IND vs AUS, 1st ODI – Full Match Highlights: The Indian team took a 1-0 lead in the series with a 5-wicket win in the first match of the 3-match ODI series against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Chasing the target of 189 runs, the Indian team had lost 3 important wickets on the score of 16 at one stage. After this, Rahul handled the innings from one end and took it towards the target, in which he got good support from Ravindra Jadeja. Where Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs, Jadeja also scored an unbeaten 45 runs.
During this first ODI match, many ups and downs were also seen. Chasing the target of 189 runs, the Indian team lost its first wicket in the form of Ishan Kishan at the score of 5. At the same time, on the score of 16, the team got 2 major setbacks in the form of Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav, who were sent to the pavilion by Mitchell Starc for 2 consecutive balls.
After this, Lokesh Rahul, who came out to bat, along with Shubman Gill, took the score to 39 runs in the first 10 overs. Gill then returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 20 runs. From here Captain Rahul got the support of Captain Hardik Pandya and together they shared a 44-run partnership for the 5th wicket in just 55 balls to bring the team back into the match.
Rahul and Jadeja’s match-winning partnership did not give Australia any chance
Team India had lost its 5 wickets till the score of 83 in this match, after that Ravindra Jadeja, who came to bat on the field, continued to increase the score along with Rahul. Where both sent the bad balls across the boundary line, while taking 1 or 2 runs on the good balls, the Australian team did not give any chance to return in any way.
A match-winning 108-run partnership was seen between the two for the 6th wicket, on the basis of which the Indian team achieved this target at the loss of 5 wickets in 39.5 overs. In Australia’s bowling, Mitchell Starc took 3 while Marcus Stoinis took 2 wickets.
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