IND vs AUS 2nd T20: Batting fireworks energy India to 2-0 lead over Australia

Half-centuries from the Indian top-order led by Yashasvi Jaiswal (53, 25b, 9×4, 2×6), adopted by a superb spell from the spinners, helped the Men in Blue beat Australia by 44 runs within the second T20I match and take a 2-0 lead on the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.

Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad (58), and Ishan Kishan (52) laid the platform earlier than Rinku Singh’s sensational unbeaten 31 off 9 balls powered India to 235 for 4 after being requested to bat first.

Despite heavy dew, leggie Ravi Bishnoi (3 for 32) and left-arm spinner Axar Patel (1 for 25) utilized the squeeze, taking three wickets within the PowerPlay.

SCORECARD

Bishnoi accounted for Matthew Short and Josh Inglis in his first two overs, whereas Axar obtained the higher of Glenn Maxwell, decreasing the Aussies to 53 for 3 by the sixth over.

Marcus Stonis (45) and Tim David (37) gave India a scare by going after pacers Arshdeep Singh and Mukesh Kumar throughout their 81-run partnership off 38 balls for the fifth wicket. 

Stoinis began by hitting Bishnoi for 2 sixes down the bottom after which smashed Arshdeep everywhere in the park, whereas David plundered 18 off Mukesh. But Bishnoi returned strongly to take away David, caught within the deep. In the following over, Mukesh had Stoinis caught at long-on to successfully seal the sport for the house crew.

HIGHLIGHTS

Earlier, Jaiswal unleashed his willow like a sword, slicing the pacers with precision via the off-side, going after Sean Abbott. The bowler was responsible of bowling brief, and the left-hander reduce the primary three deliveries for boundaries via the off-side after which pulled the following two over the leg-side for sixes to pocket 24 runs within the fourth over.

Jaiswal meted out comparable remedy to Nathan Ellis, hitting a hat-trick of boundaries within the sixth over to achieve his half-century off simply 24 balls as India obtained 77 within the PowerPlay.

Australia pulled issues again within the middle-phase, sending in a couple of quiet overs as Gaikwad (58, 43b, 3×4, 2×6) and Ishan Kishan (52, 32b, 3×4, 4×6) struggled with timing in opposition to Tanveer Sangha and Adam Zampa, scoring just one boundary within the 5 overs after the PowerPlay.

Kishan lastly reduce free in opposition to Maxwell, lofting the off-spinner down the bottom for a six, adopted by a boundary. The 25-year-old then swept Sangha for 2 sixes over the leg-side, as he did within the first match, to achieve his second half-century of the sequence in fashion. 

Rinku continued to burnish his fame as a finisher when he went after Abbott. He hit the pacer for twenty-four runs within the nineteenth over with three boundaries and two sixes to take the host previous 200, which proved greater than sufficient.