Rain D(hon)isappoints India and Australia

India (Shar)made two changes to their playing eleven – Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav made way for Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant.

Australia made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Shane Watson, Pat Cummins and Gurinder Sandhu made way for Mitchell Marsh, Josh Hazlewood and Xavier Doherty.

On winning the toss, George Bailey, Australia’s skipper, inserted the Indians.

The match was reduced to a 44-overs-a-side match.

Rain delayed the start of play.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the ninth over. They scored 41, and lost a wicket.

Sixteen balls into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. India’s openers had scored just half-a-dozen at that point. While Ajinkya Rahane had scored a couple, Shikhar Dhawan had scored a run.

Dhawan, who faced 13 balls, eventually scored eight. Thirty-seven balls into the match, he was caught by Aaron Finch. Mitchell Starc broke the 24-run stand.

India had scored 50 off 10.4 overs (64 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point.

Ambati Rayudu, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 23. Forty balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by David Warner. Marsh broke the 38-run stand.

Sixteen overs into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 69 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Rahane eventually scored 28 off 50 balls, which included a couple of boundaries, Kohli, who faced nine balls, scored just three. They were unbeaten.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave Australia no reason to be in seventh heaven. India scored 69 for the loss of two wickets at that point.

James Faulkner, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a couple. Doherty, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 10. Hazlewood, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 25.

Marsh, who bowled three overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Starc, who bowled four overs, conceding 11.

The match ended without a result.