Logo

Logo

Australia beat India by 4 runs via D/L method in 1st T20

Australia defeated India by four runs via D/L method.

Australia beat India by 4 runs via D/L method in 1st T20

Australian cricket team. (Photo: Twitter/@ICC)

Australia defeated India by four runs via D/L method in the rain-hit first Twenty20 International of the three-match series at the Gabba here Wednesday.

 

Sent into bat, Australia made 158/4 in 17 overs after rain cut the game short to 17-overs-a-side affair.

Chasing 174 runs for a win after D/L method came into action, India fell short by five runs, managing 169 for seven.

 

Brief scores:

Australia in 158/4 in 17 overs (Maxwell 46, Lynn 37; Kuldeep 2/24).

India: 169/7 in 17 overs chasing 174 via D/L method (Shikhar Dhawan 76; Adam Zampa 2/22).

Fall of Wickets: 

Australia: 24-1 (D Arcy Short, 4.1), 64-2 (Aaron Finch, 8.3), 75-3 (Chris Lynn, 10.1), 153-4 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.2)

India: 35-1 (Rohit Sharma, 4.1), 81-2 (Lokesh Rahul, 8.2), 94-3 (Virat Kohli, 10.5), 105-4 (Shikhar Dhawan, 11.4), 156-5 (Rishabh Pant, 15.3), 163-6 (Krunal Pandya, 16.3), 163-7 (Dinesh Karthik, 16.4)

Advertisement