India beat Australia in a high scoring game by 6 wickets at
Nagpur on Tuesday. It seems like that scores of excess 300 acts as a catalyst
for Indian team. They just made a colossal target of 351 runs looked as a speck
one again. Again because it seemed like that they repeating their performance
of Jaipur where they had embarrassed Aussies when they gave a target of 360.
On toss, skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected
to ball first on a slow Nagpur pitch. On the basis of pitch, India played with
three spinners that gave Amit Mishra his first chance in this series.
Indian bowlers started in a fairly good manner and picked up couple of early
wickets that left Aussies 46/2 after 12 over’s.
But after that it was all about Shane Watson, who got life when he was caught on No ball in Jadeja's overs when he was at 25 runs, and skipper George Bailey. They both made 168 runs for third wicket and successfully recovered team from what could have been a disastrous situation if Watson would have been out on 25 runs to 213 runs.
Waston was bowled by Shami Ahmed after his 102 runs knock in just 94 balls but that does not stop Bailey, who is going through the form of his life, to make his first century in this series. He made 156 off 114 with 13 fours and 6 sixes at strike rate of 136.8. It was only because of his innings that Aussies was able to reach at a score of 350 on a wicket where average first innings score was 391.
Indian bowlers yet again disappoint with their efforts in middle overs, where they weren't seemed like picking up any wicket, and in dept overs, where they weren't able to even stop runs. Spinners bowled their full quota of overs but they too failed to make any mark on a slow track against Aussies.
India had needed 351 runs to win but at this time that
wasn't look as awful as it was when same team gave India a target of 360. Yes,
everyone knows that replicating the same what India did in Jaipur wasn't as
easy as they did in that match but at least that gave everyone a confidant that
this team can do that and even Aussies might not be sure after scoring that
huge target.
India must also be aware of the fact that it was only Aussies who lost matches after putting big scores on board. Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma 79 (89) provided them the much needed start which was required to chase that huge target of 351. They improved their performance from the Jaipur match where they scored 176 for opening partnership by scoring 2 more runs this time that is 178 runs. Dhawan, particularly, played some fantastic shot in his 100 runs innings.
But when India needs 300 or more to win in ODI's how can India's innings finish before Virat Kohli's, at least that's what stats says. Today he scored his 11 century while chasing and every time his made century India win that game. In this game too, a heroic performance of Virat Kohli made it so simple of India though some wickets at the end might raised concern for India but wicket in hand helped India to safely cruising to victory.
Kohli Centuries
Kohli made 115 runs in just 61 balls with 18 fours and 1 biggie. He had won Man of the Match of his match winning innings.
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On toss, skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected
to ball first on a slow Nagpur pitch. On the basis of pitch, India played with
three spinners that gave Amit Mishra his first chance in this series.
Indian bowlers started in a fairly good manner and picked up couple of early
wickets that left Aussies 46/2 after 12 over’s. But after that it was all about Shane Watson, who got life when he was caught on No ball in Jadeja's overs when he was at 25 runs, and skipper George Bailey. They both made 168 runs for third wicket and successfully recovered team from what could have been a disastrous situation if Watson would have been out on 25 runs to 213 runs.
Waston was bowled by Shami Ahmed after his 102 runs knock in just 94 balls but that does not stop Bailey, who is going through the form of his life, to make his first century in this series. He made 156 off 114 with 13 fours and 6 sixes at strike rate of 136.8. It was only because of his innings that Aussies was able to reach at a score of 350 on a wicket where average first innings score was 391.
Indian bowlers yet again disappoint with their efforts in middle overs, where they weren't seemed like picking up any wicket, and in dept overs, where they weren't able to even stop runs. Spinners bowled their full quota of overs but they too failed to make any mark on a slow track against Aussies.
India must also be aware of the fact that it was only Aussies who lost matches after putting big scores on board. Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma 79 (89) provided them the much needed start which was required to chase that huge target of 351. They improved their performance from the Jaipur match where they scored 176 for opening partnership by scoring 2 more runs this time that is 178 runs. Dhawan, particularly, played some fantastic shot in his 100 runs innings.
But when India needs 300 or more to win in ODI's how can India's innings finish before Virat Kohli's, at least that's what stats says. Today he scored his 11 century while chasing and every time his made century India win that game. In this game too, a heroic performance of Virat Kohli made it so simple of India though some wickets at the end might raised concern for India but wicket in hand helped India to safely cruising to victory.
Kohli Centuries
Kohli made 115 runs in just 61 balls with 18 fours and 1 biggie. He had won Man of the Match of his match winning innings.
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