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Ind vs Aus (2nd ODI) – India Defeated Australia In A Nail-biting game
By CricShots - Mar 5, 2019 10:17 pm
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Team India had taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match ODIs against Australia as they have registered an eight-run win in the second ODI in Nagpur. The India skipper, Virat Kohli starred with the bat as he scored 116 runs off 120 deliveries, collecting ten boundaries. For the Aussies, it was their star bowler, Pat Cummins, who picked four wickets in the first innings. In the second innings, the Indian spinners took the onus on themselves – picking up five wickets in total. Meanwhile, it was Shankar and Bumrah in the end who had picked four wickets to see their team home.

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Virat Kohli

Kohli registered his 40th ODI century against Australia in the Nagpur ODI. Meanwhile, earlier, India batted first after losing the toss. Though Kohli, at the toss had said he would have fancied batting first; India didn’t get off to a good start – as they lost Rohit Sharma in the first over. Shikhar Dhawan, who had been running out of form, scored 21 runs before falling to Glenn Maxwell. Ambati Rayudu also returned to the pavilion early left India in a state of worry.

However, the management’s choice of sending Vijay Shankar at five did wonders for the team as he scored 45 off 41 balls. As he was approaching his maiden ODI fifty, a straight shot off Kohli saw him getting run-out. A few overs later, Adam Zampa struck twice – picking Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni on successive deliveries.

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Virat Kohli then took the onus on himself and bailed India out a dire situation. Joined by Ravindra Jadeja, Kohli completed his 40th ODI ton – helping India reach a modest total of 250 in the end. For the Aussies, Cummins stood out as the difference, as he picked four wickets off 29 runs in nine overs.

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Vijay Shankar

During the chase, the spinners did the job as Australia was chasing a total below par, they began well. More importantly for them, skipper Aaron Finch found some runs off his bat – scoring 37 off 53 balls. Though he and Usman Khawaja scored 83 for the first wicket, the pair of Kuldeep Yadav and Jadhav gave India breakthroughs in their name. Later, Ravindra Jadeja sent back Shaun Marsh to stop the run-rate. Meanwhile, Kuldeep gave India their best wicket of the man in form, Glenn Maxwell – cleaning his wickets on four.

The middle-order duo of Peter Handscomb and Marcus Stoinis began the rescue work. As the overs progressed, they looked to settle before a direct throw of Jadeja caught Peter short of his crease on 48. Carey, who provided some handy contributions from his hand got out to Kuldeep. In a while, Bumrah picked two wickets – leaving the Aussies in some worry.

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Marcus Stoinis, Aussies’ last hope scored a fifty in the game as well. However, Shankar had him plumb in the final over on 52. Eventually, he was the one who handed India a win in the tense clash.

Brief Scores:

India 250 (Kohli 116, Cummins 4-29) beat Australia 242 (Stoinis 53, Handscomb 48, Kuldeep 3-54) by eight runs

Here is the how Twitterati reacted after India’s win:

 

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