Australia clinched a thrilling three-wicket win against India in the first T20I at the Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket St♎adium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday night.
The game went down the wire with the visitors requiring 14 runs off the final over. Pat Cummins and Jhye Richardson showed great composure and helped the Aussies take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series by winning the low-scoring encounter.
It is also India’s first T20I loss at home in eight matches.
Jasprit Bumrah’s penultimate over with just two runs and two wickets turned the game on its head and the Men in Blue looked to be headed towards an unlikely win. But Umesh Yadav’s expensive final over undid all that hard work to hand Aussies the win. Where Bumrah went for two runs, Umesh conceded two boundaries in the over to tip things in Australia’s favour.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the match:
Good effort by India to come so close to defending 126. Hopefully , they would have learnt from this experience and will be on the other side of the result ,next time in such a situation . Congratulations to Aus for holding their nerve and winning in thꩲe end.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Full marks to the Indian bowling and fielding unit theyᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ almost defended it! but very well played by Patt Cummins under some seriౠous pressure!👏🏻
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Excellent game ..good to see one for the Bowlers in an age of carnage hitting ﷺ, gave a realistic chance, couldn’t be capitalized on
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
A last minute walk over the line with a win for the Aussies against the Men In Blue!
The game and thrill that comes a𒁏long will always b🌌e loved! 💛🦁— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Bumrah does Bumrah!
Umesh does Umesh!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
That 19th over from Bumrah was out of this world. Tells you why he is the best. 14 was more than imagined in the bank for the last over but wasn't to be for Umesh Yadav. Shows too why 8/9 need to have some batting skills
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Umesh Yadav and last over …. match over … but Aussies should have won easily
— Suresh Menon ☆☆☆☆☆ (@sureshnmenon)
Had No doubt that one bowler who could made India loose from a position of 14 runs required in 1 over and with tailenders on crease would be Umesh Yadav. And he did it. Don't know what to say. 😶☹️
— Sushant Sinha (@SushantBSinha)
Boom boom 💥 what a player ✌🏾🌟
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7)
Dear Team India, wrap Jasprit Bumrah in cotton wool and hide him in some exotic remote part of the world. To be released ONLY a🅷 day before the World Cup.
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK)
Jasprit Bumrah waiting for Umesh yadav.
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna)
In a losing cause in the 1st Paytm T20I, one love story stood out – death overs and Jasprit Bumrah! ❤
One of the world's best bowlers, right, ? 😉
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia)
With 3/16 against Aus♚tralia today, became the second man to take 50 T🐽20I wickets for India! 👏
— ICC (@ICC)
Easy to target Umesh tonight. Please remember that the last white ball game he played was the tied game vs WI last year. He’s played only a handful of Tests (was MOTM in one of them) in between. Bowlers didn’t lose India this game….batsmen did.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
