Twitter Reactions: India's youthful exuberance overpowers Aussies in Trivandrum to go 2-0 up in the series

India beat Australia by 44 runs in the second T20I on Sunday, November 26 at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. After being put in to bat first, India posted a mammoth score of 235/4 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply Australia were restricted to 191/9 in their allotted 20 overs.

The Aussies got off to a decent start in their chase as Matthew Short (19 off 10) and Steven Smith (19 off 16) added 35 runs for the first wicket off 17 balls. However, Indian bowlers struck back with four quick wickets to leave them on 58/4 after 7.2 overs. An 81-run partnership off 38 balls between Marcus Stoinis (45 off 25) and Tim David (37 off 22) kept Australia in the game.

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Their partnership was brought to an end as Bishnoi dismissed David to pick his third wicket of the match (3/32, 4 overs). Following that, there was no recovery from Australia as captain Matthew Wade was the lone warrior with his unbeaten knock of 42* (23). 

Jaiswal, Gaikwad and Kishan scored half-centuries for India

Earlier in the day, after being put in to bat first, India got off to a great start as openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad added 77 runs for the first wicket off 35 balls. Jaiswal was the aggressor in the partnership as he played a blistering innings of 53 off 25 balls clobbering nine fours and two sixes.

Following his dismissal, Ishan Kishan walked in at number three and registered his second consecutive fifty of the series. The southpaw scored 52 (32) and added 87 runs for the second wicket with Gaikwad. Suryakumar Yadav (19 off 10), Rinku Singh (31* off 9) and Tilak Varma played quick-fire innings to propel India’s total to 235/4 in their allotted 20 overs. Gaikwad also batted till the last over and scored a brilliant half-century 58 off 43. Nathan Ellis was the pick of the bowlers for Australia with figures of 3/45 in four overs.

Meanwhile, X was abuzz with reactions on India's emphatic win. Here are some of the posts: