India vs Australia, 1st T20I at Ranchi, Oct 07 2017, Australia tour of India

RESULT
1st T20I (N), Ranchi, October 07, 2017, Australia tour of India
(18.4/18.4 ov) 118/8
(5.3/6 ov, T:48) 49/1

India won by 9 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) (DLS method)

Player Of The Match
2/16
kuldeep-yadav
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Comms: Alagappan Muthu
Scorecard summary
Australia 118/8(18.4 overs)
42 (30)
2/16 (4)
India 49/1(5.3 overs)

11.00 pm That's all we have from the game. Thanks for joining us. Good night.

Kuldeep Yadav is Man of the Match for his 2 for 16. "getting my first Man of the Man in T20s. First couple of balls, I saw what he was doing, later on I set him up for the sweep shot. So I knew he wasn't going to hit me over mid-off, so I planned that overpitched ball to bowl him. Always think about wickets, that's all that matters for me and the team. Getting more confidence day by day, game by game."

"Especially after winning the toss and bowling first, that effort was required. We don't really understand the Duckword Lewis method. After getting them down to 118, we thought it would only be 40 or something. 48 was tricky," Virat Kohli says. "It's been a combined effort of the players, but also the management group who have given great ideas. Picking specialist players for formats, picking mystery bowlers, giving them confidence. They can give runs in one game, but they will always hit back. Bhuvi and Bumrah have been brilliant in limited-overs lately. You need to be able to execute yorkers and slower balls and you need skill. But you need to have a good head as well, make batsmen hit the wrong areas. Unfortunate for Dhawan to miss out on so many games, but he's back and even this innings of 15 will give him confidence."

10.55 pm "At the end of the day, it's a poor result for us. We have to be better next game,"David Warner says. "We didn't deserve to have that chance. Almost being bowled out for 120. But to get as close as we did, the bowlers did an okay job. Don't have an answer for you. We had a good partnership up top with Finchy and myself, but then there was a collapse again in the middle order. We have to go back to the drawing board and figure that out."

Vinit Singh: "50th T20I win for India. Third international team to do so."

10.40 pm Rain shortened games usually end up with the chasing side. Kohli, after winning the toss, specifically said he wanted to bowl because of the weather around. Australia could have made it harder by batting smarter. This wasn't a belting pitch. It was slow, keeping low, and turning too. But regardless of that, they kept playing shots when they could have readjusted to hit a score of 140 or 150. That translated to a target of 48 in six overs and it was pretty comfortably done.

Much of this win was the result of Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah's bowling - 2 for 16 and 2 for 17 respectively. Kuldeep was especially impressive, countering Aaron Finch's premeditated plans of sweeping him by bowling the perfect ball - quicker, fuller and tighter on the stumps to bowl him - setting the stage for Bumrah to take two wickets in one over in the death

"Tougu time for myself and my family but thankfully the doctors saw the disease on time," says Shikhar Dhawan when talking about his wife who fell sick recently. "Coming back after a break, playing an international game, it was good."

"That's it for all the cricket for the day from Ranchi, but here's Sharda Ugra transporting you to Kochi, describing the action from a pulsating Under-17 World Cup match between Brazil and Spain. You can watch all the matches of the tournament live on ESPN.in

Charles John: "I suspect the Aussies, much like the TV commentators, were completely unaware of the new rule allowing 2 overs per bowlers in reduced games ... oops"

5.3
4
Christian to Kohli, FOUR runs

goes over extra cover to seal the win! he plays the field so well - four men on the leg side boundary - he predicts the line would be on leg stump, so he makes room and since it is full as well he just gets under it and lifts it over the four men saving singles on the off side

Four men on the leg side boundary and one at deep point

5.2
2
Christian to Kohli, 2 runs

excellent work by Coulter-Nile at deep backward square leg, racing to his right and stopping a certain boundary. Kohli's flick, powered by those incredible wrists, still fetches two

Warner and Christian have a chat now. Loud conversations regarding field placements. Pandya is padded up. Fine leg is back, third man is up. Long-on is back. Mid-off is up

5.1
1
Christian to S Dhawan, 1 run

slower ball outside off, Dhawan cuts to deep point

Christian to bowl the last over.

end of over 56 runs
IND: 42/1CRR: 8.40 RRR: 6.00
Virat Kohli16 (12b 2x4)
Shikhar Dhawan14 (11b 3x4)
Adam Zampa 1-0-6-0
Nathan Coulter-Nile 2-0-20-1
4.6
Zampa to Kohli, no run

drives to extra cover. Now its six off six for India to win. Good come back after conceding a boundary first ball

4.5
1
Zampa to S Dhawan, 1 run

steps out, but Zampa shortens his length. The ball then kicks up off the pitch, making Dhawan work overtime as he flicks. The ball wanders dangerously close to Warner's reach at mid-on as he runs and dives to his right.

4.4
Zampa to S Dhawan, no run

gets down the track and drives to short cover

4.3
Zampa to S Dhawan, no run

shortish and outside off, cuts but is beaten. It's a touch too close for the shot.

4.2
1
Zampa to Kohli, 1 run

backs away to try and whip a slider through midwicket, but it keeps low and takes a bottom edge, then a bit of the pad to fine leg's right this time

4.1
4
Zampa to Kohli, FOUR runs

whips a shortish delivery on leg stump past fine leg's left. Placement gets him the boundary

Zampa in now.

end of over 49 runs
IND: 36/1CRR: 9.00 RRR: 6.00
Shikhar Dhawan13 (8b 3x4)
Virat Kohli11 (9b 1x4)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 2-0-20-1
Andrew Tye 1-0-10-0

India need 12 off 12 balls

Samriddha Raj P: "If a wicket goes down now, local boy MSD should be sent in. At the end of the day, the game is about pleasing the crowd, isn't it?"

3.6
Coulter-Nile to S Dhawan, no run

backs away to deal with a short ball on middle, but is beaten as he tries a ramp shot

Dhaval : "Kohli did the right thing here by bringing himself on instead of Pandya. Shorter targets are tricky and can be won by proper cricketing shots rather than slogs. Like what happened with Rohit Sharma. "

3.5
1
Coulter-Nile to Kohli, 1 run

fuller delivery outside off, drives to long-off

3.4
2
Coulter-Nile to Kohli, 2 runs

clips a full ball on middle to deep backward square leg, where Head nearly slips as he races across an outfield that took a lot of rain

3.3
1
Coulter-Nile to S Dhawan, 1 run

top-edge as Coulter-Nile goes for the bouncer at the badge and Dhawan indulges in a hook shot. Taking the ball over his left shoulder is a big risk, but he survives as the ball wanders behind square leg

3.2
4
Coulter-Nile to S Dhawan, FOUR runs

short-arm pulls to the square leg boundary! This was short, yes, but there was no room to free the arms. Dhawan still manages to impart power into the ball with his wrists. Superb stuff.

3.1
1
Coulter-Nile to Kohli, 1 run

wallops a short ball outside off to deep midwicket

sankar4787: "Will Warner throw the ball to zampa?? Wouldn't be a smart move if he does so. He should get this done with pacers only." ----- Not yet. Coulter-Nile to bowl out.

end of over 311 runs
IND: 27/1CRR: 9.00 RRR: 7.00
Virat Kohli7 (6b 1x4)
Shikhar Dhawan8 (5b 2x4)
Andrew Tye 1-0-10-0
Nathan Coulter-Nile 1-0-11-1
2.6
1
Tye to Kohli, 1 run

back of a length on off stump, dabs it behind point

2.5
Tye to Kohli, no run

yorker outside off, Kohli steers it to point

2.4
1lb
Tye to S Dhawan, 1 leg bye

advances on the bowler, but with the line being on leg stump, and the ball moving into him as well, the lbw shout is wasted. Knuckle ball again.

2.3
4
Tye to S Dhawan, FOUR runs

takes the slower short ball and pulls it to the deep square leg boundary, much to the Ranchi crowd's delight. They've waited a long time to see the Indian batsmen and are now lapping it up

India need 27 off 22 now.

2.2
1
Tye to Kohli, 1 run

shortish and outside off, dabs to third man

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AJ Finch
42 runs (30)
4 fours1 six
Productive shot
off drive
7 runs
1 four0 six
Control
84%
V Kohli
22 runs (14)
3 fours0 six
Productive shot
flick
7 runs
1 four0 six
Control
93%
Best performances - bowlers
Kuldeep Yadav
O
4
M
0
R
16
W
2
ECO
4
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
JJ Bumrah
O
3
M
0
R
17
W
2
ECO
5.66
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
Match details
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
TossIndia, elected to field first
Series
Season2017/18
Player Of The Match
Series resultIndia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 623
Hours of play (local time)19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.25, Interval 20.25-20.45, Second Session 20.45-22.10
Match days07 October 2017 - night (20-over match)
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