Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 15 Runs | AUS: 164/6 | RR: 8.20

  • Marcus Stoinis25 (15b)
  • Nathan Coulter-Nile13 (7b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-38-0
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-33-0

8.30 pm Australia's openers set up the launchpad with a fifty partnership. But then Krunal Pandya, who was hit for 12 in his first over, rallied well to finish with four wickets, the best figures by a spinner in a T20I in Australia. At that point, with the spinners going well, it seemed like Australia would struggle to put up a score, and they were also hiding Chris Lynn down the order, perhaps to prevent him from facing Kuldeep and Krunal. It was all very frenetic once the innings hit the halfway mark and it was frenetic in the end as well with Alex Carey and Marcus Stoinis managing to get 57 runs in the last five overs. Decent score, but by no means a daunting one. Alex will be with you for the chase.

Meanwhile, in the Pro Kabaddi League, pre-tournament favourites Bengal Warriors are in danger of missing out on the playoffs because of their shaky defence. Read more here

Muhammed Riyas: "457. Time and time again teams are missing the trick in T20s. Lynn should have batted at the top at any cost considering his ability to hit the balls out of the park. Biggest players should not be saved to the end in shortest format, instead teams have to make the most of them by exposing them at top. I have seen similar approach from Mumbai Indians by saving Pollard for the slog overs, and fails almost 7 out of 10 times."

Dhiju : "No 6s in Austrilian Innings, still managed to put in a decent total."

19.6
4
Bumrah to Stoinis, FOUR, goes for the pull, gets an inside edge, and slips away to the left of the diving fine leg fielder. Hm, 164 then, that's a pretty decent total all considered.
19.6
1w
Bumrah to Stoinis, 1 wide, loses his shape as he goes for a slog and the dipping slower ball outside off wanders away to the keeper
19.5
2
Bumrah to Stoinis, 2 runs, heaves the short ball out to long-on! They want a second run. It's risky. Coulter-Nile dives. Has he made it? The third umpire needs to check this Yes! He has. And it's all because of a sensational dive! Full-length. Perfectly timed. And he gets to his crease in the time it takes for Bumrah to collect the ball and break the stumps

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st67S DhawanRG Sharma
2nd0RG SharmaV Kohli
3rd41V KohliKL Rahul
4th0V KohliRR Pant
5th60KD KarthikV Kohli