The match between India and Australia was much anticipated by the Indian fans and the Australians alike.India wanted to give back for the thrashing they received earlier this year.The match was scheduled at 19:30 IST in Premadasa Ground,Colombo.The conditions were mildly humid with forecast of thunderstorm.India won the toss and elected to bat on a pitch that was a tad slow.The exclusion of Virender Sehwag was a surprise move by Dhoni.
Like the match versus England,Dhoni opened the batting with Irfan and Gambhir.Aussie captain George Bailey opened the bowling with the off-spinner Glenn Maxwell.Gambhir started off hitting a couple of good looking drives and India were looking comfortable at the end of the second over.But Gambhir soon departed when he got mixed up in a run out.Kohli walked in and managed to hit a couple of boundaries before he fell to an excellent catch at mid on by Daniel Christian.Irfan Pathan in the other end was hopping through and was not getting the ball in the middle of the bat,though he kept the audience entertained with a couple of well struck boundaries.The comeback man Yuvraj walked in next only to hole to square leg for 8.India were looking down the barrel and more misery followed when Irfan got out in the very same over and Rohit got bowled a ball later.India were deep in trouble by that time losing all of their top order batsmen and it was left to Dhoni and Raina to steer India to a decent total.But Dhoni was quite ordinary making 15 off 21.He departed soon and Ashwin came in to join Raina.They both hit some fine shots,with Ashwin pulling off a couple of audacious boundaries. Raina got out in the ultimate over for a well made 26.India finished their 20 overs with 140-7.
Things weren't looking up for the Men in Blue at the end of the first half.140 was only a par score by t20 standards and India were looking down the barrel.Watson and Warner opened the innings for Australia and Ashwin had the ball to bowl the first over.The double W's started going after the bowling right from word go.They struck some wonderful boundaries and gave a blazing start to the team.Shane Watson carried on his form from the last match and struck some wonderful shots.He launched all the bowlers for some huge hits.David Warner on the other hand was equally devastating bringing up his 50 in quick time.Watson and Warner put a massive 133 run partnership in just 13.3 overs.India finally got a wicket when Shane Watson was caught in the covers for a splendid 72 from 42.Maxwell came in and he along with Warner finished the game without any further hiccups and that too under 15 overs.
Indian bowling came cropper once again ,with every bowler being thrashed all around the park.The spinners who were supposed to have the upper hand made a meek surrender against the might of the double W's.India can't win a match with this kind of performance and Dhoni needs to polish his captaincy skills if India has to qualify to the semis from here on.
India (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, George Bailey(c), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Matthew Wade(w), Brad Hogg, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc
Like the match versus England,Dhoni opened the batting with Irfan and Gambhir.Aussie captain George Bailey opened the bowling with the off-spinner Glenn Maxwell.Gambhir started off hitting a couple of good looking drives and India were looking comfortable at the end of the second over.But Gambhir soon departed when he got mixed up in a run out.Kohli walked in and managed to hit a couple of boundaries before he fell to an excellent catch at mid on by Daniel Christian.Irfan Pathan in the other end was hopping through and was not getting the ball in the middle of the bat,though he kept the audience entertained with a couple of well struck boundaries.The comeback man Yuvraj walked in next only to hole to square leg for 8.India were looking down the barrel and more misery followed when Irfan got out in the very same over and Rohit got bowled a ball later.India were deep in trouble by that time losing all of their top order batsmen and it was left to Dhoni and Raina to steer India to a decent total.But Dhoni was quite ordinary making 15 off 21.He departed soon and Ashwin came in to join Raina.They both hit some fine shots,with Ashwin pulling off a couple of audacious boundaries. Raina got out in the ultimate over for a well made 26.India finished their 20 overs with 140-7.
Things weren't looking up for the Men in Blue at the end of the first half.140 was only a par score by t20 standards and India were looking down the barrel.Watson and Warner opened the innings for Australia and Ashwin had the ball to bowl the first over.The double W's started going after the bowling right from word go.They struck some wonderful boundaries and gave a blazing start to the team.Shane Watson carried on his form from the last match and struck some wonderful shots.He launched all the bowlers for some huge hits.David Warner on the other hand was equally devastating bringing up his 50 in quick time.Watson and Warner put a massive 133 run partnership in just 13.3 overs.India finally got a wicket when Shane Watson was caught in the covers for a splendid 72 from 42.Maxwell came in and he along with Warner finished the game without any further hiccups and that too under 15 overs.
Indian bowling came cropper once again ,with every bowler being thrashed all around the park.The spinners who were supposed to have the upper hand made a meek surrender against the might of the double W's.India can't win a match with this kind of performance and Dhoni needs to polish his captaincy skills if India has to qualify to the semis from here on.
India (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, George Bailey(c), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Matthew Wade(w), Brad Hogg, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc
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