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

finch century - fakhar century
hazzlewood 3 wickets at top- Amir
kohli drops at first gone soon after
pandya gave some hope until jadeja arrived
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Players like Pandya are very dangerous not for the opposition but for their own team. They create false hopes and then when they are needed the most like in Semi Final of the World Cup they flop. :inti
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Players like Pandya can give tremendous balance to teams like Mumbai Indians and win them trophies... So he could be a wrong fit to teams like India where there are lots of loopholes... Also "Captain" (& coach/support staff) matter a lot! Unfortunately I can give only this example, because we can't make him play for another international (your favorite term) team to understand how it goes!

Sadly with Indian cricket (over the years) the failure of the team (team composition, captaincy, etc) is always attributed & targeted towards certain individuals (right from Tendulkar days!) When the opposition beats you it is not like the entire 11 has contributed! It is about some guys stepping up and others coordinating them properly...
 
Wicket was so flat that India almost pulled it off even though their top order failed miserably.

Credit goes to Zampa who single handedly bought Australia back into the game.
 
RamLakhan said:
Players like Pandya can give tremendous balance to teams like Mumbai Indians and win them trophies... So he could be a wrong fit to teams like India where there are lots of loopholes... Also "Captain" (& coach/support staff) matter a lot! Unfortunately I can give only this example, because we can't make him play for another international (your favorite term) team to understand how it goes!

Sadly with Indian cricket (over the years) the failure of the team (team composition, captaincy, etc) is always attributed & targeted towards certain individuals (right from Tendulkar days!) When the opposition beats you it is not like the entire 11 has contributed! It is about some guys stepping up and others coordinating them properly...
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Wow what a speech. Gave me goosebumps.
I don't rate Pandya. Get over it. :inti
 
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Steven Smith speaking to the media:

Have been searching for something for a couple of months now. About three days ago something just clicked. My rhythm came back, everything came back. Finchy and Davey played very well early on. We could come in and be aggressive. Wasn't thinking too much out there, just seeing the ball and hitting it. Was seeing the ball well. It was a good surface. Nice to contribute to a good win. Need a bit of luck in this game sometimes, nice to ride it today (getting his LBW overturned).
 
And the excuses begin:

Virat Kohli:

"Got enough time to prepare. Don't think there can be any excuses. Probably the first long game we've played in a while, been playing T20 cricket. Probably that's something that can have an effect. Body language wasn't great after around 25 overs. If you don't take your chances against a top-quality opposition they'll make you pay. Unfortunately Hardik is not fit enough to bowl, and we don't have other allround options to pick from either, someone like Stoinis. From the batting point of view, we had a chat briefly now. All the batsmen committed to it which is why you saw us playing with intent. I think we gave ourselves the best chance. Hardik's innings was the best example of that. As a batting unit we committed nicely to positive cricket and we are going to do that in the future as well.
 
I think some signs are clear for everyone to see, Indian top order players were not comfortable against the short ball.

This is going to be a long winter for India
 
Stat: Fourth successive ODI defeat for India - first time since Jan 2016 they have lost four in a row.
 
MenInG said:
And the excuses begin:

Virat Kohli:

"Got enough time to prepare. Don't think there can be any excuses. Probably the first long game we've played in a while, been playing T20 cricket. Probably that's something that can have an effect. Body language wasn't great after around 25 overs. If you don't take your chances against a top-quality opposition they'll make you pay. Unfortunately Hardik is not fit enough to bowl, and we don't have other allround options to pick from either, someone like Stoinis. From the batting point of view, we had a chat briefly now. All the batsmen committed to it which is why you saw us playing with intent. I think we gave ourselves the best chance. Hardik's innings was the best example of that. As a batting unit we committed nicely to positive cricket and we are going to do that in the future as well.
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What did I say? They will give this excuse after every loss. :inti
 
Well done Aussies. Fantastic batting.
Deserves win.
India needs to bounce back stronger next time. Poor performance by the boys everywhere.
 
Like the interminable lockdowns that preceded it, Australia's first win of the men's international summer took longer than expected and encountered hurdles along the way before numbers finally told their compelling story.

The home team's daunting 6-374 in the first Dettol Series ODI was founded on centuries to Aaron Finch (114) and Steve Smith (105), and seemed likely to overwhelm India once their talismanic skipper Virat Kohli was dismissed for 21.

But the hope that was stirred when Kohli was dropped at the start of his innings resurfaced through a 128-run fifth-wicket partnership between opener Shikhar Dhawan and Hardik Pandya before both fell as the required run rate soared.

Ultimately, it was Australia's capacity to produce two century makers as well as a pair of strike bowlers – Adam Zampa (4-54) and Josh Hazlewood (3-55) – who were able to claim wickets with regularity that proved the difference in a game where both teams found themselves blowing out some understandable cobwebs.

Australia paid a price for their 66-run win, achieved an hour after the scheduled finish time due to dire over rates and numerous other miscellaneous delays, when all-rounder Marcus Stoinis suffered a side injury while bowling his seventh over of the day.

He underwent a scan late tonight to gauge the extent of the injury.

However, on the basis of bald statistics – a metric the population has become familiar with during the daily COVID19 counts – the hosts' win in the first of the three-match campaign was duly deserved.

It was Australia's highest ODI total against India (eclipsing the 2-359 they clubbed in the 2003 World Cup final at Wanderers) and their fourth-highest score against all comers on their home patch.

To reel it in, India needed to not only post the highest run chase at the SCG in four decades of ODI matches – the benchmark being Australia's 334 to defeat England in 2011 – it would require their largest-ever second-innings score in the 50-over format.

For that degree of improbability, it was accepted that Kohli had to peel off a big hundred, given India's previous-best run chase (1-362 against Australia in Jaipur seven years ago) was fuelled by his remarkable unbeaten century off 52 balls.

So when the India maestro top-edged a Pat Cummins bouncer with just a single to his name, the game seemingly hung in the air as Adam Zampa settled beneath the chance as it swirled on the early evening breeze at fine leg.

It barely touched Zampa's cupped hands, instead striking him on the leg as he tumbled to the turf and the India fans seated behind him roared with a crescendo that gave the impression Sydney was hosting a full-house.

The miss was among a litany of dropped catches and fluffed fielding attempts, with both teams guilty of misjudgements on the boundary rope perhaps because they had become so used to playing and practicing in front of banks of vacant seats.

But it was Mitchell Starc's sure-handed take while planted just inside the rope at long-on that ended Pandya's exhilarating knock on 90 (from 76 balls faced) that effectively sealed Australia's win.

For all the change unleashed by the pandemic, there was some reassuring normality at the SCG even before a ball had been delivered.

Within two minutes of the Australia players arriving in the home team's dressing room, Smith had affixed his pads and bounded down the stairs en route to the practice nets to ensure his eye was as sharp as his hands were solid.

For a while it seemed he might not be afforded the chance to take his talents to the middle.

Finch and David Warner made a measured start, as befitting the first men's international of the home summer and despite both having spent the preceding couple of months involved in the fast-forward T20 format of the Indian Premier League.

Rather than blazing boundaries, the pair relied on sharp singles to maintain a rate of around a run per ball, with Warner sliding in to safety to narrowly beat a direct hit from Kohli before he had reached double figures.

Australia's openers then gradually accelerated as India's over rate declined, with Finch signalling the change of gears by clubbing leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal into the members grandstand which meant the ball had to be wiped with a sanitised cloth having been hurled back by a crowd member.

Next over, Finch reached 50 and immediately after he and Warner celebrated their 11th century opening stand in ODIs which places them behind only Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden (16) for the most triple-figure starts in 50-overs cricket for Australia.

The pair have already doubled the number of 150-plus opening stand their legendary predecessors managed, and added another before Warner fell to what he and his partner clearly believed was a technology error.

Given not out on-field when he launched a drive at a yorker-length delivery from Mohammed Shami, Warner was then referred the video umpire by Kohli's review and when hot-spot showed no compelling evidence of an edge the verdict was left to the real-time snickometer.

When that revealed a spike, Finch gestured to the India fielders watching the evidence on the electronic scoreboard the noise was merely a result of Warner's bat striking the pitch.

But the video referee – former Australia Test bowler Paul Reiffel – ruled otherwise and Smith arrived at the crease with his team well set at 1-156 in the 28th over and Finch 73 not out and eyeing the men's summer's first ton.

It became immediately clear the former skipper felt he might beat his successor to that mark, as he launched into an array of shots ranging from unconventional to incomparable.

India believed they had his scalp when, on 15, he was adjudged lbw to left-arm spinner Ravi Jadeja operating around the wicket and sliding the ball into the right-hander.

However, Smith believed impact on his back leg was high and upon calling for a review the technology benefited Australia by showing the ball clearing middle stump and the bails by the width of the sabre blade that Jadaeja likes to pretend his wielding in moments of celebration.

India's bowlers were instead put to the sword from that point, as Smith imperiously launched balls over extra cover, through the leg side and down the ground as Finch closed in on his milestone.

By the time the skipper raised his 17th ODI century – only Warner, Mark Waugh (both18) and Ricky Ponting (29) have scored more for Australia – Smith had reached 57 from 41 balls, adding 44 from just 27 balls while his skipper was traversing the nineties.

Finch's departure for 114, when he fell victim to his own form and got too much bat on an attempted ramp over the keeper's head that instead popped up a lob, and Stoinis's first-ball duck brought together Smith and Glenn Maxwell as mayhem ensued.

Despite his senior partner's white-hot touch, Maxwell outshone him in their partnership that brought 50 runs off 21 balls of which the former contributed 41 to Smith's 10.

Ten of those runs came from two typically audacious Maxwell switch-hits off the hapless Chahal (whose 1-89 from 10 overs represented the most expensive ODI spell by an India bowler in Australia).

The first of those cleared the backward square leg rope on a single bounce, while the second slammed flush into the fence.

When Maxwell holed out to long-on, his Australia record for the fastest ODI (off 51 balls against Sri Lanka at the SCG in the 2015 World Cup) was already beyond Smith's reach.

But James Faulkner's second-best mark of a ton from 57 balls (against India at Bangalore in 2013) might have been overtaken if Smith could find 19 runs from six deliveries.

As it transpired, it took him 11 balls which meant he settled for bronze but would have taken greater satisfaction from seeing Australia's score reach 360 and thereby pass the highest ODI total against India on home turf (previously 5-359 at the SCG in 2003-04).

The start of India's run chase, after an abbreviated tea break due to the visitors' glacial over rate, could scarcely have been a greater contrast to Australia's measured beginning.

Starc's opening over was so erratic it blew out to 11 deliveries of which four were wides (including one of those that eluded keeper Alex Carey and scorched to the boundary) as well as a front-foot no-ball that yielded another boundary from the subsequent free-hit.

It might have felt like it to Starc, but his wasn't the longest over in ODI history.

That dubious honour still belongs to Pakistan's Mohammad Sami whose 17-ball effort (with seven wides and four no-balls) against Bangladesh in the 2004 Asia Cup will take some toppling.

Emboldened by that 20-run opening over, Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan kept going at T20 speed as India's 50 arrived in the fifth over.

The pair threw their bats at everything as Australia's bowlers struggled to maintain control amid the onslaught until Hazlewood induced the first error via a short ball.

Agarwal spooned a catch to point as he backed away and try to lift the Australia quick over the off-side field, and Kohli then unleashed an entertaining counterattack upon being gifted a life by Zampa.

But when his luck abandoned him three overs later, and Shreyas Iyer became Hazlewood's third short-ball victim in the same over the assignment for India's batting line-up was simply too steep.

Australia XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

India XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah

Dettol ODI Series v India 2020

Australia ODI squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey , Pat Cummins (vc), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa

India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur.

First ODI: Australia won by 66 runs

Second ODI: November 29, SCG, 2.40pm AEDT

Third ODI: December 2, Manuka Oval, 2.40pm AEDT

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...ideo-highlights-report-kohli-finch/2020-11-27
 
Well played Australia. Kohli was clueless when the Aus batsmen went on a rampage - there didn’t appear to be a plan B.

Also, Shreyas Iyer is India’s answer to Ahmed Shehzad, it looks like! Lack of talent but full of delusion and arrogance - from being his biggest supporter, I have done a complete 180 now - needs to make way for Gill or Pandey in the next game surely?
 
Iyer's career should be over. If you can't play bounce then don't play cricket. Get lost.
What a trash player he is.
 
Start had very poor game.He is a brilliant bowler but every now and then
he bowls rubbish.
 
What a victory by Australia showed India who is the boss

Seems like aussie will win the series easily
 
This is probably the worst fielding display I have seen in a cricket game between top two sides, in fact including many associates games as well. A standard fielding day by respective teams could have made the scoreboard like 350 vs 280; while a brilliant show could have made it 325 vs 250. Can’t say rustiness because most of both teams are coming just recently from IPL.
 
India were out of the game after first 15 overs of the innings.

Also has Pandya won India an ODI match with his batting yet? He always seems to fire when victory is impossible.

Kohli was on and off. Gave a chance early but then looked good to the covers but then another soft dismissal
 
it was actually quite brilliant to be honest. 374 damn. aussies really batted well. yes we dropped a few but so did the aussies. You cant give a guy like smith a second or third chances. He will finish you.

I am so impressed with finch and smith. They really know how to bat well in australia.
 
Slog said:
India were out of the game after first 15 overs of the innings.

Also <B>has Pandya won India an ODI match with his batting yet?</B> He always seems to fire when victory is impossible.

Kohli was on and off. Gave a chance early but then looked good to the covers but then another soft dismissal
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Yes and both Vs Australia

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=4071


http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=4067
 
Ravindra Jadeja keeps on fooling his country men and taking them for suckers. He was at one point batting at 25 of 36 deliveries, a shockingly poor innings given the context of the game after Dhawan and Pandya got India back in the game. Why does India keep going back to him knowing the man is a choker with the bat?
 
Jadeja is turning into Indian Faheem Ashraf. Utterly useless when it matters.
 
Slog said:
India were out of the game after first 15 overs of the innings.

Also has Pandya won India an ODI match with his batting yet? He always seems to fire when victory is impossible.

Kohli was on and off. Gave a chance early but then looked good to the covers but then another soft dismissal
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Hes the less worse version of test match Asad Shafiq in ODIs :yk
 
What was Kohli talking about when he said "i should bowl, i know Finchy doesn't want to get out to me"

Do Indians actually care about winning? Or are they hoping to be best banter buds with their former masters?

India need to understand that Australia only care about your money. They do not want to be your friends if you're not offering IPL megabucks and you aren't opening your pockets that wide right now. Save the fake banter for the circus and focus on winning.
 
hitthestump said:
What was Kohli talking about when he said "i should bowl, i know Finchy doesn't want to get out to me"

Do Indians actually care about winning? Or are they hoping to be best banter buds with their former masters?

India need to understand that Australia only care about your money. They do not want to be your friends if you're not offering IPL megabucks and you aren't opening your pockets that wide right now. Save the fake banter for the circus and focus on winning.
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Kohli has been this John Cena type figure in World cricket for quite some time now. The guy has done, won everything and is just enjoying that super stardom for the next 4-5 years.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a movie being made about his life in the next 2-3 years.
 
Rana said:
Kohli has been this John Cena type figure in World cricket for quite some time now. The guy has done, won everything and is just enjoying that super stardom for the next 4-5 years.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a movie being made about his life in the next 2-3 years.
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Which international tournament has he won for his side? Don't count 2011 WC as he was just a rookie at that time.
 
hitthestump said:
What was Kohli talking about when he said "i should bowl, i know Finchy doesn't want to get out to me"

Do Indians actually care about winning? Or are they hoping to be best banter buds with their former masters?

India need to understand that Australia only care about your money. They do not want to be your friends if you're not offering IPL megabucks and you aren't opening your pockets that wide right now. Save the fake banter for the circus and focus on winning.
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What sort of comment is this? Kohli did not become one of the greatest of all time without having the desire to win. Just because he was not abusing Australian players today doesn’t mean that he wasn’t competitive.

You are stating the obvious that Australia don’t care about India and are in it for money. However, what you failed to mention is that India don’t have any special love for Australians either - the only reason they pay them millions because they are utilizing their cricket skills.

Do you think Indians have genuine respect and admiration for people like Brett Lee, Hayden, Warner etc. who have been licking Indian boots for years because of IPL money?

Hayden called India a dump in 2001 and now he calls it his second home. Jonty Rhodes named his daughter India and got offended when he was on Nauman Niaz show and the latter was enjoying an Indian defeat.

Pakistani fans have deluded themselves into thinking that Indian players and fans do not realize that these foreign players are worshiping them for money.

Perhaps they should apply their advice to themselves and not get overexcited when foreign players come to Pakistan and praise the low-budget, poor man’s IPL called PSL.
 
Rana said:
Kohli has been this John Cena type figure in World cricket for quite some time now. The guy has done, won everything and is just enjoying that super stardom for the next 4-5 years.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a movie being made about his life in the next 2-3 years.
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Keep your WWE analogies to yourself.

Kohli has not done everything yet and a fierce competitor with a huge ego like his is not done at the age of 32.

He is basically the Ronaldo of cricket.

Ronaldo is forcing himself to be elite class at the age of 35 simply because he refuses to accept that he can decline. That is how competitive he is. Kohli is cut from the same cloth.

He is going through a lean patch and it happens to everyone. Whenever he goes through a lean run such as the one in 2015, people start talking nonsense and he shuts them up.

He is going to score lots and lots of runs over the next 2-3 years before retiring at an age where pretty much everyone retires.

Hardly any great batsman was done at the 32 and he is not done yet. If he had such little hunger he would not have reached this level in the first place.

He will get a biopic one day and he deserves it. What is wrong with that?
 
Just watched the highlights. Some insane hitting by batsmen from the both sides.

Steve Smith looked like a man in form.

Peak Smith vs peak Bumrah/Shami will be a good battle.

Test series is going to be a very interesting one.
 
Mamoon said:
Keep your WWE analogies to yourself.

Kohli has not done everything yet and a fierce competitor with a huge ego like his is not done at the age of 32.

He is basically the Ronaldo of cricket.

Ronaldo is forcing himself to be elite class at the age of 35 simply because he refuses to accept that he can decline. That is how competitive he is. Kohli is cut from the same cloth.

He is going through a lean patch and it happens to everyone. Whenever he goes through a lean run such as the one in 2015, people start talking nonsense and he shuts them up.

He is going to score lots and lots of runs over the next 2-3 years before retiring at an age where pretty much everyone retires.

Hardly any great batsman was done at the 32 and he is not done yet. If he had such little hunger he would not have reached this level in the first place.

He will get a biopic one day and he deserves it. What is wrong with that?
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Out of form in 2015, out of form in 2019 what's next? Out of form in 2023?

That's another failure against Hazlewood, Starc and Cummins.
 
Mobashir said:
Out of form in 2015, out of form in 2019 what's next? Out of form in 2023?

That's another failure against Hazlewood, Starc and Cummins.
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He wasn't out of form in 2019 450 runs at 55 average with a better strike rate than babar azam is good enough. Obviously he choked in semis, but that wasn't because of being out of form
 
Syed1 said:
Which international tournament has he won for his side? Don't count 2011 WC as he was just a rookie at that time.
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2013 CT. India were perhaps a bit lucky in the tournament But he did very well and one of the main guys
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
He wasn't out of form in 2019 450 runs at 55 average with a better strike rate than babar azam is good enough. Obviously he choked in semis, but that wasn't because of being out of form
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Good cricket analysis!

He came in situation like 27 overs 180/1 some times and he made run a ball fifties and accelerated a little in the last 5 overs.

Smith today showed him how we play when we come in these situations.
 
Mobashir said:
Good cricket analysis!

He came in situation like 27 overs 180/1 some times and he made run a ball fifties and accelerated a little in the last 5 overs.

Smith today showed him how we play when we come in these situations.
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Again you are showing your great analysis.
He scored 78(65) against pak str rate 120
Now if you think striking at 120 isn't good enough and that too when u have one of the worst middle order than you need to watch more cricket.
Even his 82(77) against Australia was a good innings considering our middle order.

You were comparing babar with him in some thread, azam scored 125(125) against zim at home and failed to finish the match. There is a big difference between these two players.

Secondly Smith showed him nothing, he already has played innings like these a lot of times.Playing innings like these Is new for smith not kohli.
 
tyron_woodley said:
it was actually quite brilliant to be honest. 374 damn. aussies really batted well. yes we dropped a few but so did the aussies. You cant give a guy like smith a second or third chances. He will finish you.

I am so impressed with finch and smith. They really know how to bat well in australia.
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2 wrongs don’t make a right, otherwise you can keep dropping each other and chase 400 inside 48 overs...
 
hitthestump said:
What was Kohli talking about when he said "i should bowl, i know Finchy doesn't want to get out to me"

Do Indians actually care about winning? Or are they hoping to be best banter buds with their former masters?

India need to understand that Australia only care about your money. They do not want to be your friends if you're not offering IPL megabucks and you aren't opening your pockets that wide right now. Save the fake banter for the circus and focus on winning.
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This is a hard dose of truth that is going to be hard for many indians to swallow. They want to play the "Friends not Masters" game by doing this try hard kiss-*** stuff but it comes as fake as hell.
 
Shane Warne has led criticism of slow over rates in cricket after the first ODI between Australia and India ended almost an hour over its scheduled finish time.

The match was initially slated to wrap up at approximately 10:10 pm, but incredibly by that time of the night Australia found themselves with over 10 overs left to bowl in India's innings.

The delayed finish was brought about by a shockingly slow over-rate from India during Australia's innings, which saw the tourists take over four hours to bowl the allotted 50 overs.

"The over rates in T20 cricket and one day cricket, in all forms of cricket, are at an all-time low," Warne said on commentary for Fox Cricket.

"It's something they really need to come down hard on.

"I mean a one-day game should be finished at 10:10 pm. It's now 10:40 pm local time and there's still eight overs to go after this.

"India took four hours and six minutes to bowl their 50 overs. Four hours and six minutes.

"Three and a half hours they allow you for 50 overs. Four hours and six minutes."

India's despondent display in the field led to somewhat farcical scenes at the end of the match, with the commentary team noticing Australian spinner Adam Zampa running back to his mark during his spell.

"It felt like it went all day," Australian star Steve Smith told Fox Cricket after the match.

"It was the longest 50 overs in the field I've ever had, that's for sure. I don't know what to put that down to.

"Obviously a few people came on the field in the first innings which took a bit of time and I think they (India) went 45 minutes over the scheduled time and we were something similar.

"I don't know why. I'm not sure. It certainly felt like a long time out there."

The reaction to India's display in the field was far from positive on social media as fans fumed at the lengthy match.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/sh...irst-odi/683e2491-467f-407d-ae27-c39286163aa7
 
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OffDrive said:
'Unacceptable' slow over rates slammed after first ODI between Australia and India

The delayed finish was brought about by a shockingly slow over-rate from India during Australia's innings, which saw the tourists take over four hours to bowl the allotted 50 overs

"India took four hours and six minutes to bowl their 50 overs. Four hours and six minutes.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/sh...irst-odi/683e2491-467f-407d-ae27-c39286163aa7

What a pathetic team India is, weak, and full of **** talkers.
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Chahal was having cramps after conceding 89 runs 😅
The captain was probably already thinking about his batting and how he will smash the aussies and chase it down.
 
OffDrive said:
'Unacceptable' slow over rates slammed after first ODI between Australia and India

The delayed finish was brought about by a shockingly slow over-rate from India during Australia's innings, which saw the tourists take over four hours to bowl the allotted 50 overs

"India took four hours and six minutes to bowl their 50 overs. Four hours and six minutes.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/sh...irst-odi/683e2491-467f-407d-ae27-c39286163aa7

What a pathetic team India is, weak, and full of **** talkers.
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Don't know why are you getting worked up!
Did you even watch the match? Even Aussies say that it's their fault only , it didn't help when the Aussie top order especially Smith and Warner were constantly changing their gloves every two overs and then The Pitch invaders, and getting the ball back from the crowd every single over and sanitizing and cleaning the ball when they retrieved it. Full of uncontrollable circumstances. It’ll get better when teams start playing more games and get used to the new way they have to do things.
 
Very difficult for Captain to hide 4 donkeys in the field. Shami, Saini, Chahal and Bumrah. And they badly missed Bhuvi.

Should be a good game tomorrow.
 
Mobashir said:
Chahal was having cramps after conceding 89 runs 😅
The captain was probably already thinking about his batting and how he will smash the aussies and chase it down.
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Let's see how your captain Babar azam is going to deal with the current circumstances. Hope he scores more than 30 runs this time around
 
Chahal is a disgusting player. India could have picked shreyas Iyer or hell bishnoi who is actually good. Jeez this management is driving me nuts. Keep picking favourites. May someone slap Kohli and co.
 
INDIA FINED FOR SLOW OVER RATE IN THE FIRST ODI AGAINST AUSTRALIA

India players have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the first ODI in Sydney on Friday.

David Boon of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Virat Kohli’s side was ruled to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Kohli pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

On-field umpires Rod Tucker and Sam Nogajski, TV umpire Paul Reiffel and fourth umpire Gerard Abood leveled the charge.
 
This is why Rohit is so important for Team India, ODI ATG hands down. Rohit always lays the platform and makes it easier for Kohli.
 
Without Rohit Sharma, Indian batting looked thin. Most Indian batsmen struggled against the short pitch bowling.
 
Ashraful_Rox said:
This is why Rohit is so important for Team India, ODI ATG hands down. Rohit always lays the platform and makes it easier for Kohli.
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Rohit, Kohli and whoever aren't chasing down this target against Hazelwood, Starc and Cummins.
They never did it before and they will never do it in the future.
 
Mobashir said:
Rohit, Kohli and whoever aren't chasing down this target against Hazelwood, Starc and Cummins.
They never did it before and they will never do it in the future.
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Rohit's presence alone makes any ODI bowler tremble in their feet, he is the Mohammed Ali of Cricket.
 
Some folks are forgetting that this Australian side beat England in England not too long ago and yet act like it's a cinch to beat Australia in Australia. Also 300 + chases are rare in Australia.
 
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Some folks are forgetting that this Australian side beat England in England not too long ago and yet act like it's a cinch to beat Australia in Australia.
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Not sure why a lot of Indians had such high expectations of this team, especially without Rohit and Dhoni, the main bowler in Bumrah still recovering ODI form from his injury, and with the batting top 4 playing a reckless brand of cricket when a strong foundation was needed. Might have something to do with the IPL?
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Not sure why a lot of Indians had such high expectations of this team, especially without Rohit and Dhoni, the main bowler in Bumrah still recovering ODI form from his injury, and with the batting top 4 playing a reckless brand of cricket when a strong foundation was needed. Might have something to do with the IPL?
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Who had high expectations? Most have very low expectations for the test tour. As far as ODIs are concerned, India-Australia matches have gone both ways in the last 3 years or so. Very evenly matched. Not sure anybody said we had the upper hand. We got thrashed by 10 wickets in the 1st game of the last bilateral with Australia but went on to win the series and Ppers were ridiculing the team during the first loss as well. I dont see any correlation between the IPL and the teams results.
 
hitthestump said:
What was Kohli talking about when he said "i should bowl, i know Finchy doesn't want to get out to me"

Do Indians actually care about winning? Or are they hoping to be best banter buds with their former masters?

India need to understand that Australia only care about your money. They do not want to be your friends if you're not offering IPL megabucks and you aren't opening your pockets that wide right now. Save the fake banter for the circus and focus on winning.
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Lol most indian fans and players think that foreign players love India, Indian food, people, they want to be friends with indian players etc. Reality is they don't give a damn. As Steyn once said IPL is a paid vacation. These players play in all the leagues and repeat the same thing for the hosting country lol. That is why I always laugh at these leagues. They is no loyality. Same player play for 5 different teams and still they try their best to compare with actual leagues like EPL, La Liga etc. :inti
 
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Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Lol most indian fans and players think that foreign players love India, Indian food, people, they want to be friends with indian players etc. Reality is they don't give a damn. As Steyn once said IPL is a paid vacation. These players play in all the leagues and repeat the same thing for the hosting country lol. That is why I always laugh at these leagues. They is no loyality. Same player play for 5 different teams and still they try their best to compare with actual leagues like EPL, La Liga etc. :inti
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lol and you actually believe indian players give a damn about aussies? indian players are filthy rich. They dont give a damn about being friends with them.
maybe the dumb fans think there is some sort of special bond between the players.
 
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