IND vs AUS highlights: Poor bowling prices India 1st ODI regardless of Hardik’s 90

Hardik Pandya’s career-best effort wasn’t adequate to compensate for a forgettable bowling effort as India slumped to a 66-run defeat in opposition to Australia within the first ODI, making a relatively unimpressive begin to the tour, right here on Friday.

Virat Kohli’s males began precisely on a be aware they would not have appreciated, making a gift of 374 runs in 50 overs with rival captain Aaron Finch (114 off 124 balls) and his illustrious predecessor Steve Smith (105 off 66 balls) hitting contrasting lots of.

A pitch that seemed docile in the course of the first half out of the blue got here to life within the second as Josh Hazlewood (3/55) bounced out the Indian top-order, together with Kohli and a frightened Shreyas Iyer, who received himself right into a tangle.

Pandya’s 76-ball 90 and a 128-run stand with senior opener Shikhar Dhawan (74 off 86 balls) delayed the inevitable nevertheless it was all the time a catch-up recreation after the group was lowered to 101 for Four inside 14 overs.

Huge-hearted leg-spinner Adam Zampa (4/54 in 10 overs) dismissed Dhawan and Pandya in fast succession as India surrendered to scoreboard stress ending at 308/Eight after 50 overs.

Pandya, who hit seven fours and 4 sixes, carried his blazing IPL batting type into the primary recreation of the collection nevertheless it was his fast-medium bowling that Kohli missed on the day as he lacked choices when Smith despatched his common bowlers on a leather-hunt.

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India badly missed a sixth bowling choice with none of their specialist batters adequate to roll their arms for even two to a few overs.

It was a day when the bowling unit barring Mohammed Shami (3/59 in 10 overs) flopped badly and poor fielding solely added to their woes.

 

IND vs AUS scorecard: Indian innings

As many as three sitters have been dropped and quite a few sloppy efforts on the sector added to the distress.

The usually regular Yuzvendra Chahal (1/89 in 10 overs) earned the ignominy of worst figures by an Indian spinner and Jasprit Bumrah’s wretched ODI type (1/73 in 10 overs) continued.

India’s quickest bowler Navdeep Saini (1/83 in 10 overs) additionally struggled like every newcomer does, unable to hit the proper size on Australian tracks.

Ravindra Jadeja (0/63 in 10 overs) wasn’t as expensive as Chahal however because the previous two and half months, his bowling has lacked sting.

India’s everlasting nemesis Smith appears able to torment them loads in subsequent two months if his 11 fours and 4 sixes have been any indication on Friday.

Not for as soon as was he troubled by the Indian bowlers, who have been already beneath the pump after a 156-run opening stand between Finch and David Warner (69).

A variety of credit score ought to go to Warner and Finch for the way through which they attacked Chahal.

Whereas Finch used his toes to smother the spin and play in opposition to the flip, Warner stayed again within the crease to hit Chahal with the flip, disturbing his line and size utterly.

It helped as Smith and Maxwell (45 off 19 balls) had no issues in flaying the bowlers over the past 10 overs.

Whereas chasing, Mitchell Starc’s wayward first over that price 20 runs did give India the a lot required impetus on the onset however Hazlewood’s splendid quick bowling noticed the top of Mayank Agarwal (22 off 18 balls), Kohli (21 in 21 balls) leaving the guests out of types in a jiffy.

Vice-captain KL Rahul (12) could not maintain down an innocuous full-toss from Zampa and India have been in serious trouble even earlier than 15 overs had ended.

A excessive proportion of dot balls (148) within the Indian innings additionally confirmed how just one group dominated the proceedings.

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