India Beat Australia in the 1st T 20 match of the Bilateral series played in 2016

India was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International series in Australia in 2016. This series was important as both teams were preparing for the T 20 World Cup to be played later in India in 2016. The 1st T 20 International match was to be played on Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia on 26th Jan, 2016.

Australia won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Indian team and 11 was looking like in this 1st T 20 International match: Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin,Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya

And Australian team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st T 20 International match: Shane Watson, Shaun Tait, Aaron Finch (c), Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Steven Smith, Kane Richardson, Chris Lynn, James Faulkner,Cameron Boyce, Travis Head

India started very well and played aggressively to set total of 188 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 3 wickets and top score by V Kohli who made unbeaten 90 runs in 55 balls with 9 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 164 runs in 100 balls and S Raina who made 41 runs in 34 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 121 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 189 runs in 20 over’s to won this 1st T 20 International match.

Australia batted very well and was on the way to win this game but lost their way in the middle and end over’s and was eventually bowled out for only 151 runs in 19.3 over’s and top scored by Skipper A Finch who made unbeaten 44 runs in 33 balls with 4 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 133 runs in 100 balls and S Smith who made 21 runs in 14 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 150 runs in 100 balls.

India won the match by 37 Runs.

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