Match Report: 1st ODI, India vs Australia

Australia beat India by 72 runs in the 1st ODI at Pune on 13 Oct. Australia after winning the toss, opted to bat first. Openers Aaron Finch 72(79) and Phillip Hughes 47(53) provided them the steady start, they put 110 runs stand for 1st wicket in 18.2 overs. Hughes was the first one who got out. After him Shane Watson came to the crease, who was failed to made any mark and gone cheaply on 2 runs off 4 balls.

Captain George Bailey, who came out after Watson, anchored the Australia's innings along with the Finch. He made 85 runs in 82 balls with the help of 10 fours. Glenn Maxwell scored 31(23) with 3 sixes, but he was again failed to capitalize the start he got. James Faulkner 27(22) provided the last push for Aussies, as Aussies scored 80/2 in the last 10 overs, to get the massive target of 304/8.

MS Dhoni
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Indian bowling failed again, after the lone T20 on 10 Oct, where also they gone for so much runs. After first 15 overs Australia were at 85/0, though they not allowed Australian's to score at a good rate but they were too not able to pick up wickets. This help Aussies to maintained the 5.5 -6 RR through out their innings. India's tall fast bowler Ishant Sharma was the most expensive among Indian bowlers. he gave away 56 runs in 7 overs with 1 wicket. Yuvraj Singh (2/34) and R Ashwin (2/55) were the pick of the bowlers for India.   

Here are comparison of Indian Pacer and Spinners:

26-0-124-5 - Indian spinners

24-3-177-2 - Indian pacers

   

"India have never beaten Australia chasing a 300+ target". This statistic made that target of 300 so difficult what it like to be. Failure of Indian opener, Shikhar Dhawan 7(15) to set up the good opening stand and slow start made things more difficult for the other batsman's. 

Suresh Raina 39(45), who joined the Rohit Sharma 42(47) put 40 runs for 2 wicket before Rohit was edged to wicket keeper. Virat Kohli - who was the only one who looked settle than any other batsman - along with the Raina build up the partnership of 71 off 81 balls. He made 61 off 85 balls with 6 fours. After Raina's wicket there was no big partnership between any pair, which is the most important aspect to chase 300 like target. 

None of the batsman, after Kohli were able to cross 20 runs mark, Yuvraj (7), Dhoni (19), Jadeja (11) and Ashwin (5), which resulted into the horrible lose by 72 runs.

Australian bowlers were hard for Indian batsman to tackle because of their speed and line & length. All Aussie bowler were good even there spinner despite the fact that Indians are good to face spinners. 
Johnson ( 1/38) and  Mckay (2/36), both bowled their full quota of overs.Both Faulkner (3/47) and 
Watson (2/31) bowled 8 overs each.

So as we said that 50 overs game is totally different than 20 overs game is prove here with the lost of favorite India Captain George Bailey was awarded with Man of the Match foe their brilliant knock of 85(82).

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