Australia vs India, 1st T20I at Adelaide, Jan 26 2016 - Match Result

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Kohli sets up 37-run win for India

Virat Kohli's unbeaten 90 set up India's victory by 37 runs in the first T20 international against Australia at Adelaide Oval

26-Jan-2016•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Match centre Scores : Chandan Duorah • Comms : Sidharth Monga

Scorecard summary

India1 Inn

188/3(20 overs)

*90 (55)

2/24 (4)

41 (34)

1/43 (4)

Australia2 Inn

151/10(19.3 overs)

44 (33)

3/23 (3.3)

21 (14)

2/21 (4)

So that brings an end to our coverage of the first Twenty20 international of the series. India's women and men both won on their Republic Day. We will be back again with the second game on Friday

"It was a good game," says MS Dhoni. "Good to see our bowlers making the batsmen play the big shot. Rohit started well, followed by Virat and well supported by Raina. He and Yuvi have had just one net session, which is why I promoted myself ahead of Yuvraj. We bowled superbly after that. I felt once Pandya went through that first over he would bowl much better. He was executing the yorker well, he was bowling the wide ball well."

"We let ourselves in the field today," says Aaron Finch. "And a great innings from Virat. He is hard to stop when he gets going. We executed well with the ball, but let ourselves down with the fielding. 170 would have been a nice score. When we got our chance to bat, I slowed down a bit and cost ourselves a bit of momentum."

"I could take this stadium with me wherever I bat," says Virat Kohli, the Man of the Match. "Just trying to keep things simple. I believe that in T20 as well. This stadium is right up there with anywhere in the world. I would love to thank the fans for coming out and supporting us."

India have taken lead in this T20 series with a win on their Republic Day. Punches and counter punches flew until spin became slightly dominant. Kohli showed his class with a risk-free 90 off 55 balls. Never did he look in a hurry or played any funky shots. Dhoni and Raina supported him well. Australia responded superbly until; Bumrah and Jadeja intervened. Bumrah got the marauding Warner, Jadeja put the brakes on and also got Smith out, and Ashwin delivered the knockout punch with Finch's wicket. For the first time India looked in control in the field as the ball began to turn

And just a note on the Finch dismissal. On the first replays it looked like it pitched well in, and then the replays later showed the ball pitching outside leg, with a shake just as the ball lands. I am just not convinced with the replays shown later

19.3

Bumrah to Boyce, OUT

all over. The debutants combine to get Boyce out. Bumrah does him in with the slower ball, Pandya takes an easy catch at mid-off. Eventually a comfortable win for India

Cameron Boyce c Pandya b Bumrah 3 (6b 0x4 0x6 9m) SR: 50

19.2

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Bumrah to Boyce, no run

moves well across the line to try to work it to fine leg, is beaten, and somehow Bumrah misses the stumps

19.1

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Bumrah to Boyce, no run

makes room to try and hit over cover, is beaten outside off

Over19

4 runs, 1 wicket

AUS 151/9CRR: 7.94 RRR: 38.00

CJ Boyce 3 (3b)SW Tait 1 (3b)

A Nehra1/30 (4)

18.6

Nehra to Boyce, 1 run

slower full ball, driven to long-off for one

18.5

Nehra to Tait, 1 run

slower ball, short outside off, cut away to deep point

18.4

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Nehra to Tait, no run

short of a length, angling in to cramp him up. Beats the inside edge

18.3

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Nehra to Tait, no run

short of a length, outside off, slower ball, left alone

Last man Tait comes in

18.2

Nehra to Kane Richardson, OUT

full and straight, Richardson mows across the line, Nehra hits the off stump

Kane Richardson b Nehra 9 (7b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 128.57

18.1

Nehra to Kane Richardson, 2 runs

slower ball, full, hit towards long-on

Nehra comes back. Round the wicket

Over18

11 runs, 1 wicket

AUS 147/8CRR: 8.16 RRR: 21.00

KW Richardson 7 (5b)CJ Boyce 2 (2b)

JJ Bumrah2/23 (3)

17.6

Bumrah to Kane Richardson, 1 run

yorker, just outside off, dug out for one

17.5

Bumrah to Boyce, 1 run

slower ball, would have been a wide had he not tried to ramp this. Gets a single to short fine leg

Jit: "Finally, a bowler who can bowl yorkers at death in this Indian bowling side. #Impressive # Bumrah!!"

17.4

Bumrah to Kane Richardson, 1 run

full and straight, driven to long-off for one

17.3

Bumrah to Boyce, 1 run

yorker, middle and leg, dug out for one

17.2

Bumrah to Faulkner, OUT

and Bumrah has come back with a replay of how he dismissed Faulkner in the ODI. Yorker, at the stumps, and Faulkner looks to sweep, and is bowled. Game, set and match

James Faulkner b Bumrah 10 (7b 0x4 1x6 11m) SR: 142.85

17.1

Bumrah to Faulkner, SIX runs

slower ball, Faulkner has picked it early and slog-swept it over midwicket for six. Short square boundary. Works for Faulkner

17.1

Bumrah to Faulkner, 1 wide

wide down the leg side. Now this you can't play even if you want to

Bumrah comes back

Over17

7 runs, 1 wicket

AUS 136/7CRR: 8.00 RRR: 17.66

JP Faulkner 4 (5b)KW Richardson 5 (3b)

HH Pandya2/37 (3)

16.6

Hardik to Faulkner, 1 run

another wide played at. Faulkner gets a single off the edge

16.5

Hardik to Kane Richardson, 1 run

this is seriously ordinary cricket from Australia. Richardson has borrowed a ladder from somewhere and reached this wide ball to take a single. Almost like they are worried about India's over rate. Just going out of their way to play every wide Pandya is bowling

16.4

Hardik to Kane Richardson, 4 runs

another wide ball disturbed by an Australian batsman. Dug out to point, and Ashwin shies at the stumps and gives away four overthrows. Can't blame Ashwin. Poor backing up from square leg

16.3

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Hardik to Kane Richardson, no run

well bowled. Yorker just inside the tram line on the off side. Squeezes it under the bat

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