Australia 374/6 (50) defeat India 308/8 (50) by 66 runs to win first ODI

[MenInG]

Can India chase this mammoth target down?

 

[Mesozoic]

I'm sure now the wicket will turn into a Basin reserve green mamba when Starc and Hazelwood start off.

 

[Ab Fan]

Scoreboard pressure will come into play, that's it nothing else.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Nice touch with Smith's photo in the first post! India will lose this surely. If they get even 350 against Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins - well done to them.

 

[Mesozoic]

Scoreboard pressure will come into play, that's it nothing else.

We should play for the NRR.

 

[Mesozoic]

All that IPL glitz and stardom and all those blazing innings for two whole months.....that was absolutely nothing.


This....this innings right here. Against Starc Cummins Hazelwood under lights at the SCG chasing 375 for your country. This is where you make your name.

Hope Mayank, KL, Iyer and Pandya have this in their minds..

 

[MenInG]

Highest ODI totals vs India

438/4 by SA, Mumbai WS, 2015
411/8 by SL, Rajkot 2009
374/6 by Aus, Sydney 2020
366/8 by Eng, Cuttack 2017

 

[Rajdeep]

Kohli avg only 9 in SCG on 6 matches

 

[sindhiboy]

Starc is not a new ball bowler. Don't m know why every thinks he is

 

[KoyoAli]

lmao Starc. Haze and Cummins should open the bowling. Starc might as well be Wahab Riaz when he bowls with the new ball.

 

[Mesozoic]

Horrendous first over from Starc.

 

[Babu Bhaiya]

I think this is the first match after COVID situation has emerged, crowd has been allowed inside the stadium.

Till now all the matches(tests, LOIs, Franchise) has been played with empty stands everywhere.


How is the COVID situation in Australia?

 

[Amjid Javed]

India 20/0 after 1 over.

They should chase this total down inside 20 overs at this rate

 

[D/DAhmed]

Starc giving Saini a run for his money

 

[Babu Bhaiya]

I think this is the first match after COVID situation has emerged, crowd has been allowed inside the stadium.

Till now all the matches(tests, LOIs, Franchise) has been played with empty stands everywhere.


How is the COVID situation in Australia?

Talking about COVID, Just tested positive this morning. Lets hope i recover soon.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Poor Over from India only 12 runs from it

32/0

 

[Amjid Javed]

More runs of starc, shambolic stuff from Australia.

 

[Amjid Javed]

SL scored 100 runs in 1st 8 overs in ODI vs England and 133 after 10 overs in 2006.

Some targets there for India

 

[sindhiboy]

Starc is hot or cold. He is either lethal or bowls trash. Definition of inconsistent

 

[Amjid Javed]

Starc is hot or cold. He is either lethal or bowls trash. Definition of inconsistent

Trash is good here and is will make for a good run chase then.

 

[sindhiboy]

Wow, starc and hazlewood are being thrashed

 

[MenInG]

Brilliant start India.

AUS 374/6 (50)
IND 46/0 (4) CRR: 11.5 REQ: 7.15
India need 329 runs

 

[Amjid Javed]

Wow what a shot by Agarwal.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Brilliant start India.

AUS 374/6 (50)
IND 46/0 (4) CRR: 11.5 REQ: 7.15
India need 329 runs

Who do you fancy here? India or Australia?

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Australia is bowling trash atm, expected better from Starc and Hazlewood.

 

[Amjid Javed]

50 up already after just 4.1 overs.

 

[D/DAhmed]

Have to say, high quality of Indian batting always makes up for the awful bowling attack. Hats off to India for consistently producing such wonderful batsmen. Agarwal would already have reached legend opening bat status in Pakistan lol

 

[imshally81]

Another wide

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Horrendous captaincy. Not very aggressive and giving Starc the new ball. Letting the batsmen settle. I’m actually backing India, to be honest.

 

[JibranAnsari]

good stuff by indian openers ,making a mockery of australian attack.

now imagine what would imam and fakhar be doing.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Out. But Mayank was going for the kill its ok

 

[imshally81]

Agarwal The Bradman gone...

 

[Rana]

Wicket down but India all set to chase this.

What a horrendous first over by Starc!

 

[imshally81]

good stuff by indian openers ,making a mockery of australian attack.

now imagine what would imam and fakhar be doing.

Fakhar would be ok... But imam

 

[Amjid Javed]

Agrawal did his job getting India off to a flyer.

Kohli daddy 100 needed by india today

 

[Ab Fan]

Target is just too much for us. It will be a miracle if we even get close to it.

 

[imshally81]

Agrawal did his job getting India off to a flyer.

Kohli daddy 100 needed by india today

Seriously... This is high scoring match... 22 is nothing...
Thanks to starc for Jet start..

 

[Rana]

Aaya Aaya Cummins aaya

 

[Mesozoic]

Kohli eats way too many balls upfront irrespective of the situation.

 

[imshally81]

Kholi dropped...

 

[choudhary6964]

I won't mind virat scoring a hundred here.He should overtake most centuries record from that little man.

 

[Rana]

Omg Kohli dropped

 

[imshally81]

Kohli eats way too many balls upfront irrespective of the situation.

That's why Zampa dropped him...

 

[Ab Fan]

Collapse will happen and we will be bowled under 150 I am afraid.

 

[Mesozoic]

Dropped.

Now let's see if Kohli can make it count like Smith did.

 

[Rana]

That would have surely been the game if Zampa caught it. What a huge let off!

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Expensive drop by Zampa. He might as well have dropped the match.

 

[imshally81]

I like indian kit... 1992 Memories...

 

[Rajdeep]

This is such an un Indian kinda batting and I am so not able to relate with this team. Normally our approach is dont lose wickets at the top, play calculative cricket and take it till the death. Now struggling to understand the shot played by Mayank and now Kohli. Everyone is looking in a rush and that calming influence is gone.

Why?

 

[Amjid Javed]

How costly will that kohli drop be

 

[Indiafan]

This is such an un Indian kinda batting and I am so not able to relate with this team. Normally our approach is dont lose wickets at the top, play calculative cricket and take it till the death. Now struggling to understand the shot played by Mayank and now Kohli. Everyone is looking in a rush and that calming influence is gone.

Why?

Because target is 375, not 275

 

[Amjid Javed]

India 67/1 after 8 overs.

 

[Rana]

Kohli absolutely killing Cummins now

 

[Rajdeep]

Because target is 375, not 275

So what? How do you justify that shot by an opener, especially with that kind of start.

 

[Rana]

Too easy at the moment.

 

[Indiafan]

So what? How do you justify that shot by an opener, especially with that kind of start.

Why not? You need to keep going. Thats how engalnd won the world cup, not by one batsmen slowing down. They just keep going

 

[imshally81]

Kholi gone...

 

[Rana]

Kohli gone!!

 

[Joseph Gomes]

There is absolutely no way to be calm in a 375 chase. You either fire from the beginning or may as well concede the match.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Kohli struggles too much to accelerate early on. Should play like Babar Azam.

 

[imshally81]

Seriously.... Without Rohit Sharma... This target is almost impossible for india..

 

[imshally81]

Shreyas Iyer also gone..

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Shreyas gone too

 

[Mobashir]

Kohli playing like it is a T10 and that gives a 21-ball 21 with one drop.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Kohli struggles too much to accelerate early on. Should play like Babar Azam.

Tbf the target is 375, it's only been chased a handful amount of times in ODI history. Indian bowlers already made the chase nigh impossible.

 

[choudhary6964]

LOL Shreyas.This is fun.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Lol at those who thought Rohit's absence is a blessing in disguise. Bunch of pyjama fans.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Loving every bit of this match....

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Tbf the target is 375, it's only been chased a handful amount of times in ODI history. Indian bowlers already made the chase nigh impossible.

Yeah I’m just saying, if Kohli had that fourth gear like Babar he would have finished this game singlehandedly

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Kohli playing like it is a T10 and that gives a 21-ball 21 with one drop.

Overrated!

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

This is such an un Indian kinda batting and I am so not able to relate with this team. Normally our approach is dont lose wickets at the top, play calculative cricket and take it till the death. Now struggling to understand the shot played by Mayank and now Kohli. Everyone is looking in a rush and that calming influence is gone.

Why?

Bhaijaan, may be they are still in IPL mode?

 

[Romali_rotti]

We are already one batsman down, Shreyas Iyer is a walking duck/wicket in places like Aus and SA...

HAHAH SHreyas Iyer, just like I predicted above when Australia was batting )

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Yeah I’m just saying, if Kohli had that fourth gear like Babar he would have finished this game singlehandedly

Nah.. Kohli should do more to be compared with Babar

 

[Square Drive]

Chalo ji, ab sukoon ki neend aani hai

 

[imshally81]

Actually it's Rohit Sharma not kholi... Who is key player while chasing or getting big total...

Without Rohit indian team just crossed 300 by luck as they already one batsmen short..

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Indian batting is overrated. Can't play the short ball.. all 3 wickets gone to short balls...

 

[D/DAhmed]

The batting is over after this. Pandya isn’t much better than Anwar Ali with the bat, and after Jadeja you’ve got 4 number 11’s who can rival Pakistan’s tailenders

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Nah.. Kohli should do more to be compared with Babar

Needs to improve chasing ability. Always goes missing in big games like these.

 

[El Generico]

Reckless batting but they have no choice, pretty much need to bat at around 8 throughout the match. The bowlers likely lost India the game.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Actually it's Rohit Sharma not kholi... Who is key player while chasing or getting big total...

Without Rohit indian team just crossed 300 by luck as they already one batsmen short..

Rohit is their best batsman but even with him I think they'll struggle to make 300 here