India’s of Australia: After winning the toss, the Australian captain Aaron Finch did not doubt deciding what to do next. Australia scored a gigantic total of 374/6 in 50 overs. Finch with David Warner gave the hosts a pristine start. Smith’s 105 coupled with Finch’s 114 was crucial to set a huge total. Josh Hazlewood pocketed three wickets while Adam Zampa managed to get four in his pocket. In the end India finished at 308/8 in 50 overs. As a result of which, Australia won the game by 66 runs.
Josh Hazlewood was the pick of the bowlers. He hunted down India’s top-order batsmen, including Mayank Agarwal, Indian Skipper Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer. On the other hand, Adam Zampa picked up the wicket of in-form batsmen KL Rahul. After the demolition of India’s batting line-up. Australians bowlers were hit for some sensational shots by the duo of Shikhar Dhawan and Hardik Pandya.
Indians had a flying start but lost four quick wickets. Agarwal and Dhawan were looking good before Hazlewood got better of Agarwal on a short pitch ball. Dhawan went on to score a fantastic knock of 74 off 86 balls. Pandya along with the Delhi batsman stitched a superb hundred partnership under pressure, with too much pressure mounting in last 20 overs, Pandya while trying to move the scoreboard fell prey to Zampa. India came out fighting, However, they could only score 308/8 in 50 overs. Virat Kohli’s dropped chance didn’t prove costly to the Aussies, The Indian skipper was soon dismissed by Hazlewood.
This is team India’s straight 6th loss in an international match in 17 years. Indian bowlers conceded too many runs in their spells, In fact, Yuzvendra Chahal now holds a record that he will try to forget. The Indian spinner gave away the most runs in an ODI by any Indian spinner. In his 10 overs, he yielded 88 runs without picking any wicket.