27/02Result
2nd T20I (N), Australia tour of India at Bengaluru, Feb 27 2019
Australia won by 7 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellAustralia
27/02Result
2nd T20I (N), Australia tour of India at Bengaluru, Feb 27 2019
Australia won by 7 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellAustralia

END OF OVER:
20 | 18 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 190/4 | RR: 9.50

  • Virat Kohli72 (38b)
  • Dinesh Karthik8 (3b)
  • Pat Cummins3-0-40-1
  • Jhye Richardson4-0-45-0

KL Rahul: "I've had some time to come back home and work on my game. I've had time to work on my technique, my game, my head space. I've tried to keep my game simple, this is what I've always said. I'm good at playing cricket shots and I want to stay true to my game. It's a little bit easier as an opening batsman than someone coming in at the death. I can time the ball with so many fielders inside."

8.40pm What a finish. That was Kohli's sixth six. India have clattered 117 in the last 10 overs. Seventy-seven Ninety-one of those came in the last six overs. And yet, they haven't gotten to 200, and Australia are still very much in this game. India, remember, have a weakened attack and are relying on their two allrounders, Krunal Pandya and Vijay Shankar, to bowl eight overs between them. Do join us for the chase. Sreshth will be with you very soon.

19.6
6
Cummins to Kohli, SIX, down the track, Cummins tries to bowl a slower ball out of his reach, well outside off, but doesn't quite succeed. He only allows Kohli to free his arms, and he does so gleefully to launch a crisp hit over the long-off boundary
19.5
1lb
Cummins to Karthik, 1 leg bye, quick length ball, angling into DK's legs to try and deny him room. Clears his front leg and looks to whip over the leg side, misses, but they sneak a quick leg-bye even as Cummins closes down the ball in his follow-through
19.4
4
Cummins to Karthik, FOUR, slower bouncer outside off, and DK waits, waits some more, and uppercuts firmly, up and over short third man, to the right of the fielder
19.3
4
Cummins to Karthik, FOUR, back of a length on off stump and DK doesn't middle it, but he won't care. Goes for the cleared-front-leg pull and drags it off the inside half of his bat, into the gap to the left of short fine leg

Here's DK with four balls remaining.

19.2
1
Cummins to Kohli, 1 run, slower bouncer, gets up to head height over off stump. Kohli shapes to hook and has to adjust to the lack of pace. Helps it along the ground through wide mid-on
19.1
W
Cummins to Dhoni, OUT, miscued, and Dhoni won't get his fifty. Cummins bowls a cross-seam ball, just short of a good length, on about off stump, and Dhoni, aiming towards long-on, slices it instead and long-off takes a simple catch walking a few steps forward off the rope

MS Dhoni c Finch b Cummins 40 (39m 23b 3x4 3x6) SR: 173.91

19.1
1w
Cummins to Dhoni, 1 wide, another wide outside off stump. Slower short ball, and Dhoni has to reach for it to try and cut it. Can't connect
19.1
1w
Cummins to Dhoni, 1 wide, wide yorker gone horribly wrong. Dhoni doesn't even attempt to play it, and Handscomb throws himself across the turf to prevent it from running away for even more runs

How are India only on 172 after all that hitting? How many can they get off this last over? Here's Cummins.

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs | IND: 172/3 | RR: 9.05

  • Virat Kohli65 (36b)
  • MS Dhoni40 (22b)
  • Jhye Richardson4-0-45-0
  • D'Arcy Short3-0-29-1
18.6
4
Richardson to Kohli, FOUR, wow. Full outside off and Kohli steps across once again and frees his arms through a hard, flat hit straight back over the umpire's head - not that far over - and run away to the boundary in a flash
18.5
2
Richardson to Kohli, 2 runs, low full-toss wide of off stump, great hands from Kohli to play a sliced drive into the gap between backward point and sweeper cover. Sharp running too to pick up two

Sam: "No helmet, no cap is my fav kind of MSD! You know he means business!"

18.4
1
Richardson to Dhoni, 1 run, slower ball, back of a length, close to off stump, flat-batted down to long-on
18.3
1
Richardson to Kohli, 1 run, low full-toss outside off, driven to long-off
18.2
6
Richardson to Kohli, SIX, bam. Doesn't get his attempted wide yorker wide enough or full enough, and Kohli takes a step across his stumps to get a little closer and swing through the line to clear the long-off boundary comfortably
18.2
1w
Richardson to Kohli, 1 wide, excellent wide yorker, almost. Maybe a harsh call from Anil Chaudhary too - only marginally past the tramline, but Kohli had shuffled across in premeditation too. Reached out for it but couldn't connect
18.1
0
Richardson to Kohli, no run, full slower ball outside off, quite wide. Goes hard at it, looking to hit over cover, and misses

19 off that last over. Can Jhye Richardson pull things back?

END OF OVER:
18 | 19 Runs | IND: 157/3 | RR: 8.72

  • MS Dhoni39 (21b)
  • Virat Kohli52 (31b)
  • D'Arcy Short3-0-29-1
  • Adam Zampa4-0-23-0
17.6
4
Short to Dhoni, FOUR, what a costly decision this has been, giving Short the 18th over. Shortish, on off stump, makes a bit of room and slaps it away to the point boundary
17.5
6
Short to Dhoni, SIX, monstered. Flights it again, lands it in MS's hitting arc just outside off stump, and he simply clears his front leg and hoicks it high over the midwicket boundary, that's landing in row L on any ground in the world
17.4
1
Short to Kohli, 1 run, fullish and quickish on off stump, makes some room and flat-bats it hard to long-off
17.3
1
Short to Dhoni, 1 run, flatter, more leg-stumpish. Looks to pull but not quite short enough, drags it to the left of short fine leg off the inner half of his bat

Ripunjoy Goswam: "How is Rohit missing from this 6 hitter's list?" -- He isn't! He's hit 102 in T20Is!

17.2
6
Short to Dhoni, SIX, floated up and right in Dhoni's slot on off stump. Clears his front leg and gives it the full bottom-hand treatment to deposit it beyond the wide long-on boundary
17.1
1
Short to Kohli, 1 run, dangled up slow on leg stump, slog-swept on the bounce to deep midwicket

Short.

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs | IND: 138/3 | RR: 8.11

  • MS Dhoni22 (17b)
  • Virat Kohli50 (29b)
  • Adam Zampa4-0-23-0
  • Nathan Coulter-Nile3-0-33-1
16.6
0
Zampa to Dhoni, no run, again that hard-to-attack length, on off stump. Dhoni makes a bit of room to cut, a few yards to the right of backward point
16.5
1
Zampa to Kohli, 1 run, flat again, on middle and leg, goes back and punches to deep midwicket with a straight bat to bring up his fifty
16.4
0
Zampa to Kohli, no run, flat length ball outside off, goes on the back foot to chop it to backward point
16.3
0
Zampa to Kohli, no run, flat again, but much fuller this time, right up near Kohli's back leg. Has to drag his front leg away from the line to try and flick it, and misses. Hits his back leg, but easily missing leg stump

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Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13DJM ShortMP Stoinis
2nd9AJ FinchDJM Short
3rd73DJM ShortGJ Maxwell
4th99GJ MaxwellPSP Handscomb