Anything is possible in cricket and last game between India and Australia was the epitome of this. India chased down the colossal target of 360 in 43.3 overs with 9 wickets left. With that win, India also leveled the series by 1-1.
India's batsmen again proved their capabilities against the genuine fast bowling attack of Aussies. What worse for Aussies was that they were nowhere in the second innings despite having a massive score on board. Indian batsmen were just outplayed them, they playing them with so much of ease that one might be doubting "Is that the same attack which ruffled Indian batsmen with their pace and bounce in 1st game?" .
"They came, thrashed them and went to the pavilion with their bat high" that is how one can perceived it in simple and short language or there is another way to explain that in short and that is "Shikhar Dhawan (95) set up the stage for India to chase that massive score and then R Sharma (141*) and V Kohli (100*) cruises India to a historic victory".
Match Report in case you missed.
But that was not picture perfect win for Indian if one consider their bowling. They were disastrous, whether it was fast bowlers or spinners every one failed to restrict any Aussie batsman. Yes one can argue that it was not only Indian bowler but Aussie bowlers were also thrashed by Indian batsmen and that was the same in the lone T20 also where too Indian batsmen hunted down the 200+ target.
If Indian wants to be at a top in ICC Ranking for long period, their bowling needs to redress.
It will be interesting to see Australia approach after being bowed down by Indian after that effort. Batting wise, they are 10/10 till now in this tour but it was India's batting or their bowling which is causing worry for them.
Match will be starts from 2.30pm IST on 19 Oct at Mohli.
Stats of the Match
Indian Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu.
Australian Squad: George Bailey (Captain), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Aaron Finch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Callum Ferguson, Moises Henriques, Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges.
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"They came, thrashed them and went to the pavilion with their bat high" that is how one can perceived it in simple and short language or there is another way to explain that in short and that is "Shikhar Dhawan (95) set up the stage for India to chase that massive score and then R Sharma (141*) and V Kohli (100*) cruises India to a historic victory".
Match Report in case you missed.
But that was not picture perfect win for Indian if one consider their bowling. They were disastrous, whether it was fast bowlers or spinners every one failed to restrict any Aussie batsman. Yes one can argue that it was not only Indian bowler but Aussie bowlers were also thrashed by Indian batsmen and that was the same in the lone T20 also where too Indian batsmen hunted down the 200+ target.
If Indian wants to be at a top in ICC Ranking for long period, their bowling needs to redress.
It will be interesting to see Australia approach after being bowed down by Indian after that effort. Batting wise, they are 10/10 till now in this tour but it was India's batting or their bowling which is causing worry for them.
Match will be starts from 2.30pm IST on 19 Oct at Mohli.
Stats of the Match
Indian Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu.
Australian Squad: George Bailey (Captain), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Aaron Finch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Callum Ferguson, Moises Henriques, Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges.
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