Australia Outplays India In The First ODI
Holding an extreme view and carting the ball out of the park is what interests him most. He is a hard hitter at all times. Fasten your seatbelts and read.
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First publised on 2020-11-28 12:04:06
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Holding an extreme view and carting the ball out of the park is what interests him most. He is a hard hitter at all times. Fasten your seatbelts and read.
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Australia were all over India in the first ODI of the current series in Sydney. They came out guns blazing when batting and did not allow the Indian batsmen the liberty of playing their shots on a good batting pitch during the chase. In short, they showed that the Indian team was no match for this power-packed Aussie lineup.
The Indian had a terrible day in office. Nothing clicked for them from the beginning. The bowlers were off key and leaked too many runs. They bowled the wrong line, the wrong length and did not learn even when most Australian batsmen were carting them all around the park. The fielding was sloppy, to use a mild term. The batsmen, barring Dhawan and Pandya, also did not show the resolve necessary to chase such a huge score.
Earlier, the Australian batsmen made merry as the Indian bowlers did not have a clue where to bowl. Fours and sixes abounded as Aaron Finch and Steve Smith scored centuries while David Warner and Glen Maxwell played power-packed innings that took them to 374. Chasing such a huge score demanded a game plan but the Indians simply wilted under pressure. For a time when Dhawan and Pandya were batting, things looked positive but Adam Zampa came back to break the partnership and took the game away from India. But the way Agarwal, Kohli and Jadeja got out after having a look-in was criminal.
It is a mystery why Zampa succeeds against players who are supposed to be the best players of spin in the world while Chahal fails against those who are suspect against spin. Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah too gave away too many runs at the start to allow the Australian openers to build a strong foundation for the later onslaught by Smith and Maxwell.
India desperately needs a sixth bowler in times like this. Hence the team management will have to change the lineup. All in all, it was a day in office that the Indian team is unlikely to forget in a hurry. They have to lift themselves up as this is going to be a long and tough tour.
