{"id":110566,"date":"2023-03-18T04:51:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T04:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=110566"},"modified":"2023-03-18T04:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T04:52:41","slug":"india-beat-australia-in-hard-fought-50-over-odi-match-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/india-beat-australia-in-hard-fought-50-over-odi-match-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"India beat Australia in Hard-Fought 50-over ODI Match – By Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

India beat Australia in Hard-Fought 50-over ODI Match – By Michael Roberts<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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India<\/b>\u00a0191 for 5 in 39.5 overs (Rahul 75*, Jadeja 45*, Starc 3-49) beat\u00a0Australia<\/b>\u00a0188 (Marsh 81, Shami 3-17, Siraj 3-29) by five wickets<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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KL Rahul<\/a>\u00a0might have had trouble in Test cricket of late, but he once again proved his worth as an ace No. 5 batter in ODIs with a high-quality half-century in tough batting conditions to give India the series lead in Mumbai.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chasing 189 on a seamer-friendly surface at the Wankhede Stadium, India were reduced to 16 for 3 and then 39 for 4 during a near-unplayable spell of fast, swing bowling from\u00a0Mitchell Starc<\/a>. It soon became 83 for 5, before Rahul and\u00a0Ravindra Jadeja<\/a>\u00a0soaked up the pressure during their unbroken stand of 108 to finish the chase in the 40th over. Rahul was unbeaten on 75 off 91, and Jadeja 45 off 69, as India extended their winning streak in ODIs to eight games and ended Australia\u2019s run on six matches.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Before the Australian quicks tested the Indian batters,\u00a0Mohammed Shami<\/a>\u00a0had triggered a startling collapse. He took three wickets in 14 deliveries and conceded no runs during a three-over spell with a slightly old ball. Despite Mitchell Marsh smashing 81 off 65 balls at the top of the order, Australia crashed from 129 for 2 in the 20th over to 188 all out in the 36th.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In the afternoon Hardik Pandya, standing in as captain for Rohit Sharma who had family commitments, had asked Australia to bat in the Mumbai heat. Despite missing David Warner (elbow injury) and Alex Carey (unwell), the visitors had a long batting line-up with Marcus Stoinis at No. 8, followed by Sean Abbott and Starc.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mohammed Siraj landed the first punch in the second over of the innings. After getting beaten on outside edge twice and cramped for room as well, Travis Head gave Siraj the charge and played on to his stumps.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Both Shami and Siraj found movement in the air and off the pitch but struggled with their lines, straying on to the pads and also down leg side. Rahul, who kept wicket even though Ishan Kishan was in the XI, was impressive behind the stumps, diving full length to his left for one-handed takes on a couple of occasions.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mitchell Starc dismissed Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav off successive balls\u2022BCCI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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While Marsh and Steven Smith did not middle every ball and were beaten a few times, they found the boundary with high frequency. In the first ten overs, there were ten fours and a six. Hardik cut short Smith\u2019s innings on 22; a leaping Rahul catching an attempted cut with both hands.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Marsh looked imperious. Returning from ankle surgery and playing this series as a specialist batter, he reached 50 off 51 balls and then decided to go even harder. He had brought up the milestone with a four off Kuldeep Yadav and celebrated it with another boundary next ball. He then deposited Jadeja beyond long-on before dishing out more punishment to Kuldeep, hitting him for a four and six off successive balls.<\/span><\/div>\n
Marsh hit Jadeja for another boundary before miscuing the next one to short third. Three overs later, Jadeja held on to an excellent catch, diving to his right from a squarish short third to dismiss Labuschagne.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Those two wickets reduced the run flow but it was Shami who changed the complexion of the game. Having bowled just three overs with the new ball, he returned in the 28th over and still got the ball to move around. And he swung the game in India\u2019s favour by bowling a Test-match line and length.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The third delivery of Shami\u2019s spell disappeared for a six over midwicket, but he beat Josh Inglis next ball. India even wasted a review, thinking Inglis was caught behind. Shami eventually got his man in that over, when Inglis chased a wide ball with minimal footwork and chopped onto his stumps.<\/span><\/div>\n
Shami\u2019s next two overs were wicket maidens. Cameron Green was the next to fall; Shami pinging the top of off stump with a ball that moved away just enough to beat the outside edge of the forward defence.<\/span><\/div>\n
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He could have had Stonis immediately too, but Shubman Gill spilled a chance at first slip. He had earlier dropped Green as well off Kuldeep \u2013 a much tougher chance, low to the right at first slip. Gill, however, made amends by plucking one to his left in Shami\u2019s next over to get rid of Stoinis.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Soon after, Jadeja had Glenn Maxwell caught at short midwicket and Siraj picked up two wickets without conceding a run off his last ten balls to wrap up Australia\u2019s innings.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mohammed Shami sent Cameron Green\u2019s stump for a walk\u2022BCCI <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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If anyone thought India\u2019s chase of 189 would be easy, they were in for a shock. Stoinis struck the first blow in the second over, trapping Ishan Kishan lbw to prolong his run of poor scores. From the other end, Starc showed just why he is such a force in the ODI format, swinging the ball in both directions at searing pace to rip out three wickets. Virat Kohli played around an inswinger and was lbw. Suryakumar Yadav was beaten by pace and trapped in front as well.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Gill seemed to be living a charmed life. He was dropped on 2 by Josh Inglis off Starc, and a couple of outside edges went past second slip. Gill kept playing on-the-up shots, and one of those off Starc was caught by Labuschagne at backward point.<\/span><\/div>\n
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