India vs Australia - 1st T20 Cricket at Adelaide
Kohli and spinners wreck Australia's day
| India | vs | Australia |
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| 188/3 (20) | 151/10 (19.3) | |
| India won by 37 runs | ||
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| Photo © Cricket Australia |
Virat Kohli spent the recent ODI series piling up runs all over Australia, hundreds in two games and half-centuries in two more. He hovered at a run a ball for most of the series, finishing with 381 runs from 384 deliveries. But there were times India might have wished he would change gear instead of remaining on cruise control. That lift in tempo came in the first T20, Kohli's unbeaten 90 from 55 balls setting up an Indian win by 37 runs at Adelaide Oval.
There were others who contributed to the result: Suresh Raina provided valuable support with 41 off 34 balls and Rohit Sharma set India's innings off to a strong start with 31 from 20 after Aaron Finch sent them in. Jasprit Bumrah and India's spinners then stifled Australia in the chase, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja each collecting two wickets and keeping the runs tight, giving Australia an unwelcome but important taste of what they might face in the World T20 in India in March.
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| Photo © Cricket Australia |
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