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.
Australia win by four runs by the DLS method!
An excellent last over from Marcus Stoinis gets Australia over the line. He dismissed the dangermen Krunal Pandya and Dinesh Karthik. #AUSvIND FOLLOW 👇https://t.co/TpS5WMZxTP pic.twitter.com/vjP3MJfaKY
— ICC (@ICC) November 21, 2018
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.
1-0 to the Aussies after the thriller at the Gabba!
Next up it’s the @MCG on Friday night #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/I8uyescqU9
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 21, 2018
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)