it to point. Jadeja runs across and dives to make the stop and keeps it down to a single. |
| 24.2 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, Full and on the pads, Smith flicks it to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 24.3 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Uppish but it falls safely! Shami runs in and bowls a short one on middle, Warner swivels to pull but it goes off the upper half of the bat towards deep mid-wicket. It lands in front of the fielder and the batters cross for a single. |
| 24.4 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, FOUR! Beautiful! Absolute class from Steven Smith! Full on middle, Smith just creams the drive past the bowler and into the long off fence. 150 up for Australia. |
| 24.5 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, Length ball on middle, Smith nudges it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 24.6 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Fuller delivery outside off, Warner drives it to cover to end the over with a dot. |
| 25.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Loopy ball on off, Smith lunges forward and then pushes it to long off for a single. |
| 25.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to David Warner, Flatter on the pads, nudged to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| An appeal for run out! It is a direct hit and Warner is walking as he knows that he is a goner. Excellent piece of fielding. Out is the signal on the big screen. |
| 25.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, OUT! RUN OUT! Warner is short by some margin and he knows it as he walks off before the decision is made. Excellent piece of fielding from Shreyas Iyer. Not easy to hit the stumps direct from the deep but he has done it and has found Warner short. Loopy ball on off, Smith chips it ver the bowler's head towards long off and takes off for the run. Warner wants the second and calls Smith for the second. Iyer comes across, collects and has a shy at the bowler's |
| Marnus Labuschagne comes out to bat. |
| 25.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On middle, Smith flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 25.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up on middle, Labuschagne works it to square leg. |
| 25.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter on off, Marnus defends it off the back foot. |
| 26.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Horrible delivery from Bumrah! That releases the pressure a little. Good length ball outside off, Smith punches it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah is coming back on. 4-0-21-0 are his figures so far. |
| 26.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length ball on middle, Smith flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 26.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Labuschagne defends it back to the bowler. |
| 26.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Labuschagne is off the mark! Good length delivery on off, Marnus guides it to third man for a single. |
| 26.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a length on off, Smith blocks it to point. |
| 26.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Good length ball on middle, Smith nudges it to square leg and will keep the strike for the next over. |
| 27.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated on middle, Smith prods forward and flicks it to deep square leg. A couple taken before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 27.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Good stop from Jadeja! Tossed up on off, Smith drives it wide of the bowler. Jadeja dives and stops it. |
| 27.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flatter on middle and leg, Smith works it to the leg side and collects a run. |
| 27.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated on middle, Marnus tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 27.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flatter on middle, bounces a little more. Smith waits on his back foot and then defends it out. |
| 27.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated on middle, Smith pushes it to mid-wicket. Another tight over from Jadeja. 4 from it. |
| 28.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length ball outside off, Labuschagne drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 28.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Fullish ball on off, Smith defends it to point off the front foot. |
| 28.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a length on off, Smith taps it to third man and crosses over for a single. |
| 28.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Fullish on off, Marnus looks to defend but it takes the outside edge and goes towards third man for a run. |
| 28.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length ball on middle, Smith works it to deep square leg for another run. |
| 28.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Low full toss on middle, tucked to the leg side for a single. |
| 29.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated on middle, Labuschagne flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 29.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, FOUR! Smith is so good in finding the gaps and he does so again! Flighted ball outside off, Smith drives it through extra cover. The fielder runs across and dives but fails to stop it. |
| 29.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, A better throw would have been close! Floated on off, Smith defends it to cover and takes off for a single. Labuschagne is slow off the blocks and takes off late. The fielder has a shy at the keeper's end but misses. Marnus dives to come back in. Would have been close. |
| 29.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter outside off, Labuschagne plays it to deep cover for a single. |
| 29.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Loopy ball on middle, Smith pushes it down to long on for a single. He is looking good again. |
| 30.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Outside off, punched straight to point. |
| 30.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fuller, around off, driven through the covers for a single. |
| 29.5 : Navdeep Saini is back on. 4-0-34-0 are his figures so far. |
| 30.3 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and outside off, driven towards long off but Saini gets down to make a half-stop. Cover gets across to nop it up |
| 29.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, SIX! BANG! Smith goes big and gets his first biggie of the game. Tossed up on middle, Smith powers it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 30.4 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Around off, worked through square leg for a single. |
| 30.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FOUR! What a shot. Full and around midddle, Smith comes forward and punches it through mid on. The fielder tries to get across to his left but the ball goes through! |
| 30.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FOUR! Very fine now! Down the leg side, Smith gets across and helps it to the fine leg fence. |
| 31.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and outside off, punched through point for a single. |
| 31.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, This time it is played straight to short third man. |
| 31.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Shorter, around off, punched down to long on for a run. |
| 31.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Comes down the track and flicks it towards wide long on to raise up 200 FOR AUSTRALIA. |
| 31.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short and around off, punched through the covers for a couple. |
| 31.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Punched down to long on for one more. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal is back on. 6-0-41-0 so far. |
| 32.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, Comes down the track and works it through mid on for a single. |
| 32.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Aha! The sweep! Seems like the ground is very clean. Haven't seen the broom much so far, have we? Full and outside off, Labuschagne gets down and sweeps this through mid-wicket for a couple. 'Mate, 50-run stand has been raised', informs my colleague. Didn't realise it, did we? Did you? |
| 32.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, eased through the covers for a single. |
| 32.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, Short and outside off, Smith does what his disciple did last ball - punches it through the covers for a run. |
| 32.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Gets across, looks to paddle but mistimes it towards short fine leg. Just a single. |
| 32.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, Outside off, punched straight to cover. |
| DRINKS BREAK. Hmmm...Australia seemed to have slowed down with the wickets of the openers but the master and his disciple have reopened the institution of punishing again. They started slowly but have quickly covered up. 41 runs have come in the last 5 overs, without actually taking too much risks. The ball is not doing much, the pitch looks good and Australia look in good shape to cross 300 again. However, every now and then, the odd ball just shoots up. This suggests that perhaps India have no |
| 33.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! HANDSOME! Welcome back into the attack, mate. Loosener from Saini, a half volley outside off, Labuschagne leans and drives it through the covers. Sweeper has no chance. |
| 33.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Full again, on middle, worked through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 33.3 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, punched through point for a single. |
| 33.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Landed outside off, steered towards third man for one. |
| 33.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Down the leg side, helped through square leg for another single. |
| 33.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, WIDE. A bouncer, a bit too high, Smith lets it go and the square leg umpire wides it. |
| Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, 1 run, that is pulled away, through the square leg, for a single. |
| 34.2 : Mayank Agarwal to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, paddled straight to short fine leg. |
| 34.1 : Interesting. We have a 6th bowler for India! Mayank Agarwal it is. |
| 34.3 : Mayank Agarwal to Marnus Labuschagne, This time he goes conventional. Drives it down the ground to long on for a single. |
| 34.1 : Mayank Agarwal to Steven Smith, Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a single. |
| 34.4 : Mayank Agarwal to Steven Smith, Around off, worked straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 34.5 : Mayank Agarwal to Steven Smith, MISFIELD, FOUR! Ravindra Jadeja, of all the people. Short and outside off, Smith cuts it towards point. Jadeja over there gets across to his left, slides, but the ball just goes through! |
| 34.6 : Mayank Agarwal to Steven Smith, FOUR! Insult to injury. The last ball should have been just a single and maybe Labuschagne would have been on strike for this one. The over could have been better. Instead, 8 runs come on the last two balls. Full and around middle, Smith lunges and lofts it over the bowler and bisects long on and long off! |
| 35.1 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, A slower-ball bouncer, around off, Labuschagne looks to pull but then bails out at the last moment. |
| 0.0 : Ho ho! Okay, let's see how this one goes. HARDIK PANDYA is bowling. Desperate times call for desperate measures. |
| 35.2 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Works this through square leg for a single. |
| 35.3 : Hardik Pandya to Steven Smith, Outside off, steered behind point for a run. |
| 35.4 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, pushed towards mid-wicket. Smith is haring across for the single and has to scamper back. However, a half-fit Pandya is not in a position to race across and even attempt the run out. |
| 35.5 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, worked through mid-wicket for a quick couple. |
| 35.6 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Dropped short, pulled firmly this time, but straight to deep mid-wicket. Just a single. Not a bad first over. |
| Will Mayank get another over? |
| 36.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and around off, Labuschagne to sweep but misses. For the first time in a long while, Chahal is not smiling. Is pressure telling? Not a single wicket so far. |
| 36.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Looks to flick but mistimes it towards short fine leg. He slips, so cannot take the single. |
| 36.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Better shot. Full and around off, Labuschagne gets down and sweeps it uppishly over mid-wicket. |
| 36.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Punches this down to long off for a single. |
| 36.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, FOUR! The ball has bounced, confirms the third umpire. Full and outside off, Smith looks to play the slog sweep but mistimes it. A top edge is generated but such is his luck, that it is in the gap. Almost clears the ropes at mid-wicket. |
| FOUR? SIX? Seems like the ball has bounced before the ropes. The third umpire is checking... |
| 37.1 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, How far, how far, JUST FAR! |
| 37.2 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Works this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 37.3 : Hardik Pandya to Steven Smith, Outside off, cut straight to point. |
| 37.4 : Hardik Pandya to Steven Smith, This is punched behind point for a single. |
| 37.5 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and outside off, Labuschagne looks to sweep but mistimes it back to the bowler. |
| 37.6 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, A short ball to end, Marnus ducks. |
| 36.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Comes down the track, looks to go big but the ball takes the inside edge and scoots through fine leg. Two runs taken. |
| 37.6 : Mohammed Shami is back on. 6-0-35-1 so far. |
| 38.1 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, FOUR! LOVELY! Welcome, Mr. Shami. Full and outside off, Smith just leans and drives it between cover and mid off. |
| 38.2 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, What for? Smith wants to do something different. Looks to paddle scoop a length ball, misses. |
| 38.3 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, WIDE. Slower ball, but well outside off. Left alone. |
| Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, Outside off, steered behind point for one more. |
| 38.4 : Mohammed Shami to Marnus Labuschagne, This is punched behind point for another single. |
| 38.5 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, FOUR! That is imperious. Not a bad ball, outside off, on a length, but Smith just nonchalantly flays it between cover and mid off. |
| 38.6 : Mohammed Shami to Steven Smith, Saved a boundary. Short and outside off, Smith cuts it through point where Ravindra Jadeja dives to his right and keeps the batters down to a single. |
| Jasprit Bumrah returns. 6-1-33-0 so far. |
| 39.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Again, the first ball of an over goes for a boundary. Outside off, Smith just steers it behind point and beats third man to his right! |
| 39.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! My my my. This is batting of the highest quality. Outside off, Smith just steers it to the left of short third man. It actually went through the vacant first slip place! |
| 39.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Ohh surprise. Smith blocks! |
| 39.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Outside off, steered straight to cover. |
| 39.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Batting exhibition. Third boundary of the over! A length ball, around off, Smith gets across and works it past short fine leg. Mohammed Shami gives it a chase but comes second best. |
| 39.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Full and outside off, Smith plays an ungainly slog. Mistimes it to deep mid-wicket. Just a run but 13 from the over! |
| 40.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, Floated on middle, Smith dances down the track and then drives it past the bowler for a couple. |
| 40.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, SIX! What a shot from Smith! He is unstoppable right now! Flighted ball on middle, Smith uses his feet and then powers it over the bowler's head for a maximum. |
| 40.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, Excellent running from Australia! Flatter on the pads, Smith flicks it to the deep mid-wicket region and wants two. The throw comes into the keeper but Smith is well in. |
| 40.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, Flatter on the pads, Smith works it to deep mid-wicket and collects a run. Smith wants two but settles for the single. Moves to 99. |
| 40.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up outside off, Labuschagne drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 40.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Steven Smith, CENTURY FOR STEVEN SMITH! A 62-ball century in the first game and he repeats it! Such a class player. This has been an innings of top class from Smith and is putting Australia in a strong position yet again. He gets there by driving this floated ball on middle to long on for a single. He raises his bat and soaks in the applause from the teammates and the crowd. |
| 41.1 : Hardik Pandya to Steven Smith, FOUR! Beautifully played! He is on a rampage! Full ball on middle, Smith goes on his knees and then paddles it to the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 41.2 : Hardik Pandya to Steven Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! Finally, India get the better of Smith! But, take a bow, Steven Smith! What an innings. He has played an absolute blinder of an innings. Scoring back-to-back centuries is not easy but Smith has made it look easy. Good length ball outside off, Smith reaches for it and then looks to cut but it takes the outside edge and goes to short third man where Shami takes the catch. |
| Who will come out to bat? |
| 41.3 : Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell, Straight on the helmet! Hardik runs in and then bowls a slower short ball on middle, Maxwell is early onto his pull and misses. Gets hit on the helmet. |
| 41.4 : Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell, Good length ball on middle, Maxwell is off the mark by flicking this ball towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 41.5 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, EDGY! Fullish ball on off, Labuschagne looks to flick but gets a leading edge which goes towards deep cover. A couple taken before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 41.6 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Low full toss on middle, Marnus drives it to long on for a single. |
| 41.3 : The phyiso comes out and has a look on Maxwell and checks for the concussion. |
| 42.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Quicker on off, Labuschagne pushes it to the off side for a single. |
| 0.0 : Ravindra Jadeja back on to finish his spell. |
| 42.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Glenn Maxwell, Maxwell makes room but Jadeja follows him to the leg side, Maxwell adjusts and then pulls it to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 42.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Loopy ball around off, Labuschagne goes on his knees and then looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. Jadeja appeals for LBW but nothing from the umpire. Probably the impact was outside off. |
| 42.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted outside off, Labuschagne dances down and drives it to extra cover for a single. |
| 42.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Not the greatest of deliveries from Jadeja! Short on the pads, Maxwell pulls it to the deep square leg region for a boundary. 300 up for Australia. |
| 42.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Now the reverse sweep comes out! Maxwell can be very dangerous in the last few overs. Floated on off, Maxwell reverse paddles it to the third man region for a boundary. Another good over for Australia. |
| 43.2 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! FIFTY FOR LABUSCHAGNE! This has been a brilliant innings from Labuschagne! He started slow but now is making up for it! This though is adding insult to injury. Good length ball outside off, Labuschagne cuts it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 43.1 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, DROPPED! Can you believe it? Jadeja has dropped a sitter! He does not drop many but has now dropped the simplest of chances. Slower ball on off, Labuschagne looks to go over long off but fails to time it well. It goes towards Jadeja at long off who fails to hold onto one. Poor stuff from India. Two taken. |
| 43.3 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, PLAY AND A MISS! Length ball outside off, Marnus looks to cut but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 43.4 : Hardik Pandya to Marnus Labuschagne, Slower short ball on middle, Marnus pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 43.5 : Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell, Innovation does not pay off for Maxwell! Very full around off, Maxwell looks to play the reverse but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 43.6 : Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell, Excellent bowling from Pandya! Deceives Maxwell completely. Slower ball around off, Maxwell rocks on his back foot and looks to pull but misses it altogether. |
| 44.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Short ball on off, Labuschagne pulls it to long on for a single. |
| 44.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, Direct hit would have caught Maxwell short by a long margin but Jadeja misses. Maxwell had given up. Full outside off, Maxwell drives it to cover and wants a run. Jadeja is quick to the ball and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Maxwell was nowhere in the picture if he had. An overthrow taken as the ball goes to deep square leg. |
| 44.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, Another couple of runs! Shortish around off, Maxwell makes room and then punches it wide of the deep cover fielder. Before the fielder can cut it off, Maxwell takes two. |
| 44.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, Very full outside off, Maxwell drives it towards the extra cover region and picks up another two. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack. 7-1-46-0 are his figures so far. |
| 44.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, Very full outside off, Maxwell digs it out to deep cover for a single. |
| 44.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Very well played! Not a bad delivery from Bumrah but that is class batting. Very full outside off, Labuschagne digs it through point for a boundary. Good end to the over for Australia. |
| 45.1 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, Length ball outside off, Maxwell shuffles across and then punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 0.0 : Mohammed Shami returns to the attack. His figures read 7-0-47-1 so far. |
| 45.2 : Mohammed Shami to Marnus Labuschagne, Slower ball outside off, Marnus guides it to short third man for a single. Labuschagne is not happy as he wanted to hit it a bit to the right of the fielder. |
| 45.3 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! Powered! That is massive! Short ball on off, Maxwell was ready for it and then swivels and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 45.4 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, Just over the fielder! Three taken. Slower ball outside off, Maxwell goes on his knees and then lifts it over the point fielder. It lands safely and the batters take three. |
| 45.5 : Mohammed Shami to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and outside off, Labuschagne drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 45.6 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, A single to end the over! Shami looks for the yorker but ends up bowling a full toss on middle, Maxwell misses out as he heaves it to deep mid-wicket for just a run. |
| 46.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, Slower short ball on middle, Mawell waits for it and then pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 46.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! Woah! That is why Maxwell rated so highly! Incredible hitting from Maxwell. Brilliant. Full ball outside off, slower in pace, Maxwell spots it early, gets down on a knee and smashes it over extra cover for a maximum. 50-run partnership comes up and in double quick time. |
| 46.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, An appeal for LBW turned down! Very full around off, Labuschagne looks to paddle but misses and gets hit on the pads. Rahul is keen for the LBW but Bumrah is not. The umpire shakes his head as well. Probably going outside off. A leg bye taken. |
| 46.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, Yorker on off, Maxwell digs it out to cover for a single. |
| 46.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Low full toss outside off, Labuschagne drives it through the cover-point region and picks up a couple. The fielder throws it to Rahul who whips the bails off but Labuschagne is in. 350 up for Australia. |
| 46.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Full toss on middle, Labuschagne flays it to deep mid-wicket and keeps the strike for the next over with a single. 12 from the over. |
| 47.1 : Mohammed Shami to Marnus Labuschagne, Shami dishes a yorker on middle, Marnus tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. A single to start the over. |
| 47.2 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, A couple now! Very full outside off, Maxwell thrashes it wide of long off and before he can come around, a couple taken. |
| 47.3 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, Slower ball outside off, Maxwell shuffles across to the off side and then works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 47.4 : Mohammed Shami to Marnus Labuschagne, Gets some bat on it! Full toss on middle, Labuschagne looks to heave but gets an inside edge and it goes towards square leg for a single. Rahul appeals but there was bat on it. |
| 47.5 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Extravagant! Terrific! Australai are rollicking along. Full on off, Maxwell bends and then reverse paddles it over short third man for a boundary. |
| 47.6 : Mohammed Shami to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Wow, this is simply superb from Maxwell! He is tough to stop if he bats like this. Another full one outside off, Maxwell reverse paddles it to third man. 13 from the over. |
| 48.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Very full on the pads, Labuschagne makes room and then flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 48.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Clever! Labuschagne says if you can do it, Maxwell, so can I. Low full toss on off, Labuschagne shuffles across and then paddles it over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 48.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Another low full toss, Marnus makes room and then drives it wide of mid off for a single. |
| 48.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Glenn Maxwell, Shami keeps on dishing full tosses. This one is on middle, Maxwell heaves it to deep square leg and crosses over for a run. |
| 48.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CAUGHT! Goes straight into the hands of mid off. Labuschagne was aiming to go over mid off but fails to get the elevation. Bumrah gets his first wicket of the game but he has been expensive. End of a good innings from Labuschagne. Full and on off, Labuschagne looks to lift it over mid off but does not get the elevation. Mayank Agarwal takes the catch comfortably. |
| Who will come out next to bat? |
| 48.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Moises Henriques, Very full outside off, Henriques drives it through extra cover and picks up a couple. Good thing for Australia as Maxwell will be on strike for the final over. |
| Navdeep Saini will bowl the final over. He has been expensive. Can he bowl a tight last over? |
| Glenn Maxwell has been given out caught behind! He is surprised by the decision and has taken the review immediately. It looks like it has hit the pads first. The Ultra Edge confirms the same and the on-field decision is overturned. |
| 49.1 : Navdeep Saini to Glenn Maxwell, NOT OUT! It has brushed the pads! Yorker outside off, Maxwell looks to play the reverse paddle but seems to have missed it. India though think that they have got their man. An appeal is made for caught behind and the finger has gone up. Maxwell is not amused and takes the review immediately. The Hot Spot shows no spike as it passes the bat and it has gone off the pads. Good review from Maxwell. |
| 49.2 : Navdeep Saini to Glenn Maxwell, DROPPED! Fifty for Maxwell! This has been that sort of day for India! Good length ball on off, Maxwell shuffles across and looks to heave it away but it takes the leading edge and goes towards third man. Shami runs back but completely misjudges it as he fails to hold on. Another couple taken. It has been another crucial knock from Maxwell. He scored 45 in the last game in 19 balls and he has been superb in this game as well. |
| 49.3 : Navdeep Saini to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! Hammered! This is just top class stuff from Maxwell. Full ball on middle, Maxwell powers it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 49.4 : Navdeep Saini to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! That'a gift from Saini! Bowling a full toss at this stage in not good at all. He bowls it on middle, and Maxwell just thrashes it over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 49.6 : Moral victory for India. They 'restrict' Australia under 400. Phew. Another fine batting performance. Was the bowling as bad or worse than the previous game? Ummm... to be fair, it was better. Yet, Australia got more than what they made in the first game. Will tell you why. |
| 49.5 : Navdeep Saini to Glenn Maxwell, PLAY AND A MISS! Short ball outside off, Maxwell looks to cut but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 49.6 : Navdeep Saini to Glenn Maxwell, A single to end the innings! Full ball on middle, Maxwell looks to heave it away but it takes the inside edge and goes to deep square leg. A single taken. AUSTRALIA END ON 389 FOR 4. |
| This pitch looks a belter. At no point of time, did we see Australia struggle to time the ball, so that is ecouraging for India. The pitch has not slowed down yet. Almost a repeat of the previous game with the bat for the Aussies, with the top five doing well. As is the case most of the times, if your catalyst works fine, the reaction is faster. Smith the catalyst, did his job and that worked for the other batsmen. |
| 0.1 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Familiar start from Starc! Does not get his radar right and Agarwal punishes it. Full ball on the pads, Agarwal nonchalantly flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| We are back for the run chase! The Australian players stride out to the middle, followed by Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal. Can they chase down 390? Mitchell Starc will start with the ball. |
| 0.2 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, Much better from Starc! Good length ball outside off, Agarwal watches it carefully and then leaves it alone. |
| 0.3 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! CREAMED! Starc has not started well at all again! Full outside off, Agarwal creams it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0.4 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, Good length ball on off, Agarwal prods forward and defends it to mid off. |
| 0.5 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, Back of a length ball outside off, Agarwal looks to cut but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 0.6 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, 8 from the first over. Good length ball on off, Agarwal solidly defends it to the cover region. Good start from India. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? |
| 1.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! What a start from Dhawan! This was smashed! Full ball outside off, Dhawan thrashes it through the cover region for his first boundary of the game. |
| 1.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on off, Dhawan defends it to point and shouts a loud no to his partner. |
| 1.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball outside off, Dhawan covers his stumps and lets it go to the keeper. |
| 1.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, On a length on middle, Dhawan defends it to the cover region. |
| 1.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, On a length on middle, Dhawan blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 1.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Full ball on off, Dhawan shuffles across and then defends it to cover-point. Good comeback from Hazlewood after going for a boundary off the first ball. |
| 2.1 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, Length ball on off, Agarwal goes on his front foot and then pushes it to mid off. |
| 2.2 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, Good length ball outside off, Agarwal pushes it to point where Smith misfields and allows the batters to pick up a couple of runs. |
| 2.3 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, On a length on off, Agarwal looks to defend but it takes the inside half of the bat and goes back towards the keeper. |
| 2.4 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, Another couple of runs! Back of a length ball on the pads, Agarwal tucks it through the mid-wicket region and picks up a couple of runs. |
| 2.5 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, Good looking shot for just a single. Length ball outside off, Agarwal drives it to cover for a single. |
| 2.6 : Mitchell Starc to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on middle, Dhawan defends it to cover. 5 from Starc's second over. |
| 3.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Mayank Agarwal, Full ball on off, Agarwal prods forward and defends it to cover. |
| 3.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Mayank Agarwal, Length ball on the pads, Agarwal tucks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 3.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Carey is interested for caught behind but nothing from the umpire. Hazlewood bowls it short around middle, Dhawan looks to pull but misses. Carey appeals but the umpire is not interested. |
| 3.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on off, Dhawan drives it wide of the mid off fielder for a single. |
| 3.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Mayank Agarwal, Another misfield! Good length ball outside off, Agarwal punches it to cover-point where Labuschagne lets the ball through his legs and the batters come back for the second. |
| 3.4 : Warner is on the ground. He is looking in some pain. The physio is out to attend to him. Two of his teammates help him to get up. Not a good sign for Australia as he is their gun fielder. Hope so, there is nothing serious and he is fine. |
| 3.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Mayank Agarwal, Full on middle, Agarwal tucks it to mid-wicket. Another tight over from Hazlewood. |
| 4.1 : Mitchell Starc to Shikhar Dhawan, Uppish but safe! Good length ball on middle, Dhawan looks to go big on the leg side but it takes the top half of the bat and goes towards long on. Cummins runs back but it lands safely. Two taken. |
| 4.2 : Mitchell Starc to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball on off, Dhawan guides it to third man for a single. |
| 4.3 : Mitchell Starc to Mayank Agarwal, On a length around off, Agarwal looks to defend but it takes the inside half of the bat and goes towards the keeper. A single taken before the keeper gets to it. |
| 4.4 : Mitchell Starc to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Luck favouring Dhawan at the moment! This was a terrific delivery from Starc but was unlucky. Yorker on middle, Dhawan looks to dig it out but it takes the inside edge and it goes to the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Mitchell Starc to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! This one is dispatched from Dhawan! Shortish outside off, Dhawan thrashes it over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : Mitchell Starc to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Third boundary of the over! Another yorker from Starc but once again, Dhawan fetches a boundary. Yorker on middle, Dhawan gets an inside edge as he looks to defend and the ball goes to the fine leg region for a boundary. 16 runs coming in the over. |
| 5.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Mayank Agarwal, On middle, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 5.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, PLAY AND A MISS! Shortish ball around middle, Dhawan makes room and looks to play the upper cut but misses. |
| 5.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Good fielding from Starc! Full ball around off, Dhawan looks to flick but it takes the outside edge and races towards third man. Starc comes across and slides to make the stop. The umpires check whether it is a four or a clean save and the replays show that it is clean. Two taken. |
| 5.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! What a shot that is from Dhawan! He is looking in supreme touch! Short on middle, Dhawan pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on off, Dhawan defends it to cover and takes off for a single. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses and an overthrow is conceded as the ball rolls to long on. |
| 5.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, WIDE! Short ball down the leg side, Dhawan looks to pull but misses. Carey collects and puts up a huge appeal. The umpire though flexes his arms and signals it a wide. |
| Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball on off, Dhawan defends it to cover. |
| Change in bowling. |
| 6.1 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Lovely stuff from Agarwal! Full ball outside off, Agarwal leans forward and creams the drive past the diving cover fielder for a boundary. 50 up for India. |
| 6.2 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, Fullish ball on middle, Agarwal defends it towards mid on. |
| 6.3 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! The timing was exquisite! Brilliant batting from Agarwal. Good length ball outside off, Agarwal drives it through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 6.4 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, Length ball on middle, Agarwal flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 6.5 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, Good length ball on middle, Mayank defends it back to the bowler. |
| 6.6 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, Short ball around off, Agarwal sways away from it! Wided as it was a little too high. |
| Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, Full ball on off, Agarwal pushes it to cover. |
| 7.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Fullish ball on off, Dhawan taps it to point. |
| 7.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Ohh just short! Almost the first wicket. Hazlewood bowls it short on middle, Dhawan looks to pull but it goes off the top edge and towards deep square leg. Labuschagne runs ahead and dives but it bounces short. A couple taken. |
| 7.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on off, Dhawan defends it to cover. |
| 7.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! CAUGHT! This is a poor shot! They have started so well but Dhawan has just thrown his wicket away. Just poor stuff from the left-hander. Just like the first ODI, Hazlewood gets the first breakthrough for Australia. Good length ball on middle, Dhawan wants to flay it over mid on but it takes the top edge and goes towards mid on. Mitchell Starc settles himself under it and takes a simple catch. 332 needed in 42.2 overs. |
| Who will come out to bat now? Out comes India's skipper and premier batsman, Virat Kohli with the bat. |
| 7.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Virat Kohli, On a length on off, Kohli rocks on his back foot and then defends it to cover. |
| 7.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Virat Kohli, Fullish ball outside off, Kohli lets it go to the keeper. |
| 8.1 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, BEATEN! Beautiful ball from Cummins! Good length ball around off, Agarwal looks to defend but the ball moves away and beats the outside edge. |
| 8.3 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, OUT! CAUGHT! Agarwal departs! He got off to a start but has failed to continue on again. This was a poor shot! No feet movement whatsoever and he has to go back. Cummins bowls a good length ball outside off, Agarwal looks to push at it but does not move his feet at all and the ball takes the outside edge and goes to Carey who makes no mistake. Two quick wickets after a good start. |
| 8.2 : Pat Cummins to Mayank Agarwal, A couple now. Length ball outside off, Agarwal punches it through cover-point for a couple. |
| 8.3 : Shreyas Iyer makes his way out to the middle. |
| 8.4 : Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Iyer is off the mark. Good length ball on off, Iyer taps it to point for a single. |
| 8.5 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, On a length outside off, Kohli lets the ball go to the keeper. |
| 8.6 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Good length ball on off, Kohli prods forward and pushes it to cover where the fielder makes a good stop. Another successful over comes to an end for Australia. |
| 9.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, Bouncer! Hazlewood bowls a bouncer around middle, Iyer ducks under it. |
| 9.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Shreyas Iyer has decided to take on the bouncer! Shortish ball on middle, Iyer makes room and then powers it over point for a boundary. Have seen Iyer play this shot many times. |
| 9.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, Full and on the pads, Iyer flicks it to the deep square leg region and picks up a couple before the fieldder cuts it off. |
| 9.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, SWING AND A MISS! Not great stuff from Iyer! He tries to play a similar shot which he played earlier in the over to this short ball but misses. Hazlewood has a few words with Iyer after that ball. |
| 9.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, Good length ball on off, Iyer defends it solidly onto the pitch. |
| 9.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, A dot to end! Good length ball on off, Iyer defends it out. End of the Powerplay! India are 67 for 2 at the end of 10. They need 323 in 40 overs. |
| 10.1 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Good length ball on off, Kohli punches it to cover. |
| 10.2 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Kohli is off the mark with a couple. Good length ball on off, Kohli taps it to the third man region and picks up a couple before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 10.3 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, PLAY AND A MISS! Short ball around off, Kohli looks to pull but misses. Carey appeals but the umpire seems least interested. |
| 10.4 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Good length ball on off, Kohli taps it to point. The fielder has a shy at the keeper's end and hits but Kohli was in and the ball goes for an overthrow. |
| 0.0 : David Warner is limping across to reach the car. Those are not good signs at all. It effectively means that he could be ruled out, not only from the third ODI but the T20I series as well. He is going to the hospital for scans. |
| 10.5 : Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length ball on off, Iyer taps it to the off side. |
| 10.6 : Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Excellent bouncer from Cummins! It looks like they are going to target Iyer with short stuff. Cummins bowls it on middle, Iyer hops and looks to defend but it takes the top half of the bat and lobs up in the air. Cummins runs ahead but it falls safely. |
| 11.1 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Flatter ball outside off, Kohli cuts but finds the point fielder. |
| 0.0 : Adam Zampa is into the attack. |
| 11.2 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, On middle, Kohli rocks on his back foot and then punches it to long on for a single. |
| 11.3 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter outside off, Iyer cuts it through point for a single. |
| 11.4 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, On middle, worked to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.5 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Loopy ball on middle, Iyer defends it out. |
| 11.6 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Iyer is a good player of spin! This was uppsih for a while but was in the gap. Short ball on middle, Iyer pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 12.1 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Back of a length ball on off, Kohli defends it to cover. |
| 12.2 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Fullish ball on middle, Virat tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 12.3 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, SIX! For a while, Kohli might have had his heart in his mouth! Just over the fielder. Short ball on middle, Kohli looks to pull but it takes the top edge and goes over the fine leg fielder for a maximum. |
| Kohli has been given out LBW! Kohli has taken the review. It looks closes. The Hot Spot shows a spot on the bat. Kohli survives. Brilliant use of the review. |
| 12.4 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, NOT OUT! A big inside edge and Kohli survives! Excellet use of the review from Kohli and he needs to make use of the opportunity now. Full on middle, Kohli looks to drive but seems to have missed it and gets rapped on the pads. Australia appeal and the finger goes up. Australia are ecstatic but Kohli takes the review immediately. The Hot Spot rolls in and it shows a spot as the ball passed the bat. So Kohli survives. |
| 12.5 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Length ball on off, Kohli defends it to point. |
| 12.6 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, On off, Pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.1 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Loopy ball outside off, Kohli drives it to cover off the front foot. |
| 13.2 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on off, Kohli defends it to the cover region. |
| 13.3 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Flighted ball outside off, Kohli lunges forward and drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 13.4 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Tossed up on off, Iyer prods forward and defends it out. |
| 13.5 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Brilliantly played! Flatter and outside off, Iyer cuts it through cover-point and fetches a boundary. |
| 13.6 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, On off, Iyer pushes it to cover. |
| 14.1 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, FOUR! That's just glorious! from Kohli. Full on off, Kohli drives it past the bowler and towards the long on region for a boundary. |
| 14.2 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Good length ball on off, pushed to cover-point. |
| 14.3 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This is brilliant but not great stuff from Cummins! He bowls it on the pads, Kohli just flicks it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Length ball on off, Kohli defends it to point. |
| 14.5 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Short ball on middle, Kohli rocks on his back foot and then pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 14.6 : Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Full ball on middle, Iyer defends it to mid on. |
| 15.1 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Tossed up outside off, Kohli lunges forward and looks to drive but it takes the inside half of the bat and rolls to cover. |
| 15.2 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Loopy ball outside off, Kohli pushes it to deep cover for a run. |
| 15.3 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Tossed up outside off, Iyer prods forward and defends it to cover. |
| 15.4 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Shortish and outside off, Iyer punches it towards deep cover and collects a run. 100 up for India. |
| 15.5 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Flatter and outside off, Kohli guides it to short third man. |
| 15.6 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli works it down to long on for a single. |
| 16.1 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Good length ball on middle, Kohli works it down to long on for a run. |
| 16.2 : Moises Henriques to Shreyas Iyer, Length ball outside off, Iyer drives it to deep cover for a run. |
| 16.3 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, On a length on off, Kohli dances down and looks to punch. It goes off the inside half towards mid off and a single is taken. |
| 0.0 : Time for some refreshments. India certainly batting a lot better than the previous game. Yes, the required rate has already touched 8.5 but if wickets are in hand, big scores can be attained. After 16 overs, India are 101/2. Australia were 101/0. So really, it is all about the wickets, isn't it? The Aussies scored 272 in their last 30 overs. Break it down further. They were 117/0 after 20, 187/2 after 30, 275/2 after 40 and 114 runs in the last 10. So you can get 120 in the last 10 overs here, i |
| 16.4 : Moises Henriques to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Short ball around middle, Iyer lets it go. Wided. |
| Moises Henriques to Shreyas Iyer, Fullish ball on middle, Shreyas tucks it down to long on and crosses over for a run. |
| 16.5 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Short ball on middle, Kohli pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.6 : Moises Henriques to Shreyas Iyer, Short ball on middle, Iyer pulls it to mid-wicket where the fielder makes a terrific stop and keeps it down to just a single. |
| 17.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Shreyas Iyer, Floated on middle, Iyer flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Glenn Maxwell is into the attack. |
| 17.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Flighted on middle, Kohli uses his feet and then plays it back to the bowler. |
| 17.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on middle, Kohli flicks it to deep mid-wicket and takes a run. |
| 17.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Shreyas Iyer, Quicker on middle, punched back to the bowler. |
| 17.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter on the pads, Iyer tucks it to deep square leg and crosses over for a single. |
| 17.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Flighted on middle, Kohli uses his feet and then works it to the leg side to keep the strike for the next over with a single. |
| 18.1 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Good drive but just a single. Full ball outside off, Kohli smashes it but the cover fielder makes a half stop and it rolls to mid off. Just a single. |
| 18.2 : Moises Henriques to Shreyas Iyer, Shortish on middle, Iyer pulls it wide of mid-wicket and only a single is taken. |
| 18.3 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, PLAY AND A MISS! Length ball outside of,f Kohli makes room and then looks to drive but gets beaten. |
| 18.4 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Length ball on off, Kohli pushes it to mid off. |
| 18.5 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Length ball outside off, Kohli drives it to the deep cover region and picks up a single. |
| 18.6 : Moises Henriques to Shreyas Iyer, Low full toss, Iyer works it down to long on and takes a run. |
| 19.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter on middle, Iyer punches it down to long on for a single. |
| 19.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, EDGY! Tossed up on off, Kohli dances down and looks to flick but gets a leading edge which goes past the cover fielder. Two taken. |
| 19.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Short ball on middle, Kohli punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 19.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Finally, some intent shown by Iyer and India. They need to put pressure on Maxwell. Floated on middle, Iyer reverse sweeps it over point for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Shreyas Iyer, On middle, Iyer drives it down to long on for a single. |
| 19.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Short ball on middle, Kohli pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 264 needed in 30 overs. |
| Adam Zampa is back on. |
| 20.1 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Full and outside off, Kohli lunges and steers it towards cover for a single. |
| 20.2 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Again, just a mere push, for a run through cover. |
| 20.3 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, On the stumps, Virat backs away, looks to punch but gets cramped for room and a bottom edge is induced to the off side. For some reason, Zampa appeals for LBW. No pad involved. |
| 20.4 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Full and outside off, hit hard, down the ground through mid off. Long off gets across, slides and keeps the batsmen to a couple. |
| 20.5 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Goes back and works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 20.6 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Short and around middle, hit straight to short mid-wicket. India are 131/2 after 21 overs, Australia were 131/0. |
| 21.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, On middle, whipped through mid on for a single. |
| 21.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Shreyas Iyer, Around middle, eased down to long on for a run. |
| 21.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, FOUR! THWACK! Short ball, around off, Kohli rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket, splitting deep square leg and squarish mid-wicket! |
| 21.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Outside off, short again, punched straight to cover. |
| 21.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Very delicate. Outside off, fuller in length, VK guides it deftly past short third man for a couple. |
| 21.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli jumps out and blasts it straight back. Maxwell gets his left hand to it but cannot stop it. A single taken. |
| 22.1 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Short and outside off, punched through the covers for a single. 249 more needed from 167 balls. |
| 22.2 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Nicely played! Full on middle, Iyer comes down the track and whips it over a leaping short mid-wicket and finds the fence. |
| 22.3 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Goes back and works it through square leg for a run. |
| 22.4 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Bad ball. Short and down the leg side, Kohli goes back and pulls it through square leg. Reaches his half century, does this star player, in style. |
| 22.5 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Full and outside off, Kohli comes down the track, looks to go big but mistimes it through mid off for one more. |
| 22.6 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Punches this down to long on for a single to make it 13 from the over. |
| 23.1 : Moises Henriques to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! That is a spectacular diving catch! It is not a bird. It is not a plane. It is a man who has hands and feet like a crane. Steven Smith, take a bow. A short ball, outside off, Iyer pulls but slightly mistimes it. That is enough for Smith. He leaps from short mid-wicket, like a spring being set loose, gets his hands to his right, calls the ball and it goes to his hands like a magnet! End of a fine 93-run stand. India need 237 from 161 balls. |
| 22.6 : Who is on? Moises Henriques. 2-0-11-0 so far. |
| Okay then. KL Rahul comes in to bat. |
| 23.2 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Outside off, punched towards cover. |
| 22.6 : Adam Zampa to Shreyas Iyer, Wide! Short and outside off, Iyer looks to cut but misses. Zampa appeals for the catch but a wide is signalled in return. |
| 23.3 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Punches it past cover this time, for a single. |
| 23.4 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Good length ball, around middle, punched down towards long on but short mid-wicket intercepts. |
| 23.5 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, A short ball, punched down well past the short mid-wicket fielder this time, towards long on, for a run. |
| 23.6 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, A length ball, on the hips, glanced to fine leg for one more. 3 runs and a wicket from the over. 3-0-14-1 for the man from Portugal so far. |
| 24.1 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, Full and outside off, Rahul leans and steers it through cover-point for a single. |
| 24.2 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Tossed up outside off, Kohli reaches out to drive, but mistimes it towards long off. A run taken. |
| 24.3 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, The googly, outside off, driven through the covers for one. |
| 24.4 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, A touch short now, around off, punched towards short extra cover. |
| 24.5 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Full and outside off, the skipper comes down the track and drives it to the right of cover, to the left of long off, for another single. |
| 24.6 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, A googly to end, around middle, punched down to the bowler. India are 160/3 at the half-way mark. Australia were 153/1. |
| 25.1 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, A length ball, outside off, Kohli punches it through the covers for a single. 229 more needed from 149 balls. |
| 25.2 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Around middle, worked towards short mid-wicket. Rahul is ready for a suicidal single but Kohli calls for sanity by sending him back. |
| 25.3 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Works this through mid on for one more. |
| 25.4 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Full and outside off, driven through the covers for another single. |
| 25.5 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Around off, solidly blocked. |
| Nathan Lyon on air reckons that this is the longest Moises Henriques would have bowled in the last 2 years! Details that he generally comes for just 2-3 overs, to give a break to the bowlers. We rarely see him bowl in the Big Bash as well. Shane Warne reckons that there is a bit of movement, which is why we are seeing him bowl for so long. |
| 25.6 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, On off, worked through mid on but short mid-wicket dives to his left and makes a fine stop. |
| Mitchell Starc returns. 3-0-29-0 so far. |
| 26.2 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Around middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 26.3 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Outside off, steered behind point for a run. 219 more needed from 141 balls. |
| 26.4 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Landed outside off, punched towards cover. |
| Starc's condition is pitiable. He looks down on confidence and perhaps is also rusty. Things are simply not going for him and he is perhaps trying a bit too hard. |
| 26.1 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, SIX! Oh welcome back, my mate from Bangalore! These two have played for the same team in the Indian T20 League, haven't they? A few years back. Starc jogs in, bowls a gentle loosener, a half volley on the pad, Kohli accepts the gift and flicks it with his wrists over square leg! Moves to 64 from 62 balls. |
| 26.5 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, This time, he guides this deftly towards third man for one. |
| 26.6 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, FOUR! TONK! A boundary to start and a boundary to end. Starc has gone for 42 in his 4 overs. Short and outside off, Rahul flays it through the covers and finds the boundary. 13 from the over. India are 176/3 in 27 overs. Australia were 164/2. |
| 27.1 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Great hands! 'CATCH!' is the call but the ball is in the gap. A length ball, around off, Kohli flicks it beautifully over square leg. Fine leg tries to get across to his left but the ball beats him. Kohli moves to 70 from 66 balls. |
| 27.2 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Looks to work it to the leg side but is cramped for room and is hit on the pads. |
| 27.3 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Dropped short, outside off, pulled but straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 27.4 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Outside off, punched down to long on for one more. 209 more needed from 134 balls. |
| 27.5 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Outside off, a touch short, punched behind point for another single. |
| 27.6 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, A length ball, outside off, punched back to the bowler. In spite of the first-ball boundary, just 6 from the over. |
| 28.1 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Full and outside off, driven towards mid off. |
| 28.2 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Half volley outside off, driven through cover-point for a single. The stand has quickly moved to 30 from 31 balls. |
| 28.3 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Lucky to get away with that. Full, around middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 28.4 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, A length ball, outside off, Kohli looks to run it down to third man but Steven Smith stands in his way, at backward point. |
| 28.5 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Finds a better way this time. Waits for the ball to arrive, goes back and deftly guides it well to the left to backward point and crosses over. |
| 28.6 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Finally a decent over from Starc as he goes for just 3. Goes for the yorker, misses it by a fraction but concedes just a single towards sweeper cover. India punching their weight, 185/3 after 29 overs. Australia were 173/2. |
| 29.1 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, A short ball, outside off, Rahul pulls but the ball barely comes off the surface. Mistimes it to short mid-wicket where Steven Smith makes a good stop. |
| 29.2 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, A length ball, around off, KL looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. The ball goes to the off side, Kohli wants a single but is sent back as Henriques quickly gets to the ball. |
| 29.3 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Outside off, solidly punched towards short mid-wicket. |
| 29.4 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, A length ball, helped towards backward square leg outside the 30-yard circle for a run. |
| 29.5 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Comes down the track, looks to pull, mistimes it through short mid-wicket, wants the single but Smith makes a sliding save to his right and Kohli sends Rahul back. |
| 29.6 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Outside off, punched towards cover. The teams are neck-and-neck after 30 overs. India 186/3, Australia 187/2. A T20 game now. |
| 30.1 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Short ball outside off, Rahul cuts it towards point for nothing. |
| 30.2 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, PLAY AND A MISS! Another dot. Good length ball outside off, Rahul looks to drive but the ball beats his bat and it goes to the keeper. |
| 30.3 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, A bouncer around middle, Rahul ducks under it. |
| 30.4 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, A couple now! Low full toss outside off, Rahul drives it through cover-point. Labuschagne runs across, slides and makes a good top. Two taken. |
| 30.5 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, On a length outside off, Rahul punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 30.6 : Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Spoils the over a bit! 7 from the over but still below the required run rate. Full ball outside off, Kohli drives it past the cover-point fielder for a boundary. 197 needed in 114 balls. |
| 31.2 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, Length ball on middle, Kohli flicks it to deep mid-wicket and crosses over for a single. |
| 31.4 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Short ball around off, Rahul pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 31.3 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, SIX! Up and over! India need much more of these! Shortish on off, Rahul shuffles across and then pulls it over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 31.5 : Moises Henriques to Virat Kohli, 50-run stand comes up between Kohli and Rahul! But the job is not done yet and they need to make this a big one in order to get India home. Fullish ball on off, Kohli defends it to cover for a single. |
| 31.6 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Back of a length ball outside off, Rahul punches it to cover and wants a single but Kohli sends him back. |
| 31.1 : Moises Henriques to KL Rahul, Slower short ball on middle, Rahul is early into his pull and it comes off the lower half of the bat and it goes towards deep square leg. A single taken. |
| 0.0 : Josh Hazlewood is back on. 5-0-26-1 are his figures so far. |
| 32.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Virat Kohli, Leading edge but safe! Full ball on middle, Kohli, seeing the mid on fielder up in the circle looks to go over mid on but gets a leading edge. Luckily for him, it lands safely. Ashton Agar, the substitute fielder, chases after it and pulls it back in. The umpires check whether it is a clean save and it is. Three taken. |
| 32.2 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, FOUR! Powered! Rahul has got his eye in now and will now look for the big shots. Short ball on middle, Rahul pulls it to the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 32.3 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, FOUR! Cut and cut away nicely! Rahul is on the charge! Good length ball outside off, Rahul cuts it through cover-point for another boundary. |
| 32.4 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, An appeal for LBW turned down! Good length ball on off, Rahul looks to paddle but misses and gets hit on the pads. Hazlewood appeals but the umpire is not interested. Probably a bit too high. |
| 32.5 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, On a length on off, Rahul pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 32.6 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, On off, defended out. 11 from the over. |
| DRINKS! India are fighting and fighting hard. Kohli and Rahul are building a solid partnership but they would know that the job is not done yet and would want to continue and register a huge partnership. Australia, on the other hand, would know that one wicket would put them back on the ascendancy. They need to be calm and bowl tight lines and lengths. |
| 33.1 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Flighted ball outside off, Kohli drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 33.2 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, Flatter ball outside off, Rahul punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 33.3 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Lovely shot from Kohli! He needs to continue! Flighted ball outside off, Kohli dances down the track and powers it over the extra cover region for a boundary. |
| 33.4 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Flatter ball on middle, Kohli defends it out. |
| 33.5 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, On middle, worked to mid-wicket. |
| 33.6 : Adam Zampa to Virat Kohli, Quicker on middle, punched down to long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS BREAK. Actually, it was not scheduled. One of the batsmen needed some attention to his bat. ADAM ZAMPA was even ready to bowl but then it was taking a bit too long. So the umpires called for refreshments. India are in an excellent position. They have planned their run chase well and with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja still to come, they will back themselves to chase down 176 in 17 overs. Interestingly, Australia were 209/2 at this stage, so India are not behind at all. |
| 34.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Virat Kohli, Good length ball outside off, Kohli uses his feet and then lifts it towards the deep cover region for a single. |
| 34.2 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, On a length on off, Rahul defends it to the cover region and picks up a single. |
| 34.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Virat Kohli, Shortish ball on middle, Kohli pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 34.4 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, An appeal for LBW turned down! Shortish on middle, Rahul looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but turned down. A single given so it hit an inside edge. |
| 34.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! What a brilliant catch from Henriques! Just terrific stuff from the all-rounder and this puts Australia right on top again. Hazlewood provides the breakthrough. Shortish on middle, Kohli pulls towards mid-wicket. Henriques dives to his left and takes a blinder. End of a very good innings from Kohli but neeeded to continue for his side. |
| 34.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, Short ball around middle, Pandya looks to pull but misses. |
| 35.1 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, Flighted outside off, Rahul drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 35.2 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, Flatter ball outside off, Pandya cuts it through cover-point for a single. |
| 35.3 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, On off, punched off the back foot. |
| 35.4 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, Flatter on off, punched off the back foot for a single. |
| 0.0 : Hardik Pandya is the next man in. Big chase again, but this time, he has got only 15 overs. Easier for him a bit. |
| 35.5 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, Quicker on middle, Pandya defends it back to the bowler. |
| 35.6 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, Tossed up outside off, Pandya drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 36.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, Good length ball on middle, worked to mid-wicket. |
| 36.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, PLAY AND A MISS! Good length ball outside off, Pandya looks to cut but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 36.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, EDGY! Back of a length ball outside off, Pandya looks to punch it off the back foot but it takes the outside edge and it goes towards third man for a single. |
| 36.4 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, Fullish ball outside off, Rahul drives it to deep cover and crosses over for a run. |
| 36.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, A big appeal for caught behind but it is turned down! Short ball down the leg side, Pandya rocks on his back foot and then looks to pull but misses. Carey is interested for a caught behind the umpire shakes his head. Shouldn't it be a wide if there was no bat? |
| 37.1 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Good length ball on middle, Rahul defends it back to the bowler. |
| 36.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, SIX! Crunched! Full on middle, Pandya smashes it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 153 needed in 13 overs. |
| 37.2 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Full outside off, Rahul pushes it to point where Smith dives and makes a good stop. |
| 37.3 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Good length ball on middle, Rahul pushes it down to mid off. |
| 37.4 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, SIX! Right off the middle! After three dot balls, Rahul finally, manages to get hold of one. Short on middle, Rahul thrashes it over the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. |
| 37.5 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, On a length on off, punched to point. |
| 37.6 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Not a bad over from Starc despitre being hit for a six. Length ball outside off, Rahul drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 38.1 : Pat Cummins to KL Rahul, Short ball on middle, Rahul pulls it to mid on for nothing. |
| 0.0 : Pat Cummins is back into the attack. 5-0-31-0 are his figures so far. |
| 38.2 : Pat Cummins to KL Rahul, Fullish ball on off, Rahul looks to lift it over mid off but does not time it well. It has enough to go over mid off. Two taken. |
| 38.3 : Pat Cummins to KL Rahul, Short ball on middle, Rahul pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 38.4 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Length ball around off, Pandya shuffles across and looks to flick but gets an inside edge, hits the pads and rolls towards the off side. A single taken. |
| 38.5 : Pat Cummins to KL Rahul, Just short of the keeper! Cummins bowls a slower ball around off, Rahul looks to play the upper cut but takes the top half of the bat and goes towards the keeper who collects it on a bounce. |
| 39.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hardik Pandya, Short ball on middle, Pandya pulls it to fine leg and gives Rahul the strike. |
| 39.2 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Good length ball outside off, Rahul punches it cover. |
| 38.6 : Pat Cummins to KL Rahul, SIX! Nice way to get to fifty but Rahul needs to be there. He cannot throw it away now. Short ball on middle, Rahul pulls it over the deep square leg region for a maximum. |
| 39.3 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, EDGY! Length ball outside off, Rahul looks to cut but it takes the bottom edge and goes back to the keeper. |
| 39.4 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, FOUR! Beautifully played from Rahul! It flew off the balde. Good length ball outside off, Rahul lifts it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 39.5 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Length ball on middle, Rahul works it back to the bowler. |
| 39.6 : Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, Short ball around off, Rahul lets it go. He is not happy as that was not given a wide. 131 needed in the last 10 overs. |
| 40.1 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, A short ball, outside off, slapped to extra cover. |
| 40.2 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, A full ball, outside off, Hardik lets it go, thinking it will be a wide but it is inside the guideline. |
| 40.3 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, WIDE. Cummins gets away with a full toss but not with the wide. Pandya misses his slash but the ball is well outside off this time. |
| Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, A slower ball, on a length, wide outside off, HP gets across and looks to pull but misses. |
| 40.4 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Another slower ball, on a length, outside off, Hardik has a mighty swing and misses again. |
| 40.5 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Pandya gets across his stumps, Cummins bowls an off cutter, wide outside off, the batsman looks to pull but gets an under edge which bounces on its way to Alex Carey. |
| 40.6 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, A full toss outside off, HP looks to play through the off side but misses! What an over from Cummins - 6 dot balls and a wide! India are 260/4 after 41 overs. Australia were 288/2 at this stage. |
| 41.1 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, Wide yorker outside off, squeezed through point for a single. 129 more needed from 53 balls. |
| 0.0 : Josh Hazlewood returns. 8-0-49-2 so far. |
| 41.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, Very full, on off, heaved down to long on for a couple. |
| 41.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, A slower short ball, mistimed towards long on for a single. |
| 41.4 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, A full toss, outside off, Rahul backs away, swings hard but misses. |
| FOUR? OR A SIX? Seems like the latter. It is. |
| 41.5 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, SIX! VIOLENCE! A high full toss on the stumps, Rahul backs away and hammers it through cover. Ashton Agar, the substitute runs across to his right, dives, perhaps gets a hand to it but the ball bursts through! The umpires refer it upstairs to check whether it bounced or hit the ropes on the full. The latter it is, as per the replays. The stand moves to 45 from 42 balls. |
| 41.6 : Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, A length ball, on leg, KL looks to paddle but gets an inside edge onto the pad. The ball lobs in the air but does not carry to Carey. |
| 42.1 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Excellent stop from Adam Zampa. Wide yorker outside off, Hardik squeezes it out through third man where Zampa dives to his right at short third man. Does not stop it cleanly but does well enough to parry it to backward point. A single taken. 119 more needed from 47 balls. |
| 42.2 : Pat Cummins to KL Rahul, Outside off, punched through the covers for a single. |
| 42.3 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Cracking shot. Short and outside off, pulled over square leg for a boundary! |
| 42.4 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Short and outside off, punched through the covers for one more. |
| 42.5 : Pat Cummins to KL Rahul, IN THE AIR... SAFE! Nearly a wicket for Australia. A length ball, outside off, Rahul looks to play the upper cut but the ball sticks in the deck. As a result, comes very slowly and KL is already through his shot. Gets a top edge which goes high in the air. Aaron Finch runs across to his right from backward point but does not dive. A single taken. |
| 42.6 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, On a length outside off, another cutter, Pandya looks to cut but mistimes it through the covers. A run taken. India are 279/4 after 43. Australia were 307/3. |
| 43.1 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, this time the batter goes back and punches it from the crease for a run. |
| 0.0 : Big over. Adam Zampa is called back. 8-0-48-0 so far. |
| 43.2 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, SIX! The wind takes the ball over. Full and outside off, Rahul comes down the track and looks to go big but mistimes it. Long off keeps himself interested but the ball just tips over his leap. |
| 43.3 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, Full and outside off, Rahul looks to go over, inside out but slices it. Cover runs back but cannot get to the ball. Two runs taken. |
| 43.4 : Adam Zampa to KL Rahul, OUT! CAUGHT! Rahul's knock ends. Tossed up delivery wide outside off, Rahul gets down to play the mighty slog but there is no pace on the ball. All he gets is a massive top edge. Josh Hazlewood takes it calmly, reverse cup, on a knee, at short third man. A fine, fine, effort from KL. Has given India a real chance. 102 more needed from 38 balls. |
| Ravindra Jadeja walks out. All he needs to do is give Hardik the strike. |
| 43.5 : Adam Zampa to Ravindra Jadeja, Down the leg side, swept through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 43.6 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, Short and outside off, punched through the covers for a couple. 12 from the over but the wicket of Rahul as well. Zampa's figures read 9-0-60-1. India need 99 in 6 overs. |
| 44.1 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! That will help Pandya, if Jadeja contributes. A short ball, around middle, Jadeja swivels and pulls it through square leg. The fielder from mid-wicket races to his left, dives but the ball beats him! |
| 44.2 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Yorker, around off, dug out past the bowler towards long off for a single. Hang on. The third umpire comes into play. IT IS A NO BALL! Cummins has overstepped by a big margin. |
| Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Lucky to get away with that. Full and outside off, Pandya swings hard but misses. |
| 44.3 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Outside off, pushed down to long off for a single. |
| 44.4 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Around middle and leg, worked through square leg for a run. The stand moves to 10 from 6 balls. |
| 44.5 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Full on middle, pushed down to long on for a run. 300 UP FOR INDIA. 90 more needed from 31 balls. |
| 44.6 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, WIDE. Full and well outside off, left alone. |
| 44.5 : What happened there? The umpire signalled over but he was then reminded by the third umpire that there is one ball left. Remember that no ball call? |
| 44.6 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Excellent running. Jadeja uses the slowness of the ball to help it through mid-wicket with soft hands and then charges back for the second. 12 from the over, 24 in the last 2. India are 303/5 after 45. Australia were 326/3. |
| Mitchell Starc has been handed the ball. 8-0-64-0 so far. Finch has a long chat with him. |
| 45.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hardik Pandya, OUT! CAUGHT! But wait, it is a NO BALL! Things going from bad to worse for Starc. Pandya gets a reprieve. And also a Free Hit next ball. Big moment in the game. A slower ball, on a length, outside off, Hardik looks to pull but mistimes it. The ball goes off the bat towards deep mid-wicket where Marnus Labuschagne takes the catch. Australia celebrate, but the umpire wants to check the overstepping. And it is a big one. The batsmen crossed, so Jadeja will fac |
| Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! WALLOP! So what if Pandya is not on strike? Jadeja will go big! A low full toss, outside off, Jadeja swings this over mid-wicket for half a dozen! The stand moves to 22 from 11 balls. |
| 45.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, This is helped towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 45.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Ho ho ho! Target Henriques, target Zampa. Who thought of targetting Starc? Well, Sir has the answer! A length ball, around middle, Jadeja pulls it over deep square leg! He has rocketed to 23 from 8 balls. |
| 45.4 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Good comeback. Wide outside off, Ravindra reaches out to drive but misses. |
| 45.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Yorker, around off, RJ looks to drive but gets a thick inside edge past the stumps, wide of short fine leg, to his right, for a single. |
| 45.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hardik Pandya, A length ball, on middle, eased over mid-wicket for a couple. 18 from the over. This game is not over yet! 69 needed from 24 balls. Starc has gone for 82 in his 9! |
| 46.1 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! CAUGHT! Jadeja falls, in trying to keep up with the required rate. Entertaining cameo though. A length ball, outside off, angling across, Jadeja looks to go over mid off who is inside the circle. But the ball barely arrives. He is through his shot way too early and the ball takes the top edge. Glenn Maxwell runs back and takes it calmly. He is pumped up but Australia will not breathe easy till Hardik is around. 69 more needed in 23 balls. |
| 0.0 : Navdeep Saini walks out now. |
| 46.2 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, OUT! CAUGHT! Pandya holes out and is that the game now? Another cutter, outside off, Pandya gets across, looks to go big but mistimes it towards long off. Easy catch for Steven Smith at long off. Australia have bowled well to Hardik in this game. Did not bowl much on the stumps and kept on bowling wide, making him reach out for the balls. |
| Mohammed Shami comes out to enjoy himself. It is a hat-trick ball. |
| 46.3 : Pat Cummins to Mohammed Shami, WIDE. Oh dear. Way down the leg side, left alone. |
| Pat Cummins to Mohammed Shami, Outside off, pushed towards cover for a single. |
| 46.4 : Pat Cummins to Navdeep Saini, A length ball, around off, Saini looks to defend but the ball kicks up after pitching. Hits the splice of the bat and lobs in the air. Cummins rushes to his left but cannot get there. |
| 46.5 : Pat Cummins to Navdeep Saini, WIDE. A sharp bouncer, on middle, Saini ducks. Wided for height. |
| Pat Cummins to Navdeep Saini, Outside off, punched through the covers for a run. |
| 46.6 : Pat Cummins to Mohammed Shami, A short ball, outside off, Shami sways away and lets it through. Perfect finish for Cummins. Two big wickets of Jadeja and Pandya and going for just 4 overall. 10-0-67-3 for him. |
| 47.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Navdeep Saini, Floated on middle, Saini works it down to long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Glenn Maxwell now. Not to cover up for Starc but to finish off the overs quickly. |
| 47.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Mohammed Shami, SWING AND A MISS! Quicker one outside off, Shami looks to swing it away but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 47.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Mohammed Shami, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust! Floated ball outside off, Shami looks to go big but it takes the top edge and goes over the bowler's head. Maxwell runs back and takes a comfortable catch. |
| 47.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Navdeep Saini, Flatter on off, Off, Saini defends it to the off side. |
| 47.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Navdeep Saini, On off, defended to the off side for a single. |
| 47.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Jasprit Bumrah, Quicker one on middle, Bumrah defends it out. |
| 47.3 : Jasprit Bumrah is the next man in. |
| 48.1 : Adam Zampa to Navdeep Saini, Full on middle, Siaini tucks it to mid on. |
| 48.2 : Adam Zampa to Navdeep Saini, Flighted on off, driven to the off side for a single. |
| 48.3 : Adam Zampa to Jasprit Bumrah, OUT! LBW! That was as plumb as it gets! Zampa gets his second. A wrong'un on off, spinning in. Bumrah looks to defend but misses and gets rapped on the pads, Australia appeal and the finger goes up. Bumrah knew it and he started to walk back before the decision was made. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal is the last man out in the middle. |
| 48.4 : Adam Zampa to Yuzvendra Chahal, Flighted on middle, Chahal nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 48.5 : Adam Zampa to Yuzvendra Chahal, Flighted on middle, Chahal defends it out. |
| 48.6 : Adam Zampa to Yuzvendra Chahal, Floated on middle, Chahal flicks it over mid-wicket for a single. |
| 49.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Yuzvendra Chahal, Tossed up on middle, Chahal works it to mid-wicket. |
| 49.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Navdeep Saini, FOUR! Nicely played! Loopy ball on off, Saini hammers it towards the long off region for a boundary. |
| 49.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Navdeep Saini, Full around off, Saini drives it to long off for a single. |
| 49.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Yuzvendra Chahal, Tossed up on middle, Chahal tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 49.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Navdeep Saini, Loopy ball outside off, Saini drives it to the cover region for a single. |
| 49.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Yuzvendra Chahal, That's it! Floated on middle, Chahal flicks it to deep square leg for a single. AUSTRALIA WIN BY 51 RUNS. |
| Australia did not start off too well as Starc was rusty again and he gave plenty of runs at the start. And when Rahul and Kohli's partnership was going strong, they might have thought that they are giving the game away. But once, Kohli fell, they went right back on top and they did not let India come back. All the bowlers bowled really well, barring Mitchell Starc. Pat Cummins picked up three while Zampa ended up with two. Hazlewood was good again while Henriques used his cutters really well on |
| Steven Smith, the MAN OF THE MATCH, says that he did not give many chances in this game and he felt good. Adds that Finch and Warner gave them a solid foundation and Maxi finished off really well. States that it is about summing up the conditions and they needed to score big totals against India as they have a strong batting line-up. Goes onto say that he tried to whack the ball too hard in the Indian T20 League and he is just trying to play nice cricket shots. Tells that it is nice to score |
| Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper, says that they have been completely outplayed. Adds that they have not been effective with the ball and they did not bowl in one area long enough. Tells that they had to keep attacking from ball one and with the bowlers that Australia have, they needed to put pressure on them. Adds that he asked Hardik if he can bowl and he replied that he can bowl 2 or 3 overs. States that Australia used the dimensions really well. Mentions that he was telling Rahul that if they |
| A comprehensive win for Australia! They defeat India by 51 runs and win the series with a game to spare. They have decimated India in all the departments of the game and have been superb in this game. India though would now would want to get back on the drawing board as they have now lost 5 ODIs in a row. Aaron Finch will be very pleased with the effort from his boys as they look to complete a whitewash. |
| India were in the game throughout with the bat but the required run rate kept on creeping up and in the end, they were left with too much to do. They started off well with the bat but Dhawan and Agarwal fell in quick succession. India did make a comeback courtesy Kohli, Iyer and Rahul and at one stage, they would have put Australia under immense pressure as we all know what Kohli can do. The Indian skipper played a fine knock and was well supported by Rahul who scored 76. Once Kohli fell, it |
| Earlier, in the game, Australia were top notch with the bat in the hand. Aaron Finch and David Warner gave them a blistering start before Steven Smith did what he does best, score runs for fun. He scored his second century of the series and he along with Maxwell in the end helped Australia post 389 on the board. The bowling from India was better than the first game but were inconsistent. They bowled too many loose deliveries and they were punished. Hardik Pandya was the best bowler on show fo |
| Aaron Finch, the Australian skipper, says that it was a perfect performance with the bat. Adds that it has just been the preparation and is very pleased to wrap up with the series with one game to spare. Adds that he has no idea about how David Warner is. Goes onto say that they will have to wait and see about Warner's availability. Tells that they wanted to set up the foundation for the guys coming in after him. Tells that Warner played well and Smith played out of his skins twice in a ro |
| That's all from this game! Australia comprehensively wrap up the series with one game in hand and they would look to complete a whitewash. India, on the other hand, have a lot of work to do, particularly in the bowling and the fielding department. They would want to get a win as ICC ODI Super League points are up for grabs. The third ODI is on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 which will start at 1440 local (0340 GMT). Join us for that. Until then, cheers and take care. |
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