The young Indian all-rounder, Vijay Shankar is on the verge of becoming an overnight sensation as he pulled off a brilliant all-round display during the second ODI of the five-match series against Australia at the VCA stadium in Nagpur as India registered an eight-run win in the final over.
Earlier on the game, the Australian skipper, Aaron Finch decided to bowl first after winning the toss. While, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli decided not to make any changes in the squad, the visitors have made a couple of changes to their playing XI as Nathan Lyon and Shaun Marsh have come in place of Jason Behrendorff and Ashton Turner.
On the other hand, the Nagpur pitch is looking good for the spinners. In fact, Indian skipper Virat Kohli was looking to bat first only and had no regrets of losing the toss. India currently leads the ongoing five-match series as they had won the first match by six wickets.
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In the first innings, India got bundled out for 250 with the help of a fine century from Kohli. Chasing the target of 251, the Aussies were needed 11 runs in the final over with two wickets in hand and all the main Indian bowlers had already completed their overs and Kohli had to decide between Shankar and Kedar Jadhav and he chooses the former, who delivered when required.
Shankar started with a brilliant delivery as he got the wicket of the Marcus Stoinis (52) on the very first ball. The latter decided to review the LBW dismissal the umpire’s call on leg stump meant the end of the game for Stoinis as the on-field umpire had given it out the equation came down to 11 off 5 balls with Adam Zampa the new batsman on strike. On the second ball of the over, Vijay bowled length ball on off stump and the batsman made room to jab into the point region for a couple.
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The third ball of the over decided the game for Indi as Shankar bowled right in the blockhole which was full, straight, aiming at middle stump, and Zampa made room to try and carve it away through point but failed to connect and India sealed the game. Shankar also played a crucial knock of 46 runs off 41 deliveries in the first innings.
Here is the video of the final over:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1103272653710942209
