New Delhi. Australia, who defeated the Indian team in the final of the World Cup 2023, has also started like a champion in the T20 series. Australia scored a huge score of 208 for 3 in the first match of the 5-match T20 series against India. That too, when this Australian team had only 2 players who played in the World Cup 2023 final. Like Australia, India has given most of the young players a chance for this series.
The first match of the 5-match T20 series between India and Australia was played in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, November 23. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to field first. This decision of captain Suryakumar was liked more by the Australian batsmen than the Indian bowlers. For Australia, its wicketkeeper batsman Josh English scored a century in this match. Josh English played an innings of 110 runs off 50 balls. This is his first career century. 28-year-old Josh English hit 11 fours and 8 sixes in his innings.
Josh Inglis received excellent support from senior partner Steve Smith during his century. Steve Smith came to open in this match and he played an innings of 52 runs in 41 balls. Steve Smith hit 8 fours in his innings. He was run out. The second opener Matthew Short was dismissed for 13 runs. Then Australia’s score was 31 runs. This was followed by a 130 run partnership between Smith and Josh English. Tim David was unbeaten on 19 and Marcus Stoinis scored 7 runs.
How the Australian batsmen fared in this match can be gauged from the fact that two Indian bowlers conceded 50 or more runs in their spell of 4 overs. Ravi Bishnoi was India’s most expensive bowler, conceding 54 runs in 4 overs. He got one wicket. The illustrious Krishna conceded 50 runs in his 4 over spell and did not get a wicket.
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Tags: Australia, India vs Australia, Team India
First published: November 23, 2023, 20:40 IST