2023-11-19 13:40:02
Ahmedabad: Chasing the target of 241 runs set by India in the World Cup, Australia lost three wickets. David Warner, Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith are out. Muhammad Shami took the wicket of David Warner who scored seven runs in three balls. Jasprit Bumrah returned Mitchell Marsh who scored 15 runs in 15 balls and Steve Smith who scored 4 runs in 9 balls. Travis Head and Marnes Labuschein are at the crease.
Batting first, India were all out for 240 runs in 50 overs. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli scored half-centuries and Rohit Sharma scored 47 runs to give India a respectable score. The Indian batsmen struggled to find runs as the Aussie bowlers bowled with precision and the fielders performed well. This is the first time that India has been all out in this World Cup. There are only 13 fours and 3 sixes in India’s innings. It is also India’s second-lowest first-batting total in this World Cup.
16Indian batting line up in chaos; 240 runs out
For India who lost the toss and went into batting, Rohit batted aggressively like in the previous matches. Gill on the other hand struggled to find runs. Both of them scored 30 runs in the first four overs. But Gill was dismissed by Mitchell Starc on the second ball of the fifth over. Starc took the player who scored only 4 runs off 7 balls to Adam Sampa.
In the seventh over, Virat Kohli greeted Mitchell Starc with three consecutive boundaries. Then the team score crossed 50. Rohit and Kohli formed a great partnership. But Rohit fell short of a half-century in the second match in a row. Rohit hit Glenn Maxwell for consecutive sixes and fours and got out following playing an unnecessary shot on the next ball. Travis Head dismissed Rohit who scored 47 runs off 31 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. When Rohit got out, the Indian score reached 76. Shreyas who came following might not hold back. Pat Cummins dismissed the player for 4 runs. With this, India fell from 76 for one wicket to 81 for three.
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Kohli threw the bat with great care, joining Rahul who came following him. Even though the run rate has decreased, Kohli and Rahul have made sure to continue without falling wickets. The duo crossed the team score of 100 in 15.4 overs. India faltered without even getting more than 10 boundaries. Kohli and Rahul led the team by winning only singles. India scored 115 runs in the first 20 overs. India scored 80 runs in the first 10 overs and scored only 35 runs in the next 10 overs. Runrate has dropped from eight to five. India scored 131 runs in 25 overs when the match was halfway through. Virat Kohli then scored a half-century. This is the star’s sixth half-century in this World Cup.
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Rahul ended the boundary drought by striking the second ball of the 27th over. India got a boundary following 96 balls. But following a while, Aussie captain Pat Cummins, who came to Pantherian, gave India another blow. Cummins silenced the fans by dismissing Virat Kohli who scored a half-century. Kohli, who scored 54 runs off 63 balls with the help of four boundaries, was defending the bouncer of Cummins when the ball hit the bat of the player fell on the wicket. With this, India fell to a score of 148 for 4 wickets. Suryakumar Yadav was replaced by Ravindra Jadeja as the sixth man. Rahul scored a half-century with Jadeja as a witness. The player completed his half century from 86 balls. This is also the star’s second half-century in this World Cup. But Jadeja on the other hand disappointed. Jadeja, who scored just nine runs off 22 balls, was brought to the hands of Hazelwood wicketkeeper Josh Inglis. With this India fell to 178 for 5 wickets.
The team score reached 200 in 40.5 overs. But to India’s shock, Starc dismissed Rahul. Rahul, who scored 66 off 107 balls with a four, was caught by Starc wicketkeeper Inglis. With this, India fell to 203 for 6. Mohammad Shami came to the crease instead of Rahul. But Shami was dismissed by Starc for just 6 runs. Bumrah, who replaced Shami, might not hold back. Adam Sampa caught the star in front of the wicket following taking only one run. Suryakumar Yadav, who was India’s last hope, was also dismissed in the 48th over. He returned with a catch to Inglis on Hazelwood’s bouncer. The player scored 18 runs in 28 balls. In the last wicket, Kuldeep and Siraj brought the team score to 240. Kuldeep was run out on the last ball of the innings. The star’s score is 10 runs. Siraj scored 9 runs and remained unbeaten.
Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for Australia while Josh Hazelwood and Pat Cummins took two wickets each. Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa took one wicket each.
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