India produced an all-round performance to beat Australia♔ by 6 runs in their fi🔜rst warm-up game at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 on Monday.
Brilliant fifties by KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav powered India to 186/7 in 20 overs. While India lost the wickets of captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli inside nine overs, there was a great show of i𝓰ntent by Rahul (57 off 33) and Suryakumar (50 off 33).
For Australia, fast pacer Kane Richardson (4/30) was the pick of the bowlers.
Chasing a competitive total, Aussie skipper Aaron Finch played a sensational knock (76 off 54) and added a 41-run stand with Mitchell March (35 off 18) in 5.4 overs. Howevඣer, India made a comeb💝ack by picking six wickets in the last two overs.
Though Kohli failed with the bat, he was outstanding in the field. The former India captain not only affect💜ed a brilliant one-handed diving runout but also took a screamer i🦹n the final over near the deep long-on boundary.
The important part about the catch was that Kohli maintained his balance after holding on to the ball. Shocked by Kohli’s brilliance, Pat Cummins made a long walk back to the pavilion on 7 (6).
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Cummins’ dismissal was followed by three more wickets as Mohammed Shami ran Ashton Agar out and cleaned up Josh Inglis and Richardson on the last two balls to seal aꦅ match fo༺r India.
