Chandigarh: Australia defeated India by 4 wickets in the first T20 match and has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match T20 series.
Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to field first. After losing the toss, the Indian team, who came out to bat, set a target of 209 runs in front of Australia in 20 overs, but the visiting team achieved this big target.
For Australia, Camroom Green scored 61 runs in 30 balls with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes, while Matthew Wade contributed 45 runs in 21 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 fours.
After the defeat in the first match against Australia, Indian captain Rohit Sharma looked very disappointed. “Our bowlers didn’t bowl well,” he said after the match, adding that 200-plus was a good score to defend at this ground, but we didn’t grab the opportunity. Our batsmen were brilliant, but the bowlers disappointed. These are all things that our team will have to work on, but I believe it was a score worth defending, should have won the match from here.”
Australia played great cricket: Rohit Sharma
Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that we know that this is a high scoring ground. Because of this, despite being a 200 plus score, you have to do better in bowling. We did get some players out, but the truth is Australia played great cricket. He hit amazing shots. At the same time, Indian captain Rohit Sharma praised Hardik Pandya.
He said that due to Hardik Pandya’s excellent batting, we managed to score more than 200 runs, but from the next match we will have to work on our bowling.