Australia won the first T20 International by four runs via D/L method before the second match was abandoned due to rain.
Kohli, Krunal star in win
India win!
India win the match by 6 wickets and tie the series 1-1
Boundary
Kohli hits the ball straight down the ground. Just one required!
5 runs needed
5 runs required from the last over.
16 off 12 balls
India inch closer to victory with 16 runs required off 12 deliveries
Six!
Dinesh Karthik hits Andrew Tye over deep square leg.
Fifty for Kohli
Indian skipper Virat kohli brings up his fifty in 34 deliveries. He hit two fours and two sixes in this much-needed innings.
27 off 18 balls.
India require 27 runs to win
40 from 4 overs
India need 40 runs off 24 deliveries.
Virat on fire!
Kohli hits a four and six to bring India closer to the target.
Score
India- 109/4
Overs- 14
Duck for Pant
Rishabh Pant is out on the first ball. He tries to pull Andrew Tye but ends up edging it to Carey behind the stumps.
KL departs
KL Rahul is out as he holes out to NCN off Maxwell.
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Score
India- 95/2
Overs- 11
Rohit's wicket
Boundary
Kohli cuts Adam Zampa behind point for four. India are 92/2 after 10 overs.
Score
India- 81/2
Overs- 9
The fans are loving the chase
Six!
KL Rahuls pulls Coulter-Nile over deep mid-wicket. The flies just over McDermott at the rope.
Maiden wicket
That's a rare maiden-wicket bowled by Adam Zampa. India 67/2 after 7. Nine dot balls in a row.
Rohit is out
Rohit Sharma is bowled by Adam Zampa. The ball pitched on the middle and leg stump and straightened up to find the Indian opener off-guard. The LEDs light up.
Dot Balls
India batsmen have played seven dot balls in a row.
Spin attack
Aaron Finch introduces leg-spinner Adam Zampa in the seventh over.
Dot Balls!
Indian skipper Virat Kohli plays three dot balls up-front. India 67/1 after 6 overs.
BCCI tweets
Out!
Australia get their first breakthrough as Dhawan is trapped LBW by Mitchell Starc
DRS
Australia review for a LBW decision against Dhawan off Starc.
Score
22 from the over
India: 62/0
Overs- 5
Dhawan doesn't want to fall behind
Second maximum for Dhawan as India gets to 54/0 in 4.4 overs.
Six off Stoinis
Rohit hits another maxium. This time is Marcus Stoinis on the receiving end as 'Hitman' pulls over mid-on boundary.
20 runs from Over 4
20 runs from Coulter-Nile's second over. Both Rohit and Shikhar hitting one maximum each.
Score
India- 40/0
Overs- 4
Six
Dhawan muscles NCN's delivery over deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum.
Score
India- 20/0
Overs- 3
What Harsha thinks?
Wide!
First extra runs for India as Mitchell Starc bowls a wide on the off-side.
Score
India- 12/0
Overs- 2
Dhawan gets going
After playing three dot balls, Shikhar tucks one over the square leg boundary for four.
Boundary
Rohit Sharma welcomes Nathan Coulter-Nile with a boundary.
Score
Just three from the over
India- 3/0
Overs- 1
The chase begins
Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are at the crease. Mitchell Starc to start proceedings for Australia.
Innings Break!
Krunal starred with the ball
The dive saved NCN
Ends with a boundary
Australia finish with a score of 164/6. Hope the clouds are clear today.
Carey's shot!
Four!
Stoinis hits a boundary to start the final over of the innings.
Score
Australia- 149/6
Overs- 19
Krunal Pandya celebrates with teammates
Wicket!
Chris Lynn is caught outside the crease as he is run-out by Jasprit Bumrah's bullet throw.
Bumrah into the attack
Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack to bowl his third over.
Score
9 from the over
Australia- 129/5
Overs- 17
Bhuvi is back
Bhuvneshwar comes into attack to bowl the 17th.
Score
Australia- 120/5
Overs- 16
Carey gone!
Krunal gets his man after getting hit for a couple of boundaries. Caught by Kohli at deep mid-wicket
Another boundary!
Carey on song as he hits successive boundaries of Krunal Pandya. This time it's a reverse sweep which goes off the bottom of the bat.
What a shot!
Carey lifts a Krunal delivery over extra cover for four!
100 up
Australia reach the score of 100/4 in 14.1 overs.
Wide!
Khaleel Ahmed is back in the attack and starts with a wide delivery.
Before the start of play
Score
Australia- 98/4,
Overs- 14
Maxi departs
Krunal Pandya gets his third wicket of the match as Maxwell holes out to Rohit Sharma in the deep.
Score
Australia- 90/3
Overs- 13
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Score
Australia- 85/3
Overs- 11
India celebrates
Score
Australia- 76/3
Overs- 10
Krunal on hattrick
Krunal gets McDermott as the new man is trapped lbw. Australia in trouble here
Another review but unsuccesful
This time it's D'Arcy Short who reviews but is unsuccesful this time around. Krunal Pandya gets his first wicket in the match.
Score
Australia- 73/1
Overs- 9
Not Out
Good review by Australia as the ball was leaving the leg stump.
DRS!
Maxi given out, Australia review
Maxi in.
Glenn Maxwell comes out to bat and hits a boundary off Kuldeep to open his account.
He couldn't.
Wicket!
Australia lose their first wicket as Kuldeep Yadav has Aaron Finch caught by Krunal Pandya at short fine leg.
Arcy strikes Krunal Pandya for a four in the fourth ball of the over as Australia end the eight over with home side sitting comfortably sitting at 64-0 at the end of the eighth over
Judged the catch well but just messed it up. Krunal would be disappointed, would have been the ideal start for him.
Rohit Sharma dropped an easy catch.
Another bowling change for India as Krunal Pandya is handed the ball
Pulled
An amazing over from Kuldeep Yadav with just three runs coming of the over
India desperately needs a wicket here and to do that job Kuldeep Yadav is into the attack
Khaleel Ahmed runs into bowl
Eight runs come of the sixth over as the scoreboard indicates Australia at 49-0
D Arcy hits the last ball of Bumrah's over to a boundary. Bumrah did everything right in the over except for the last ball
Khaleel Ahmed's over proved to be very expensive as Australia are placed at 41-0 at the end of fifth over
Australian batsman make good use of the pitch conditions and score two boundaries in the over
Khaleel Ahmed is aback into the attack again
Bumrah dosent give much room for the batsman to score much runs as the over comes to an end with Australia 28-0 in four overs
After giving away a boundary in the first ball Bumrah comes back strongly
Jasprit Bumrah has been handed the ball. After bowling brilliantly in the first two T20s the pacer is expected to deliver yet again
India have opted for a bowling change in the fourth over
At the end of third over Australia are 21 for no loss
After a bad first delivery Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back good with four dot balls
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to D'Arcy Short, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point. Boundary for the Aussies
After a bad start, Khaleel Ahmed ends the second over brilliantly with three dot balls
Australia skipper Finch smashes Khaleel Ahmed for a four in the second ball of the over
Khaleel Ahmed gets the ball to score the second over
Australia score eight runs of the first over
D'Arcy Short hits Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a boundary in the fourth delivery.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls the first delivery and its short and wide to D'Arcy Short, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman. Single
Teams Australia: D'Arcy Short, Aaron Finch (Captain), Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Alex Carey (Wicket-Keeper), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Starc, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa