ViKtorious Aussies deny India sweep

India made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah made way for Axar, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav.

Australia made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Glenn Maxwell and Ashton Agar made way for Matthew Wade and Adam Zampa.

On winning the toss, Steven Smith, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 63, without the loss of a wicket.

Australia’s openers put on 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. While Aaron Finch’s contribution to the partnership was 27, the contribution of David Warner, the player of the match, to it was 20.

The second Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored 185, and lost three wickets.

Warner’s half-century – which included eight boundaries and a six – came off 45 balls.

Australia’s openers put on 100 off 15.4 overs (94 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. While Finch’s contribution to the partnership was 42, Warner’s contribution to it was 53.

Seventeen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 104 without the loss of a wicket at that point. While Finch was batting on 42, Warner was batting on 56.

Finch’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 65 balls.

Australia’s openers put on 150 off 25.3 overs (153 balls). India had conceded a dozen extras at that point. While Finch’s contribution to the partnership was 56, Warner’s contribution to it was 87.

Warner’s ton – which included 10 boundaries and three sixes – came off 103 balls.

Australia’s openers put on 200 off 31.2 overs (188 balls). India had conceded 13 extras at that point. While Finch’s contribution to the partnership was 84, Warner’s contribution to it was 103.

Warner, whose 119-ball innings included a dozen boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 124. Thirty-five overs into the match, he was caught by Patel. Kedar Jadhav broke the 231-run partnership.

It was at that point that the second drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 231 for the loss of a wicket at that point. Finch was batting on 94.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Finch, who faced 96 balls, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Five dot balls after Warner’s dismissal, he was caught by Hardik Pandya off the bowling of Umesh.

Smith, who faced five balls, scored three. Eight balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli, India’s skipper. Umesh broke the five-run stand.

The third Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 41^st and the 50^th over. They scored 86, and lost a couple of wickets.

Australia scored 250 off 40.2 overs (242 balls). India had conceded 15 extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 52 balls. While Travis Head’s contribution to the partnership was 18, Peter Handscomb’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Head, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 29. Fifty-eight balls after Smith’s dismissal, he was caught by Ajinka Rahane. Umesh broke the 63-run partnership.

Australia scored 300 off 47 overs (282 balls). India had conceded 21 extras at that point.

Handscomb, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 43. A dozen balls after Head’s dismissal, Umesh broke the 20-run stand.

Marcus Stoinis, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. He was unbeaten, as was Wade, who faced three balls, scoring as many.

India eventually conceded 23 extras. Australia scored 334 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.

Pandya, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Yuzvendra Chahal, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 54.

Patel and Shami bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 66, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 62.

Jadhav, who bowled seven overs, conceded 38. He picked up a wicket.

Umesh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 71. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 65, without the loss of a wicket.

India’s openers put on 50 off 8.2 overs (50 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point. While Rahane’s contribution to the partnership was 28, Rohit Sharma’s contribution to it was 24.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored 175, and lost four wickets.

Rahane’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 58 balls.

India’s openers put on 100 off 17 overs (102 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Sharma’s half-century – which included a boundary and four sixes – came off 42 balls.

The contributions of both Rahane and Sharma to the partnership were 51 apiece.

Eighteen overs into the chase, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 106 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Rahane was batting on 53, Sharma was batting on 52.

A hundred and ten balls into the chase, India – who didn’t add to the aforementioned score – lost their first wicket. Rahane, whose 66-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. He was caught by Finch off the bowling of Kane Richardson.

The second-wicket pair put on 29. Sharma, whose 55-ball innings included a boundary and five sixes, eventually scored 65. Twenty-eight balls later, Smith, Handscomb and Richardson ran him out.

Kohli, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. Eight balls later, Nathan Coulter-Nile broke the 12-run stand.

India scored 150 off 25.1 overs (151 balls). Australia had conceded an extra at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 45 balls. The contributions of both Pandya and Jadhav to the partnership were 24 apiece. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

India scored 200 off 32 overs (192 balls). Australia had conceded three extras at that point.

Thirty-four overs into the chase, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 213 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Pandya was batting on 33, Jadhav was batting on 37.

Pandya, whose 40-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, eventually scored 41. Seventy-seven balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Warner. Zampa broke the 78-run partnership.

The third Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 41^st and the 50^th over. They scored 73, and lost four wickets.

Jadhav’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 54 balls.

India scored 250 off 41.1 overs (247 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point.

In fact, it was at that point that there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 251 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Jadhav was batting on 53, Manish Pandey was batting on 13.

Two hundred and forty-eight balls into the chase, Australia sought a bowling review. Jadhav was the batsman. It was struck down by umpire Chettithody Shamshuddin.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While Jadhav’s contribution to the partnership was 19, Pandey’s contribution to it was 30. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Jadhav, whose 69-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, eventually scored 67. Fifty-three balls after Pandya’s dismissal, he was caught by Finch. Richardson broke the 61-run partnership.

Pandey, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 33. Three balls later, Pat Cummins broke the run-a-ball stand.

India scored 300 off 47.4 overs (286 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Australia no reason to be in seventh heaven. But that was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Mahendra Singh, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. (Dho)Nine balls after Pandey’s dismissal, Richardson broke the 12-run stand.

Patel, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Eight balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Maxwell. Coulter-Nile broke the five-run stand.

Shami, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Umesh, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many.

India, who scored 313 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs, lost by 21 runs.

Finch bowled a wicketless ball, conceding a run.

Stoinis bowled 4.5 wicketless overs, conceding 34.

Head bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 38.

Zampa bowled nine overs, conceding 63. He picked up a wicket, as did Cummins, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 59.

Coulter-Nile bowled 10 overs, conceding 56. He picked up two wickets.

Richardson bowled 10 overs, conceding 58. He picked up three scalps. 

India led the five-match series 3-1.