India lost after 26 series at home, Kohli’s fifty went in vain
After this the wicket kept falling and the match got out of hand. Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to bat, after which Mitchell Marsh’s 47 off 47 balls and Travis Head’s 33 off 31 balls proved it right by adding 68 runs in 10.5 overs for the first wicket. Captain Rohit Sharma 30 runs, 17 balls and Shubman Gill 37 runs, 49 balls also gave a fast start to the Indian team chasing the target. Both added 65 runs in 9.1 overs for the first wicket. However, after this Virat Kohli could score 54 runs, 72 balls, KL Rahul 32 balls, 50 balls and Hardik Pandya 40 runs, 40 balls at the crease. However, none of them could show a dominant game.
Lower order added runs
Hardik Pandya’s brilliant opening spell and Kuldeep Yadav’s spin kept the Australian batsmen in check, but their tailenders helped them post a challenging total of 269 before being bundled out in 49 overs. While Hardik dismissed the top-order batsmen, Kuldeep dismissed Alex Carey on such a brilliant ball on a helpful pitch in Chennai that was the ‘Ball of the Series’. Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep was bowled by Carey dodging a leg break delivery and the Indian bowler’s happiness knew no bounds. Australia’s score was 138 for five but a 58-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Carey and Mark Stoinis (25) and a 42-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Sean Abbott (26) and Ashton Agar (17) dominated the visitors. Then Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa added a crucial 22 runs for the last wicket.
Bombay Duck from Mr. 360!
Suryakumar Yadav, who has earned the name of ‘Mr 360 degree’ due to his ability to bat at a strike rate of 175 in T20 International and hit fours, sixes in every corner of the ground, got a new name on social media on Wednesday. Surya, who became the victim of a golden duck on the first ball in the third ODI in a row, was given the name of ‘New Bombay Duck’. He became the first Indian cricketer to score a hat-trick of golden ducks. By the way, the great Sachin Tendulkar was also dismissed for zero in three consecutive ODIs in 1994. But all three times he was dismissed facing the second or fourth ball. Alec Stewart, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson and Brett Lee have also scored a hat-trick of golden ducks.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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