India versus Australia 2nd T20I: India level series in a rain curtailed match

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 The Indian Cricket Team returned strongly to beat Australia in a rain-curtailed 2nd T20I match played at VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur on Friday.

After the match was delayed due to wet outfield, it was reduced to 8 overs a side for the crowd. Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. The powerplay was reduced to 2 overs per side. Virat Kohli produced a superb throw picked up by Axar Patel to run out Cameron Green.

Axar Patel produced the magic dismissing the dangerous Glenn Maxwell cleaned bowled. At the end of field restrictions, Australia made 19 for 2. Aaron Finch looked in decent touch putting pressure on Indian bowlers. Axar Patel struck again dismissing another hard-hitting batter Tim David to leave Australia in trouble.

Jasprit Bumrah produced a searing yorker to dismiss Australian captain Aaron Finch. Matthew Wade continued his impressive form hitting lovely shots of Harshal Patel and Bumrah. It was brilliant hitting by Wade in the last over before Harshal Patel ran out Smith. Wade and Smith added 44 runs for the 5th wicket from 3 overs. At the end of 8 overs, Australia posted 90 for 5.

Chasing 91 runs to win, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul provided a flying start hitting Josh Hazlewood for 20 runs in the first over. It was a flying start for the Indian openers as they raced away to 30 in field restrictions.

Adam Zampa was bought into the attack and got rid of KL Rahul with a good delivery. Rahul and Rohit added 39 runs in quick time. Rohit Sharma looked in sublime touch keeping the scoreboard ticking not allowing the Australian bowlers to settle. Zampa struck twice getting wickets of Virat and Surya Kumar off successive deliveries.

Rohit Sharma took on Sean Abbott to make the equation easy for India. Pat Cummins dismissed Hardik Pandya caught by Finch. Dinesh Karthik showed his class smashing six and boundary to help the Indian team win the match by 6 wickets with 4 balls to spare.

India 92 for 4 in 7.2 overs (8) ( Rohit Sharma 46*, Zampa 3/16) beat 90 for 5 in 8 overs ( Wade 43*, Axar Patel 2/13) by 6 wickets

For his unbeaten 46 off 20 balls, Rohit Sharma was named the man of the match award. With this win, India leveled the series at 1-1. The third and deciding T20I match will be played at Hyderabad on Sunday.


India beat Australia by 6 wickets in 2nd T20I 


 

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