India sorely missed the services of injured all-rounder Hardik Pandya, as Shivam Dube endured a rough outing with the ball, taken to the cleaners by both David and Stoinis. The sixth bowling option, Washington Sundar, was sparingly used, while Abhishek Sharma bowled one over and conceded 13 runs — a move dictated by the absence of left-handers at the crease at that stage.
After Arshdeep’s twin strikes in the powerplay, Chakaravarthy applied the brakes on the scoring rate by dismissing Mitchell Marsh and Mitchell Owen in successive deliveries. The ball to Owen, which flicked through the fingers after pitching, was a peach that turned sharply to rattle the batter.
Arshdeep and Bumrah bowled tidy overs at the death, preventing Australia from crossing the 200-run mark, but David and Stoinis’ partnership had already done enough damage to put the hosts in a commanding position.
Teams:
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matt Short, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, Matt Kuhnemann.
India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.
