Australian openers Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh played aggressively in the chase of 118 runs. In the second over of the innings, Siraj bowled Travis Head for back-to-back fours. In the third over, Mitchell Marsh hit back-to-back boundaries for Shami. After that again in the 6th over of the innings, Travis Head hit Siraj 4, 4, 4, 4 consecutively. Hardik Pandya was bowled by Mitchell Marsh in the 8th over of the innings. Marsh hit three sixes in that over and completed his half century in just 28 balls. Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel were also not left behind by these openers.
Earlier, the Indian team, who batted first, kept taking consecutive wickets from the start. Rohit Sharma (15), Shubham Gill (0), Suryakumar Yadav (0) and KL Rahul (9) reached the pavilion in the power play after being hit by Mitchell Starc. At the end Akshar Patel (29 not out: 1×4, 2×6 off 29 balls) saved the honor with two sixes. Among the Aussie bowlers, Mitchell Starc took 5 wickets. Also, Sean Abbott took three wickets and Nathan Ellis took two wickets.
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