India vs Australia 1st ODI
India vs Australia 1st ODI, Hardik Pandya was the undisputed star of India’s 26-run win over Australia in the first ODI in Chennai on Sunday and interestingly, Pandya took two key wickets in addition to his 83 which helped India reach 281/7. His 118-run stand with MS Dhoni, who slammed his 66th fifty set the basis for India’s revival after Nathan Coulter-Nile picked up three wickets. However, rain interrupted the Australian chase by two hours as the match was reduced to 21 overs. However, Yuzvendra Chahal picked up 3/30 to dent the Australians. Catch highlights of India vs Australia, 1st ODI, Chennai.
Hardik Pandya, Man of the Match: It was a good day for me. It feels pretty good. I don’t think anything has changed. I’m the same Hardik. I knew what he was going to bowl. I targetted one over and eventually it helped.
Virat Kohli, India captain: This is a very pleasing win. MS and Hardik and Kedar first batted well. Today was example, Sri Lanka was an example of how good they are (spinners). The more they can come through such situations, they will add more balance to the team, Its a matter of time giving players the confidence. He believes in himself. Hardik was the game-changer.
Steve Smith: MS (Dhoni) and Hardik (Pandya) played really well. We couldn’t capitualize with the start. The new ball was stopping a bit and some were skidding on. We lost too many wickets in the middle.
India (IND) Scorecard
| Batting | R | B | 4S | 6S | |||||
| Ajinkya Rahane c Matthew Wade b Nathan Coulter-Nile | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rohit Sharma c Nathan Coulter-Nile b Marcus Stoinis | 28 | 44 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Virat Kohli (C) c Glenn Maxwell b Nathan Coulter-Nile | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Manish Pandey c Matthew Wade b Nathan Coulter-Nile | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Kedar Jadhav c Hilton Cartwright b Marcus Stoinis | 40 | 54 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| MS Dhoni (W) c David Warner b James Faulkner | 79 | 88 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Hardik Pandya c James Faulkner b Adam Zampa | 83 | 66 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar not out | 32 | 30 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Kuldeep Yadav not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Yuzvendra Chahal | |||||||||
| Jasprit Bumrah | |||||||||
| Extras: 14 (b – 4, w – 5, nb – 3, Penalty – 0) | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets:1-11(Ajinkya Rahane, 3.3 ov),2-11(Virat Kohli, 5.1 ov),3-11(Manish Pandey, 5.3 ov),4-64(Rohit Sharma, 16 ov),5-87(Kedar Jadhav, 21.3 ov),6-205(Hardik Pandya, 40.5 ov),7-277(MS Dhoni, 49.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | 0 | M | R | W | |||||
| Pat Cummins | 10 | 1 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 10 | 0 | 44 | 3 | |||||
| James Faulkner | 10 | 1 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| Marcus Stoinis | 10 | 0 | 54 | 2 | |||||
| Adam Zampa | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1 | |||||
Australia (AUS) Scorecard
| Batting | R | B | 4S | 6S | |||||
| David Warner c MS Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav | 25 | 28 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Hilton Cartwright b Jasprit Bumrah | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Steven Smith (C) c Jasprit Bumrah b Hardik Pandya | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Travis Head c MS Dhoni b Hardik Pandya | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Glenn Maxwell c Manish Pandey b Yuzvendra Chahal | 39 | 18 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Marcus Stoinis c sub b Kuldeep Yadav | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Matthew Wade (W) st MS Dhoni b Yuzvendra Chahal | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| James Faulkner not out | 32 | 25 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pat Cummins c Jasprit Bumrah b Yuzvendra Chahal | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Nathan Coulter-Nile c Kedar Jadhav b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Adam Zampa not out | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Extras: 6 (b – 0, w – 5, nb – 0, Penalty – 0) | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets:1-15(Hilton Cartwright, 3.5 ov),2-20(Steven Smith, 5 ov),3-29(Travis Head, 6.4 ov),4-35(David Warner, 8 ov),5-76(Glenn Maxwell, 12 ov),6-76(Marcus Stoinis, 12.3 ov),7-93(Matthew Wade, 15.2 ov),8-109(Pat Cummins, 17.1 ov),9-127(Nathan Coulter-Nile, 19.2 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | 0 | M | R | W | |||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||||
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||||
| Hardik Pandya | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||||
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||||
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 5 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||||
 and Hardik Pandya (83) guided India to 281/7 against Australia in the first ODI of a five-match series.){kind=link}