IND vs AUS | Twitter goes berserk as skipper SKY’s extravaganza trumps Australia in run-fest

IND vs AUS | Twitter goes berserk as skipper SKY’s extravaganza trumps Australia in run-fest

SportsCafe Desk

By SportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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India put up a clinical performance in Vishakhapatnam on Thursday to win by two wickets in a high-scoring clash. After the Aussies posted 208 thanks to Josh Inglis’ majestic ton, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan displayed their might to help hunt down the target off the final ball.

After being put into bat, Australia did not have the best of starts, scoring just 40 runs in the powerplay and losing Matthew Short along the way. While Steve Smith struggled to find boundaries at one end, Josh Inglis took the opposition bowlers to the cleaners, his 29-ball half-century helping Australia reach triple figures runs in the 12th over. The wicket-keeper batter amped up the carnage on the opposition thereon and put the Aussies on course for a big total at the 15-over mark with the scorecard reading 151/1. Smith departed after getting to his own fifty but Inglis plundered all the way to his maiden T20I century off just 47 deliveries to equal the record for the fastest T20I ton by an Australian. After he was finally sent back in the hut for 110, Tim David played a 19-run cameo at the fag end of the innings to propel the Aussies to a total of 208.

Chasing a daunting target on the batting-friendly surface in Visakhapatnam, India were rattled early, losing both openers within the first 15 balls. However, Suryakumar put up an exhibition of his 360-degree stroke play right from the word go and piloted the Men in Blue to 64 runs at the end of the powerplay alongside Ishan Kishan. Both swashbuckling batters continued to knock the wind off the Aussie bowlers and put India’s chase on track at the halfway stage with 106 runs on the board. Just when India seemed to be running away with the game, Australia got rid of half-centurian Kishan and incoming Tilak Varma in the span of 13 balls to reduce India to 155/4 in 15 overs. Nevertheless, Suryakumar continued to smash boundaries for fun, his 42-ball 80 laced with nine boundaries and four maximums, and formed a crucial partnership with Rinku Singh to put India on the verge of a win. Even though three wickets in the final over threatened to throw a spanner in the works, a level-headed Rinku ensured India the Men in Blue take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series with a six off the final ball.

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