This was the sixth occasion in the T20 matches between India and Australia that the team batting first scored 190 or more runs. Unfortunately, every time that team had to face defeat .
India achieved the target of 209 runs against Australia in the first match of the five-match T20 series in Visakhapatnam. With this win on Thursday (November 23), he took a 1-0 lead in the series. India has achieved the biggest target in its T20 history. He broke a four year old record. Then Team India won the match by scoring 208 runs against West Indies in Hyderabad.
India has achieved the target of more than 200 runs for the second time in T20 against Australia. Last time Team India did this in Rajkot. In 2013, India won by scoring 202 runs. This was the sixth occasion in the T20 matches between India and Australia that the team batting first scored 190 or more runs. Unfortunately, every time that team had to face defeat.
India left South Africa behind
India’s new captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl. Australia scored 208 runs for three wickets in 20 overs. Team India won the match by scoring 209 runs for eight wickets in 19.5 overs. India has achieved the target of more than 200 runs in T20 for the fifth time. In this matter it left South Africa behind. The African team has done this four times. Pakistan and Australia are jointly in third place. Both have achieved the target of more than 200 runs in T20 three times each.
Both openers were out within 15 balls.
Chasing the target of 209 runs, both the opener batsmen of the Indian team returned to the pavilion within 15 balls. Rituraj Gaikwad was run out in the first over without opening the account. He couldn’t even face a ball. Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to the pavilion in the third over. Yashasvi scored 21 runs on eight balls. After the fall of two wickets, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar took over the innings.
Ishaan and Surya made a century partnership
Surya and Ishaan made a partnership of 112 runs for the third wicket. Suryakumar scored 80 runs on 42 balls. He hit nine fours and four sixes in his innings. Ishan Kishan scored 58 runs on 39 balls. He hit two fours and five sixes. Rinku Singh scored unbeaten 22 runs with the help of four fours in 14 balls and led the team to victory. Tilak Verma scored 12 runs and Akshar Patel scored two runs. Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh could not open the account. Mukesh Kumar remained unbeaten on zero. Tanveer Sangha took two wickets for Australia. Jason Behrendorff, Matthew Short and Sean Abbott took one wicket each.
English century went in vain
Earlier, Josh English scored a brilliant century for Australia. He scored 110 runs on 50 balls. During this period he hit 11 fours and eight sixes. English scored runs at a strike rate of 220.00. He also made a partnership of 130 runs for the second wicket with Steve Smith. Smith played an inning of 52 runs. Tim David scored 19 not out. Matthew Short was out after scoring 13 runs. Marcus Stoinis scored seven unbeaten runs. For India, Prasidh Krishna and Ravi Bishnoi took one wicket each.