IND vs AUS 2nd T20i: Australia has defeated India by 4 wickets in the second T20 International match. Batting first, India set a target of 126 runs. Australian batsmen achieved this by losing 2 wickets. Mitchell Marsh batted lethally.
India vs Australia, 2nd T20I: In the second T20I, Australia defeated India by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. Due to the explosive batting of captain Mitchell Marsh, the Australian team has easily achieved the target of 126 runs. Team India has lost in Melbourne after 17 years. Team India led by Suryakumar Yadav has not had a good start in this series. The team batting first could not play 20 overs and was all out. After that the bowlers also did not do anything special. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah has also not been successful in taking wickets.
India batted first and scored 125 runs.
In this match, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first. His strategy also proved to be perfect and the Indian team was all out on the score of 125 runs in 18.4 overs. In Indian batting, except Abhishek Sharma, no batsman was successful in playing a big innings. Abhishek scored 67 runs in 37 balls with the help of 8 fours and two sixes. Apart from him, Harshit Rana contributed 35 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not even cross the double figures.
Australia’s bowlers performed lethally
Australia’s bowlers gave a lethal performance against India. Especially fast bowler Josh Hazlewood bowled lethally and took 3 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Xavier Bartlett and Nathan Ellis also took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, 1 wicket went to the account of Marcus Stoinis. All the Kangaroo bowlers proved economical in this match.
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Australia chased the target in the 14th over
In reply, Australia’s batsmen achieved the target of 126 runs in just 13.4 overs. Captain Mitchell Marsh performed brilliantly in batting. He scored 46 runs in 26 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 fours. Apart from him, Travis Head also played an inning of 28 runs in 15 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Jose Inglis also played an important inning of 20 runs. Mitchell Owen contributed 14 runs.
How was India’s bowling in the second T20I?
If we look at the bowling of Team India in this match, Varun Chakraborty was the most economical bowler. He dismissed two big batsmen for 23 runs in four overs. Jasprit Bumrah also bowled well, giving 26 runs in 4 overs and taking two wickets. At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav also had two successes in his account, but he gave 45 runs in 3.2 overs. Harshit Rana has once again proved to be expensive and gave away 27 runs in 2 overs.
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