CHENNAI: At first I was shocked. Then held back. Finally, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul gave victory to India with a class innings. India celebrated the victory by crushing Australia by six wickets. Kohli and Rahul, who scored a half-century, and the bowlers, who put out a brilliant performance, prepared India for victory. India surpassed the target of 200 runs raised by the Aussies in 41.2 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. Rahul scored 97 runs not out and became the team’s top scorer. Kohli scored 85 runs.
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India started batting towards the target of 200 runs raised by the Aussies and faced a big setback in the beginning. By the time the team score reached just two runs, the top three batsmen had entered the tent. Ishan Kishan (0), Rohit Sharma (0) and Shreyas Iyer (0) are out. Kishan was dismissed by Starc, Rohit, Shreyas and Hazelwood. India was shaken by this. But Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, who united at the crease for the fourth wicket, saved the team from a big collapse. Both of them played every ball with utmost care and the team score crossed 100. Then Kohli and Rahul scored half-centuries. It was the crucial innings of both of them that helped India.
In the 35th over, Rahul and Kohli crossed the team score of 150. Later, both of them built a partnership of 150 runs. But Kohli got out in the 38th over. Labuschagne caught Kohli as he attempted a pull shot off Hazelwood. Kohli returned after scoring 85 runs from 116 balls accompanied by six fours. Hardik Pandya came to the crease instead. With the arrival of Pandya, India increased the pace of the batting. Rahul took India to victory by teaming up with Hardik. Rahul remained unbeaten on 97 off 115 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes. Hardik scored 11 runs. Josh Hazelwood took three wickets for Australia while Mitchell Starc took one wicket.
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After winning the toss at the Chennai MA Chidambaram Stadium, the Aussies were bowled out for 199 in 49.3 overs. Ravindra Jadeja, who conceded only 28 runs in 10 overs, took three wickets and opened the middle for the Aussies. Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets each. The top scorer for the Aussies was Steven Smith who scored 46 runs. David Warner scored 41 runs. He lost opener Mitchell Marsh (0) in the third over. Virat Kohli caught at slip off Bumrah. Later, Warner and Smith added 69 for the third wicket.
But Kuldeep returned Warner with a return catch. Later, Jadeja came to bowl. Jadeja returned three important wickets. It started with Smith being bowled. Then Marnus Labuschein (27) was caught by wicketkeeper KL Rahul. In the same over, he trapped Alex Carey (0) in front of the wicket to complete his three-wicket haul.
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