India suffered a humiliating loss of 10 wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series against Australia as the visitors took a 1-0 lead in the series. However, former Indian skipper and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly reckon that Virat Kohli and his men will make a roaring comeback and wished luck to the home captain.
Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Ganguly wrote: “The next two one dayers against Australia will be a cracker. This Indian team is a strong team, just had a bad day in office. (They) have been in this situation before and have come back to win from 2-0 down two seasons ago.. good luck Virat Kohli”.
The next two one dayers against Australia will be a cracker . This indian team is a strong team .. just had a bad day in office .. been in this situation before and have come back to win from 2-0 down two seasons ago ..good luck @imVkohli @BCCI @My11Circle pic.twitter.com/yfV09iPk85
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) January 15, 2020
After being asked to bat, India made a slow start to their innings after losing Rohit Sharma early. Kohli’s idea to step down the order also did not pay off as he was dismissed after scoring just 16 runs by Adam Zampa. At a moment, India did not look like crossing the 250-run mark, however, just before Shreyas Iyer’s rare failure lead to Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja rebuilding the innings in the 33rd over. The duo did well to stitch a 49-run partnership for the 6th wicket. But Pat Cummins came back for a spell to dismiss Pant and soon Jadeja fell.
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Virat KohliWhenever India seemed to be gaining some momentum, Australia managed to get a wicket and eventually the home side could only post 255 runs. Mitchell Starc was the pick of the bowlers as he returning with impressive figures of 3/56 as Cummins and Kane Richardson picked a couple of wickets each. This was only the second time that India have lost an ODI at home by 10 wickets and the first instance since 2005.
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The second ODI will be played in Rajkot on Friday.
