Australia vs India, 1st T20I at Sydney, Feb 01 2012 - Match Result

RESULT
1st T20I (N), Sydney, February 01, 2012, India tour of Australia
(20 ov, T:172) 140/6

Australia won by 31 runs

matthew-wade
Player Of The Match
72 (43)
59

MS Dhoni and Ashwin's 59-run partnership is IND's highest for the 7th wicket in T20Is, breaking the record of 28 between MS Dhoni and Irfan Pathan

Match centre Scores :  Sanjay Murari •  Comms :  Kanishkaa Balachandran
Scorecard summary
Australia1 Inn
171/4(20 overs)
72 (43)
1/28 (4)
42 (30)
1/22 (3)
India2 Inn
140/6(20 overs)
*48 (43)
2/4 (2)
22 (21)
2/35 (4)
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Over20
6 runs
IND 140/6CRR: 7.00
MS Dhoni 48 (43b 1x4 3x6)R Ashwin 15 (16b 1x4)
XJ Doherty0/23 (4)

Time for the presentation. Wade if the Man of the Match: "Mickey Arthur told me yesterday that I would be opening. No point competing with Warner, he's the best hitter in the game. The spinners really took the game away from India."

Dhoni: "There is a tomorrow. Wade batted really well. We could not capitalise. We thought it would rain in the second innings in Melbourne."

Bailey: "I didn't know you get a trophy after every game. Our fielding and bowling was outstanding. There's a great feeling around Australian cricket at the moment."

The teams head to Melbourne for the second and final T20, on Friday. We'll see you then. Thanks for your company. Cheers!

End of match: So Australia, under their new captain, can celebrate this win with that bottle of Irish cream. Same old story for India. Positives? They didn't get bowled out for a change. This was their lowest margin of defeat.

Jokes aside, Australia were relentless in the field. They took their catches and barely let anything slip between them. Dhoni looked dangerous with some of those shots he played down the ground but he needed to dent Australia's psyche with successive boundaries, just to make things interesting.

The presentation should happen any time soon. Matthew Wade's Australia's biggest positive from this game.

19.6
2
Doherty to Dhoni, 2 runs

low full toss outside the off stump and he scoops it to wide long-off

19.5
1
Doherty to Ashwin, 1 run

on the blockhole and he squirts it out to mid-on

19.4
Doherty to Ashwin, no run

tries to paddle it to fine leg and misses

19.3
Doherty to Ashwin, no run

squeezes out a yorker back to the bowler

19.2
1
Doherty to Dhoni, 1 run

low full toss and he forces it to long-off

19.1
1
Doherty to Ashwin, 1 run

makes room and he pushes it to long-on

19.1
1w
Doherty to Ashwin, 1 wide
Over19
10 runs
IND 134/6CRR: 7.05  RRR: 38.00
MS Dhoni 45 (41b 1x4 3x6)R Ashwin 13 (12b 1x4)
B Lee1/36 (4)
18.6
6
Lee to Dhoni, SIX runs

carbon copy of Dhoni's six to seal the World Cup, different scenario now, over long-on

18.5
Lee to Dhoni, no run

it's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a bat! It was always going to happen, Dhoni swings like there's no tomorrow and the bat lands somewhere near square leg, Lee was appealing for a caught behind but everybody was only gazing at the wooden flying machine

18.4
Lee to Dhoni, no run

swings him to midwicket with one arm, sends Ashwin back and Lee breaks the stumps but he failed to gather the ball

18.4
1w
Lee to Dhoni, 1 wide

Lee bowls to first slip again, funny old game for Lee

18.3
2
Lee to Dhoni, 2 runs

on the blockhole outside off and Dhoni swings again, it flies off the toe of the bat down to long-off and he swivels at the crease with the momentum

18.2
Lee to Dhoni, no run

on the blockhole outside the off stump and Dhoni swings and misses, it's a wonder how the bat didn't fly away

18.1
1
Lee to Ashwin, 1 run

full delivery on the off stump and he squeezes it out to mid-on

Anyone betting on a miracle?

Over18
5 runs
IND 124/6CRR: 6.88  RRR: 24.00
R Ashwin 12 (11b 1x4)MS Dhoni 37 (36b 1x4 2x6)
XJ Doherty0/17 (3)
17.6
1
Doherty to Ashwin, 1 run

full and straight and he takes a single to long-on, end of a very good over

17.5
1
Doherty to Dhoni, 1 run

full and wide outside the off stump and he chases it and places it to sweeper cover

17.4
1
Doherty to Ashwin, 1 run

low full toss and he pushes it down the track to long-on

17.3
1
Doherty to Dhoni, 1 run

sprays it full and wide and he reaches out and squirts it out to the off side

17.2
1
Doherty to Ashwin, 1 run

comes down the track and forces a single to long-on

17.1
Doherty to Ashwin, no run

comes down the track and he checks his shot and plays it softly

Best performances - batters
Spike GraphWagon Zone
MS Wade
72 runs (43)
5 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
cut shot on back foot
16 runs
1 four0 six
Control
77%
MS Dhoni
48 runs (43)
1 four3 sixes
Productive shot
pull/hook on back foot
14 runs
0 four2 sixes
Control
67%
Best performances - bowlers
DJ Hussey
O
2
M
0
R
4
W
2
ECO
2
DT Christian
O
4
M
0
R
35
W
2
ECO
8.75
Match details
TossIndia, elected to field first
Season2011/12
Player Of The Match
Series resultAustralia led the 2-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 217
Hours of play (local time)19.35 start, First Session 19.35-20.55, Interval 20.55-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.35
Match days1 February 2012 - night (20-over match)
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee