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INDIA 161/7 (20 OVERS)
- Ravindra Jadeja*44 (23)
- KL Rahul51 (40)
- Moises Henriques3/22 (4)
- Mitchell Starc2/34 (4)
AUSTRALIA 150/7 (20 OVERS)
- Aaron Finch35 (26)
- D'Arcy Short34 (38)
- Yuzvendra Chahal3/25 (4)
- T Natarajan3/30 (4)
Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan
END OF OVER:20 | 15 Runs | AUS: 150/7 (12 runs required, RR: 7.50)
- Mitchell Swepson12 (5b)
- Sean Abbott12 (8b)
- Mohammed Shami4-0-46-0
- T Natarajan4-0-30-3
India win by 11 runs on the back of a very strong finish to their innings and an excellent performance in the field. Australia had a good start to the chase but struggled badly after Finch departed. Decent story out of the match with Chahal, who came in as a concussion sub for Jadeja, playing a key role with the ball (after Jadeja had done with the bat).
If you're in Indian subcontinent, here are some match highlights you can catch up with:
Full match highlights: Jadeja, Chahal, Natarajan help India take 1-0 lead
Australia innings highlights: Chahal, Natarajan three-fors seal India's win
WATCH: Jadeja rescues India with a 44* off 23
And for all the other match highlights, you just need to click here
Sugumar: "That catch by Samson changed everything tonight. Way to go young indians!!!!"
Mukunth: "So, Australia got a fair bit of an idea on the X-factor player rule before the BBL" Ha, almost
Deepak Sahu: "India's new allrounder Jadechal won us the game.. what an all-round performance"
Man of the Match is Chahal! "A great feeling, no pressure for me when we were batting then I got to know I was going to play. Ten to 15 minutes before I got to know I would play. I learnt from my ODI mistake where I bowled with some flight. In the first innings it was a bit hard to score against their spinners...and I bowled according to my plans."
Aaron Finch On his injury:"Bit of a hip or glute, we'll wait and see, it progressively got worse throughout the game."
On Chahal: "They were let using know their doctor had ruled Jadeja out with concussion and you aren't challenging a medical expert in that regard. We probably leaked a few too many runs at the end and then in the middle phase struggled to heat boundaries."
Virat Kohli "Jaddu got a knock on the side of a head and was a bit dizzy and still is. Concussion replacements are a strange thing, today it worked for us maybe another time he wouldn't have found a like-for-like. He came in and bowled really well. The pitch offered him enough. We showed character to fight back...I thought they had a great start and they were cruising to be honest. That's how T20 goes, we put enough pressure on them, but you need a bit of luck."
I'll wrap things up for tonight. Excellent performance from India. From Gnasher and Varun it's goodbye and see you in a couple of days
Shami for the last over
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