Twitter Reactions: Chadeja and Natarajan show Aussies 'IPL flavour' in Canberra T20I
Indians bowlers made a brilliant turnaround and pushed Australia in a spot of bother despite their sturdy start.
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After the three-match ODI series between the two superior cricketing nations, the capital-city Canberra witnessed some chaotic action between India and Australia in the format we have seen in plenty of late. Donning a gorgeous, eye-catching indigenous kit, the Australian skipper won the toss and invited the visitors to set a target.
Both the teams had made quite a few changes as India decided to rest Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal, thereby giving the recent sensation T Natarajan his maiden cap. Moreover, India opted for Manish Pandey at No.4 ahead of Shreyas Iyer and raised a few eyebrows by including Sanju Samson in the ranks.
On the other hand, the Aussies, who were without the services of David Warner and Pat Cummins, involved D’Arcy Short, whereas Mitchell Swepson filled in for the injured Ashton Agar.
India’s watchful start
Openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan looked circumspect and committed in the first two overs as Australian bowlers gave no freebies. Despite all the awareness, a peach of a delivery from Mitchell Starc, which swung late from the middle-stump line rattled Dhawan’s off stump and gave the hosts an early break through. At 3, Virat Kohli attempted to shuffle the strike alongside KL Rahul, who looked flowy.
However, almost immediately after the powerplay, Kohli (9) lobbed an edge straight into the hands of Swepson in what turned out to be a disappointing, soft dismissal. Sanju Samson, the new man in, showed some promise with the bat before he squandered his start as he hit a slower ball straight into the hands of extra cover. As KL Rahul, who raced to a mature half-century of just 37 balls, continued to hold one end up, as wickets kept falling around him.
A mini-collapse before Jadeja’s cameo
Manish Pandey had a forgettable outing – he scored 2 from 8 – and top-edged a bouncy leg spinner of Zampa straight to short third man, where Hazlewood grabbed a low catch to reduce India to 90 for 4. India lost 3 wickets in a space of 17 balls as half-centurion KL Rahul (51 from 40), who was trying to break free, failed to get enough power on Moises Henriques’ length delivery and holed it straight to Sean Abbott.
Hardik Pandya did materialize his outing with the bat as he managed only 16 runs and became the third prey of Henriques. Although, India’s talisman Ravindra Jadeja, who took a blow on his helmet and was concussed, used his sword with all his might and his 23-ball 44 powered India to 161.
A rollicking start and muddled middle-overs
Aaron Finch and D’Arcy Short quite ran away with the game as Aussies added 53 in the Powerplay without losing a wicket. Smacking 5 fours and a six in his 35-run knock, Finch was undone by a sensational catch of Hardik Pandya in the deep against Yuzvendra Chahal, who was roped in as Jadeja’s concussion substitute.
Despite the quick start, Australia was pushed to the back foot when two quicks wickets fell – Steve Smith (9 from 12) fell first courtesy of a marvellous catch from Sanju Samson off Chahal, whereas Glenn Maxwell was trapped leg before by T Natarajan – in the 9th and 10th over respectively.
Indians bowlers made a brilliant turnaround and pushed Australia in a spot of bother as the well-set Short (34 from 38) was hunted by T Natarajan, and the concussion-substitute-turned-blessing Chahal got his third wicket in the form of Matthew Wade in the last over of his spell.
The visitors’ grip over the match was further loosened as Moises Henriques, in an attempt to work Deepak Chahar on the leg side got trapped lbw. Needing 27 from the last 6, Shami did the rest as India took a 1-0 lead winning the match by 11 runs.
Here is how the Twitter reacted:
What a debut for @Natarajan_91, Amazing bowling to pick up 3 and hope he keeps bowling those brilliant yorkers ! Another fine spell by @yuzi_chahal. Amazing win for India#AUSvIND #Natarajan
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) December 4, 2020
India at Canberra
ODI – WON ✔️
T20I – WON ✔️Back to Sydney now for the remaining 2 T20Is. pic.twitter.com/CE87beYPNg
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) December 4, 2020
This is the reason why it is important to have match practice and match fitness for the format a team is going to play after a long gap. Difference between ODI & T20 series… India continues its dominance in this format against Australia #INDvAUS
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) December 4, 2020
MoM: Ravindra Chahal 😉 #AusvInd
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 4, 2020
Nattuuuuuu Thatttuuuu 🙌🏻 #INDvsAUS
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) December 4, 2020
Brilliant @yuzi_chahal 👌
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 4, 2020
Strategic dropped catch from Kohli. Short 16 runs off 23 balls after that. #AusvInd #cricket
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) December 4, 2020
Bigger boundaries in aus makes huge difference.. the miss hits don’t go for 6. #mansizeboundaries 😂 #INDVAUS
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) December 4, 2020
Preview of the 'X Factor ' rule change #BBL10 #INDvsAUS
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) December 4, 2020
That’s exactly what will be said Harsha … https://t.co/1FOZr0IQFU
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 4, 2020
Natarajan. Superb. And an excellent review. India’s in it….proper. #Maxwell #AusvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 4, 2020
Jadeja was limping before he got hit on the head ,match referee allows concussion sub , Chahal the SUB is ruling the roost now ,strange course of events …. 😀 #CricitwithBadri #AUSvsIND
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) December 4, 2020
#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/K9z3T9nBp9
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 4, 2020
Uh oh !! #concussionsub . This reminds me when a substitute ( Pratt , I think ) ran ponting out in an ashes test !! #AUSvIND
— Rohan Gavaskar (@rohangava9) December 4, 2020
Flying @IamSanjuSamson, does it again!! In comes Maxi 😱 pic.twitter.com/Vi2gLhtvqW
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) December 4, 2020
The concussion substitute rule will not go down well in the Australian dressingroom… I guess! #AUSvIND
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) December 4, 2020
Spin is an art and @yuzi_chahal is an artist… #AUSvsIND
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 4, 2020
India's 9th consecutive win in T20Is (their biggest winning streak ever) still some of their fans were calling for heads after the first inns. Subcontinent emotions always supersede the recent memory. #AusvInd
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) December 4, 2020
🇮🇳IND 1-0 up in the series, Well done Sir Jadeja , first scoring those crucial runs n then getting Chatur Chahal on the park 🤐!! Natrajan was special too !! #indvsausT20
— Mithun Manhas (@MithunManhas) December 4, 2020
Two wickets on ODI debut (including one in the first powerplay where India struggled) and three wickets on T20I debut, including a yorker to Starc that would have made Starc proud.
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 https://t.co/v3h8pAdliK
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) December 4, 2020
Clinical win👏🔥👏 #AUSvsIND
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) December 4, 2020
Natrajan, yuzi , Washington – simply superb !! 😍
— Rohan Gavaskar (@rohangava9) December 4, 2020
Australia 56-0 from the first 7.3, then 94-7 from the last 12.3. India win the first T20 by 11 runs.
— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) December 4, 2020
India have not lost a single match out of the last 20 T20is in which Manish Pandey played.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 4, 2020
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