India vs Australia 1st T20 Highlights: Wade, Green help Australia beat India by 4 wickets
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 20, 2022, 23:18:40 IST
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India vs Australia 1st T20 Highlights: Wade, Green help Australia beat India by 4 wickets

Australia produced a fine batting show to beat hosts India by four wickets in the first T20I on Tuesday. Invited to bat, Hardik Pandya (71 not out) and KL Rahul (55) scored scintillating half-centuries to help India post 208 for six. In reply, opener Cameron Green put India on the back foot with his 30-ball 61 before Matthew Wade (45 not out off 21) took the visitors over the line with four balls to spare. With the win, Australia took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
19:04 (IST) Sep 20
India 4/0 after 1 over
Tidy start from pacer Josh Hazlewood. Just 4 runs off it.
19:04 (IST) Sep 20
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Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, A tidy start from Josh Hazlewood! He delivers this on middle. Rahul knocks it straight to mid on.

19:03 (IST) Sep 20
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Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, TWO RUNS! A length ball on middle. Rahul flicks it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs. 

19:02 (IST) Sep 20
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Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, A late movement again! This is on a length and outside off, jags away. Rahul looks to push it away but he fails to connect.

19:02 (IST) Sep 20
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Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, A QUICK SINGLE! Rohit is off the mark. Sharma comes down the track and Josh serves a fuller ball, around off. Sharma works it to mid-wicket and runs across for a single. 

19:01 (IST) Sep 20
Poll
What will be the ideal Powerplay score tonight?
19:01 (IST) Sep 20
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Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On a length and around off, at 137.2 kph, it nips away slightly. Sharma is slightly squared up as he looks to flick but gets a soft leading edge to covers.

19:00 (IST) Sep 20
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Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, India are off the mark! Hazlewood starts with a fuller ball on the pads. Rahul flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

19:00 (IST) Sep 20
Here we go...Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul to start the India innings. Josh Hazlewood with the ball for Australia.
19:00 (IST) Sep 20

Done with all the pre-match formalities. The Aussie players are out in the middle. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are the openers for India. Josh Hazlewood to start with the ball. A slip in place. Let's go...

18:55 (IST) Sep 20

It's time for action, folks! The players from both teams walk out for their respective national anthems. It is Australia's national anthem first and then followed by India's national anthem.

18:52 (IST) Sep 20
Pitch Report
"It is a good batting surface. Expect a lot of runs. Expect India to reach 180-190, and that could be chased down as well with the dew coming down. Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell are my picks for this game. Spin would have a very small impact here." - Aakash Chopra
18:47 (IST) Sep 20

Rohit Sharma, the skipper of India says every game is an opportunity to correct themselves from the past. Adds they will try and play the same way they have been doing in the last few months. Shares after what happened in the Asia Cup, they have a chance to reflect on what went wrong. Reckons that they try and pick the strongest team every time. Informs Harshal Patel is back. Adds Jasprit Bumrah is not fit enough but probably will come back in the next game. Shares Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal will be his spinners and Rishabh Pant misses out.

18:39 (IST) Sep 20
Australia Playing XI: Aaron Finch (c), Cameron Green, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (w), Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
18:38 (IST) Sep 20
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (w), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
18:36 (IST) Sep 20

Aaron Finch, the captain of Australia says that they will bowl first. Adds that it is about building up to the World Cup and get some more information about the boys. Mentions that any time they play India it is a fiesty contest. Tells that they will bowl first as the dew might come in the second innings. Shares the pitch is hard and flat. Informs that they have a late change. Nathan Ellis comes in for Kane Richardson. Tim David is making his debut and Cameron Green will open the batting alongside the skipper.

18:35 (IST) Sep 20

It is an opportunity to test ourselves. Every game is a big game to learn. We got to learn so much in the last six-eight months on how to win games. This series will be no different for us to express ourselves. Looking at what happened in the Asia Cup, we had a chance to reflect on where we went wrong. This gives us an opportunity to correct ourselves as a group. Nothing changes in terms of our approach. Unfortunately there are some injuries in the squad. Bumrah is not playing, he will take a game's break and probably come back in the second and the third game. We have Axar and Chahal. Pant misses out.

India skipper Rohit Sharma

18:34 (IST) Sep 20

India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal.

18:34 (IST) Sep 20

Australia (Playing XI) - Aaron Finch (C), Cameron Green, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Tim David (ON HIS DEBUT), Matthew Wade (WK), Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

18:34 (IST) Sep 20

We're going to have a bowl first. It is about building up to the World Cup, and about getting some information about our boys. Really excited. You expect to be tested, hopefully some dew comes out. The pitch looks hard and flat. We have one change from our earlier XI.

Australia captain Aaron Finch