IND vs AUS 2nd T20 Match Report: Team India defeated Australia badly, won the match by 44 runs
After the Indian batsmen, on the basis of excellent performance by the bowlers, Team India defeated Australia by 44 runs in the second T20 match. Team India, batting first, scored 235 runs losing four wickets in 20 overs due to the half-centuries of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan and Rituraj Gaikwad. In front of this huge score, the Australian team could score only 191 runs after playing 20 overs, losing nine wickets. Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets for India. With this, India has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 53 runs, Gaikwad scored 58 runs and Ishan Kishan scored 52 runs. In the end, Rinku Singh once again demonstrated his finishing skills and scored an unbeaten 31 runs in nine balls. Marcus Stoinis scored the highest score of 45 runs for Australia.
Australian batting failed
Steve Smith and Matthew Short tried to give a fast start to the Australian team chasing the target of 236 runs. Both of them were successful in the first two overs but Suryakumar Yadav, who was captaining Team India in this series, handed the ball to Ravi Bishnoi in the third over. Ravi showed the path to the pavilion to Short (19) on the fifth ball of this over. Batsman Josh English, who scored a century in the last match, also could not do anything special in this match. On the second ball of the fifth over, Ravi got him caught by Tilak Verma and sent him to the pavilion. He scored only two runs. Glenn Maxwell (12) could have been a threat but Axar Patel gave a big success to India by getting him caught by Jaiswal. Prasidh Krishna also sent Steve Smith to the pavilion on the second ball of the eighth over. Smith scored 19 runs.
Tim-Stoinis partnership
Australia had lost its four wickets for only 58 runs. After this, Tim David and Marcus Stoinis scored runs in a stormy manner and made a partnership of 81 runs in 38 balls for the fifth wicket. Ravi broke this partnership by dismissing Tim David. This right-handed batsman scored 37 runs in 22 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. Marcus Stoinis was moving towards a half-century but missed by five runs. Mukesh Kumar made him his victim. He scored 45 runs in 25 balls with the help of two fours and four sixes. Prasidh Krishna then sealed Australia’s defeat by dismissing Shaun Abbott (1) and Nathan Ellis (1) in the 16th over. Arshdeep Singh showed Adam Zampa the way to the pavilion on the last ball of the 17th over.
India’s strong start
Earlier, Australian captain Matthew Wade won the toss and asked India to bat first. Jaiswal and Rituraj gave a strong start to the team. Both added 77 runs for the first wicket. After scoring a half-century, Jaiswal became the victim of Ellis after scoring 53 runs in 25 balls with the help of nine fours and two sixes. Even after his departure, the Australian team did not get relief. Ishan Kishan created a storm as soon as he arrived and completed his half-century before Rituraj. He became the victim of Stoinis on the second ball of the 16th over. He scored 52 runs in 32 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes. There was a partnership of 87 runs between Rituraj and Ishan. Captain Suryakumar was out after scoring 19 runs in 10 balls. Rituraj returned to the pavilion on the second ball of the last over. He played 43 balls, out of which he hit fours on three and sixes on two.
Rinku Singh’s storm
Rinku Singh, who came after Suryakumar’s dismissal, batted in a stormy manner as soon as he came. He faced only nine balls in this match and scored unbeaten 31 runs with the help of four fours and two sixes. Along with him, Tilak Verma remained unbeaten after scoring seven runs on two balls. He hit a six. Nathan Ellis took three wickets for Australia.
