IND vs AUS: Shami fifer, all-round batting effort assist India beat Australia by 5 wickets in first ODI

Led by a compelling batting efficiency and a Mohammad Shami (5 for 51) masterclass, India scripted a five-wicket win over Australia within the first ODI on the I.S. Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Friday.

Openers Shubman Gill (74) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (71) compiled contrasting fifties as they laid the platform for a 277-run chase with a 142-run stand for the primary wicket.

Skipper KL Rahul (58 not out) then braved a mini-collapse to take his facet over the road in 48.4 overs, with Suryakumar Yadav (50) for firm. The win additionally propelled India to the highest of the ODI rankings, making it solely the second facet after South Africa (in 2012) to carry the highest spot throughout all codecs.

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Lacking a specialist pacer on the different finish, Australia captain Pat Cummins failed to take care of strain within the first PowerPlay because the openers feasted on a weight loss plan of fours by the off-side. While Gill raced off the blocks, Ruturaj bided his time within the center, watching the previous blight size deliveries along with his gifted timing on a pacy outfield.

The seamers left sufficient room exterior the off-stump because the openers smacked deliveries on the bounce between cover-point and extra-cover for steady fours. Gill delighted the group with a simple swivel-pull six off Marcus Stoinis. He cantered to his ninth fifty-plus rating of the yr in simply 37 deliveries with one other six, dancing down and lofting debutant Matthew Short over long-off.

Gaikwad adopted up with a measured, maiden half-century as India whizzed previous 100 in simply 16 overs. Anything quick pinged off the bat by mid-wicket, though the off-drive remained a staple for the right-handed pair.

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa finally prospered, trapping Gaikwad leg-before. Number three Shreyas Iyer (3) missed out once more as he was run out for the primary time in his profession after trying a non-existent single. Zampa capitalised and castled Gill with a slider that skidded onto the stumps earlier than almost getting Rahul with a caught-and-bowled alternative. Despite its depleted sources, Australia probed arduous and Ishan Kishan ceded floor with a tame caught-behind dismissal.

But Suryakumar nimbly paired up with Rahul to place the scars of his three successive geese towards the identical opposition in March behind him. Shedding his unorthodox strokes for all however two attribute ramp pictures, Suryakumar caught to straight-drives and added weight to his spot within the World Cup squad, serving to India tick one other field within the build-up.

Earlier, after being requested to bat in sultry circumstances, Australia threatened to tee off on a tough deck earlier than Shami doused its plans early. A delicate outswinger from Shami on a straighter line discovered Mitchell Marsh’s exterior edge to first-slip, a ball after the batter slammed him by level for 4 within the opening over.

Not a most well-liked starter in India’s first-choice eleven, Shami was seething in his first spell, the place he beat the blade of David Warner persistently and got here near getting his wicket with an inswinger whizzing previous the off-stump. Shami and Jasprit Bumrah constructed ample strain of their opening spells, however Warner and Steve Smith hung round and targetted Shardul Thakur and R. Ashwin, who donned the ODI blues after 20 months.

Thakur might have had a jittery Warner for 14 in his first over if Iyer had held onto a regulation catch at mid-off. The medium-pacer’s outing worsened as he totalled figures of none for 78 in 10 overs – the worst for an India pacer at dwelling since 2019.

Ashwin’s first spell demonstrated a scarcity of sport time, along with his pronounced round-arm motion and shorter lengths doing little to hassle the batters. Warner discovered his bearings rapidly with six fours and two sixes, reaching his fifty off 49 deliveries, however fell quickly after on 52.

Shami returned with a pivotal second spell to jolt Australia additional as he toppled a well-set Smith’s (45) leg-stump with a pointy nip-backer. In an improved second spell (4-0-11-1) the place he returned to his typical off-breaks, Ashwin had Marnus Labuschagne stumped after the latter missed an tried reverse-sweep and the ball rolled again onto the stumps off the keeper’s pad.

Australia made a comeback on the dying with a 62-run partnership between Stoinis and Josh Inglis main the facet in the direction of 250. However, Shami added three late scalps to his tally inside six deliveries to document the primary five-for by an India seamer at dwelling in 16 years, successfully retaining Australia properly beneath par ultimately.