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India vs Australia 2019, 1st T20I Latest Match Updates: Umesh hasn’t done his limited-overs credentials any good with a disappointing final over, as Australia reach home off the very last ball of the match! The turning point was the attempted wide yorker off the penultimate delivery that was driven through cover for a boundary, before some good running between the wickets helped them collect the remaining two runs off the last ball. Heartbreak for the Indians, especially after the tremendous turnaround in their bowling performance in the second half of the innings. For now, Australia are 1-0 up in the series! The first India vs Australia T20I is being telecast on Star Sports Network. The India-Australia live streaming will take place on hotstar.com. Click
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to know when and where to watch the first T20I between India and Australia. Preview, 1st T20I: Cementing spots in their World Cup squad will top the agenda for Indians and Australians alike when their limited-over series starts with the first Twenty20 in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Virat Kohli returns to lead the hosts in their final rubber before this year’s 50-over showpiece with two T20s followed by a five-match one day international series. [caption id=“attachment_6144941” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
File image of Indian captain Virat Kohli and Australian captain Aaron Finch. AFP[/caption] While India will be busy with the annual Indian Premier League T20 tournament before heading to the World Cup in England, the defending 50-over world champions will have another opportunity to hone their skills against Pakistan next month. For Kohli, who led India to their first test series victory in Australia but skipped the second half of the New Zealand tour, the series will be the last chance to identify the batsman to fill a middle order spot in an otherwise settled side. There is not much ambiguity in their pace bowling options while the successful spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are set to travel to England, where the twice champions begin their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5. Kuldeep has, however, been rested for the T20 leg against Australia while all-rounder Hardik Panya, a key cog in India’s scheme of things at the World Cup, has been ruled out of the entire series with lower back stiffness. That has presented an opportunity for spin bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja to make a final audition after being initially overlooked. The touring side are yet to nail down captain Aaron Finch’s partner at the top of the batting order, even if it is a spot that David Warner is likely to fill at the World Cup once his ball-tampering ban expires. They have multiple options in vice captain Alex Carey, D’Arcy Short and Usman Khawaja and a good performance in the shortest format would do a player’s hopes of opening in the one-day side no harm. Australia’s players have arrived in India after their involvement in the Big Bash League and Carey, who keeps wickets for Australia, believes that could be an advantage. “The guys have had their Big Bash campaign just finished and they’re in T20 mode so we’ll hit the two T20s and then get stuck into the five one-dayers,” Carey told reporters ahead of the first T20. “The confidence is up for all the players and we’re really excited now to get playing, get stuck into the Indians.” With inputs from Reuters
Highlights, India vs Australia, 1st T20I at Visakhapatnam, Full Cricket Score: Visitors win by three wickets in close finish
India vs Australia, 1st T20I Score and Updates: Umesh hasn’t done his limited-overs credentials any good with a disappointing final over, as Australia reach home off the very last ball of the match! The turning point was the attempted wide yorker off the penultimate delivery that was driven through cover for a boundary, before some good running between the wickets helped them collect the remaining two runs off the last ball. Heartbreak for the Indians, especially after the tremendous turnaround in their bowling performance in the second half of the innings.
For now, Australia are 1-0 up in the series!
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That brings us to the end of the first T20I between India and Australia at Vizag, and what a cracker of a contest it turned it to be in the end. It all seemed over when Maxwell and Short helped Australia reach 89/2 at one stage, needing 38 to win from more than six overs. Suddenly, a spirited performance from the Indian attack saw them pulling the game back in their favour, and a terrific penultimate over from Bumrah made the hosts favouries to pull off a cliffhanger. Credit to Cummins and Richardson for maintaining calm, and guiding their side home in the end.
The action now heads to Bengaluru, where the KSCA will be experimenting with new technology that promises to improve the aesthetic look of the outfield. Australia will reach the Karnataka capital pumped up, knowing that they can’t lose the series from hereon. India, given their quality, will look to bounce back from this loss and give their fans something to cheer about before heading into the one-dayers.
For now, it’s time for us to bid you all good night!
Nathan Coulter-Nile is Player of the Match for taking 3 wickets in the match
Coulter-Nile: We bowled very well. It was not coming out on the bat. We tried to dig in. Nice to have some cricket behind us with BBL back home. Hopefully we can win another one and win the series.
Virat Kohli, India captain: In the first innings, we are not up to the mark. Till about 15th over, the wicket played well but we did not bat well. In low scoring games, you are always goings for runs. Bumrah can do wonders with the ball. Mayank bowled well in the middle overs.
We want to give game time to Rahul. He is a quality player. He played good shots. He played really good knock. 150 would have been winning score. Australia deserved to win. They played better than us.
Opposition teams batting full 20 overs while chasing against India to win the match:
New Zealand, Wellington, 2009
Sri Lanka, Gros Islet, 2010
England, Mumbai, 2012
Australia, Vizag, 2019*
5th over : 28/2
10th over : 67/2
15th over : 98/3
20th over : 127/7
This is the second instance of an opposition team winning a T20I match against India in India with zero balls left. Other instance : England at Mumbai in 2012.
After 20 overs,Australia 127/7 ( Pat Cummins 7 , Jhye Richardson 7)
Umesh hasn’t done his limited-overs credentials any good with a disappointing final over, as Australia reach home off the very last ball of the match! The turning point was the attempted wide yorker off the penultimate delivery that was driven through cover for a boundary, before some good running between the wickets helped them collect the remaining two runs off the last ball. Heartbreak for the Indians, especially after the tremendous turnaround in their bowling performance in the second half of the innings.
For now, Australia are 1-0 up in the series!
After 19 overs,Australia 113/7 ( Pat Cummins 0 , )
Bumrah bowls the penultimate over, and starts off with a dot. Handscomb steps out of his crease, with Bumrah adjusting the angle to target his ribs, allowing just a single off the second. Another dot and single off the next two deliveries. Handscomb gets a thick top-edge off the penultimate ball, with Dhoni collecting the ball safely after running to his left. Bumrah ends the over with a fiery yorker, flattening the leg-stump in the process. Just two runs and as many wickets off a terrific over from Bumrah!
Australia need 14 off 6 balls.
BOWLED EM! Two-in-two for Bumrah, as he fires a perfect yorker to Coulter-Nile to flatten his leg stump! AUS 113/7
Coulter-Nile b Bumrah 4(8)
OUT! Another one bites the dust, as Handscomb top-edges to get caught by Dhoni! AUS 113/6
Handscomb c Dhoni b Bumrah 13(15)
After 18 overs,Australia 111/5 ( Peter Handscomb (W) 12 , Nathan Coulter-Nile 3)
A fine stop by Rahul at long off saves a couple of runs for the hosts. Handscomb nudges a googly to short third man for a single. Dots off the next two balls, each being cheered by the crowd. Singles collected off the last two balls.
Australia need 16 off 12 balls.
After 17 overs,Australia 106/5 ( Peter Handscomb (W) 8 , Nathan Coulter-Nile 2)
Krunal returns for one more over, and shatters Ashton Turner’s stumps with a fuller ball that misses the face of the bat. Coulter-Nile walks out to bat, with the quick wickets suddenly instilling a sense of belief in the Indians. Five runs and a wicket off the over. Pandya finishes with quality figures of 1/17.
Australia need 21 off 18 balls.
BOWLED EM! Wickets are starting to tumble for the Aussies at this stage now, as Turner misses a fuller ball from Pandya while looking to paddle it towards fine-leg, resulting in the stumps getting shattered. AUS 102/5
Turner b Pandya 1(5)
After 16 overs,Australia 101/4 ( Peter Handscomb (W) 5 , Ashton Turner 0)
Short joins Maxwell in the dugout after a massive mix-up with Handscomb, as Australia lose their fourth wicket. Good comeback from Umesh, who concedes just three runs off the over. The partisan Vizag crowd starting to make a lot more noise now.
Australia need 26 off the last four overs.
OUT! Massive mix-up between Short and Handscomb while the latter called for a second run, and the former ends up having to trudge back to the pavilion for 37. AUS 101/4
Short run out (Pandya/Dhoni) 37(37)
After 15 overs,Australia 99/3 ( D’Arcy Short 36 , Peter Handscomb (W) 4)
Markande’s brought back into the attack, with Short keeping the required run-rate under check with a boundary off the third delivery. Markande, though, nearly bamboozles Handscomb with a googly off the last delivery. Eight off the over.
After 14 overs,Australia 90/3 ( D’Arcy Short 31 , Peter Handscomb 1)
Chahal starts off with a couple of bad balls going down the leg side, with the first one going for a four after a paddle by Maxwell. Chahal though, makes up for it with a sucker ball pitched outside off, which Maxwell hits off the toe-end to get caught at long off. Debutant Handscomb walks out, and gets off the mark with a single off the last ball.
OUT! Chahal bowls one outside off, making Maxwell stretch his arms for the inside-out loft. Doesn’t quite middle it, and ends up holing out to Rahul at long off. AUS 89/3
Maxwell c Rahul b Chahal 56(43)