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Hardik Pandya’s 90 off 76 balls and Shikhar Dhawan’s 74 off 86 weren’t sufficient to assist India chase down a mammoth 375 as Australia beat them by 66 runs within the first One-day International on the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Friday to take a 1-Zero lead within the three-match sequence and get 10 factors within the ICC ODI Super League. Aaron Finch (114) and Steve Smith (105) hit centuries – Smith’s the third quickest ever by an Australian in ODIs – and had been helped alongside by Glenn Maxwell’s 45 off 19 and David Warner’s 69 off 76 on a flat SCG wicket the place all Indian bowlers struggled to comprise the runs. India had been restricted to 308 for eight in 50 overs.
Coming in to bat when India had been in a spot of trouble at 101 for four within the 14th over, Pandya stitched collectively a vital partnership of 128 runs with Dhawan to maintain India within the chase.
Pandya introduced up his fifty off simply 31 balls within the 24th over of the Indian inning.
Pandya took particular liking to the spinners, Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell, who had been hit for sixes, principally within the ‘V’ between long-off and long-on, as India remained on track for his or her highest profitable chase in ODIs.
Chasing Australia’s 374 for six, India received off to begin with openers Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal (22 off 18) including 53 inside the primary six overs earlier than Josh Hazlewood received Agarwal dismissed off a brief ball.
An uncharacteristic Virat Kohli performed lots of photographs in his brief keep of 21 off 21 balls, which had two fours and a six, earlier than Hazlewood received him to hit one other brief ball to Finch at brief mid-wicket.
Kohli was given a lifeline when Zampa dropped him at effective leg, however the Indian captain could not take advantage of it.
When Shreyas Iyer – caught by wicket-keeper Alex Carey as Iyer tried to duck beneath a bumper by Hazlewood along with his bat pointing upwards – and KL Rahul, caught by Smith off Zampa, had been dismissed inside the primary 15 overs, India confronted a humongous job.
However, Pandya and Dhawan dug in and batted by way of the center overs to present India a strong base to launch from within the dying overs.
But Zampa had different plans as after dismissing Dhawan within the 35th over, caught by Mitchell Starc within the deep, he received the higher of Pandya, who additionally holed out to Starc at long-on, bringing an finish to his innings studded with seven fours and 4 sixes within the 39th over.
Zampa returned four for 54 off 10 whereas Hazlewood received three for 55 off his 10.
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Earlier, Finch gained the toss and opted to bat. He and opening accomplice Warner added 156 runs for the primary wicket, thereby setting issues up for the center order.
For India, Shami was the decide of the bowlers with figures of three for 59 from his full quota.
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