Rain D(hon)isappoints India and Australia

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant (Shar)made way for Mohammed Shami and Jaydev Unadkat.

Australia made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

The first Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 40, and lost three wickets.

Aaron Finch, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored just five. Eleven balls in the match, Shami broke the five-run stand.

Phillip Hughes, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught behind off the bowling of Shami, who broke the (Dho)nineteen-run stand.

Forty-six balls into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. Australia had scored 28 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Shane Watson was unbea‘ten’, George Bailey, Australia’s skipper, hadn’t opened his account.

Watson, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Fourteen balls after Hughes’ dismissal, Shami broke the eight-run stand.

Australia scored 50 off 10.5 overs (65 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Adam Voges, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 39 balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 76 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Bailey was batting on 30, Glenn Maxwell was batting on three.

Australia scored 100 off 21 overs (126 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Bailey’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes – came off 57 balls.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 62 balls. While Bailey’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Maxwell’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Australia scored 150 off 28 overs (168 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Maxwell’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 45 balls.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 100 off 103 balls. While Bailey’s contribution to the partnership was 40, Maxwell’s contribution to it was 60. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Australia scored 200 off 34.2 overs (206 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The second Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the batting Powerplay – was between the 36^th and the 40^th over. They scored 37, and lost three wickets.

Thirty-six overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 211 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Bailey was batting on 96, Maxwell was batting on 70.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 150 off 132 balls. While Bailey’s contribution to the partnership was 69, Maxwell’s contribution to it was 80. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Bailey, whose 94-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 98. A hundred and thirty-six balls later, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Vinay Kumar borke the 153-run partnership.

Brad Haddin, who faced four balls, scored three. Eight balls later, Ravindra Jadeja broke the run-a-ball stand.

Maxwell, whose 77-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 92. Nine balls later, Vinay broke the six-run stand.

Australia scored 250 off 45 overs (270 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point.

James Faulkner, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Mitchell Johnson, whose 31-ball innings including a boundary and a six, scored 25. Fifty-three balls after Maxwell’s dismissal, he was stumped by Dhoni. Ashwin broke the 45-run stand.

Clint McKay, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded 10 extras. Australia scored 295 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs.

Yuvraj Singh bowled a wicketless over, conceding 12.

Unadkat bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 31.

Suresh Raina bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 38.

Jadeja bowled 10 overs, conceding 56. He picked up a wicket.

Kumar bowled eight overs, conceding 52. He picked up a couple of wickets, as was Ashwin, who bowled nine overs, conceding 57.

Shami bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42, picking up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over.

Rohit, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was unbeaten, as was Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 14. His 12-ball innings included three boundaries.

Australia conceded four overs. India had scored 27 without the loss of a wicket off 4.1 overs. At that point, the match was interrupted due to rain.

Johnson bowled 13 balls, conceding 10. He was wicketless, as was McKay, who bowled a couple of overs, conceding 13.

The match ended without a result.

Australia led the seven-match series 2-1.