Shikhar Dhawan’s heroic knock didn’t work against his favourite team australia as india end short of 4 runs . The rain hit india vs australia 1st T20 and lost the match as per DLS method.
India had a massive task from the starting for chasing 174 runs from just 17 overs as per DLS method. Dhawan almost sealed the match for from the hands of aussies as he sealed the lime light from the previous t20 against windies.
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INDIA INNINGS
Dhawan continued from where he left against West Indies back home. The Delhi cricketer scored 76 off 42 deliveries to keep the visitors in the hunt.Dhawan didn’t get the support from the other end . Rohit Sharma (7), KL Rahul (13) and Virat Kohli (4) were dismissed cheaply as the top order failed.
In the monumental run chase Dhawan seemed unfazed with the fall of wickets at the other end and was doing the bulk of the scoring.
KARTHIK- PANT PARTNERSHIP
The partnership between pant and karthik decorated with some massive hitting boundaries with Ten Fours and Two Sixes . The 51-run stand between Rishabh Pant (20 off 15) and Dinesh Karthik (30 off 13) kept the visitors in the hunt, though.
Both struck 25-runs from Andrew Tye’s second over – the most expensive over of the match When the 15th over also produced 11 runs it seemed the visitors would just pull this one off.
With 18 needed from 10 deliveries, but Pant attempted a ramp shot and ended up throwing his wicket and the hosts found their LIGHT IN THE DARK.
When 13 needed from the last overs, the australian hero the match Marcus Stonnis defended the total for the kangaroos.
ZAMPA PICK KL – VIRAT
Adam Zampa was the pick of the bowlers for the Australians. As he finished with figures of 2/22 from his quota of 4 overs. The leg-spinner got the big wickets of Rahul and Kohli and put the visitors under pressure.
As for the Indians, their bowling and fielding  let down as Krunal Pandya (4-0-55-0) and Khaleel Ahmed (3-0-42-1) too expensive. Kuldeep Yadav was the star bowler for India as he finished with 2/24.
AUSTRALIA INNINGS
Earlier, D’Arcy Short (7 off 12) departed very soon but Aaron Finch (27 off 24), and Chris Lynn (37 off 20) ensured that they kept scoring at a decent strike rate. Kuldeep takes the wickets of Finch and Lynn to bring india team back in the game. But Maxwell and Stoinis’ power hitting in the middle overs propelled and hosts to a decent total.
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