India vs Australia 1st ODI Highlights: David Warner, Aaron Finch Put India To Sword As Australia Take Series Lead
Highlights, Ind vs Aus 1st ODI: David Warner and Aaron Finch scored centuries as Australia thumped India by 10 wickets to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
Unbeaten centuries from Australian openers David Warner (128 off 112 balls) and Aaron Finch (110 off 114 balls) helped the visitors beat India by 10 wickets in the first ODI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday. Chasing 256 to win, Australia openers got their side off to a flying start as they added 84 runs in the first powerplay. Indian skipper Virat Kohli tried all his bowlers but they all failed to give the team a breakthrough. Apart from his class batting, Warner was twice saved by the DRS and he made full use of the opportunity and scored his 18th ODI century. Australian skipper Aaron Finch also completed his 16th ODI hundred. The duo remained unbeaten till the end, helping Australia register an emphatic victory and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Earlier, Finch won the toss and invited India to bat on a flat Wankhede surface. Barring Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul all the Indian other batsmen struggled in front of superior Australia bowling attack. Dhawan was the top-scorer for the hosts with 74 runs while Rahul fell three short of his fifty. Their 121-run stand between Dhawan and Rahul and valuable contributions from the lower order helped India post 255 runs on board. (SCORECARD)
Highlights Between India vs Australia 1st ODI, straight from Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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David Warner taps the ball towards mid-off for a single and with that Australia register an emphatic victory as they beat India by 10 wickets to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Two in two for David Warner. Jasprit Bumrah took the pace off on this occasion and Warner read it quite early and played it wide of mid-off fielder for a boundary.
Kuldeep Yadav bowls a tossed up delivery right in Aaron Finch's arc and he lofts it over mid-off and the timing ensured it went all the way over the fence.
Ravindra Jadeja gets the ball to wrap David Warner on his front pad and the umpire has raised his finger. Warner however has taken a review immediately and the replay shows there was a clear inside edge.
David Warner comes forward and the gets beaten as the ball came in sharply after pitching. The ball took an inside edge and races away to the fence after beating the wicket-keeper.
Mohammed Shami has bowled poorly in this game.On this occasion, Shami offered Aaron Finch width outside off and he made full use of the opportunity and cuts it past point for a cracking boundary.
Kuldeep Yadav gets the ball to wrap on the front pad and immediately goes up for a huge LBW shout. The umpire however has turned it down and Kohli is asking some questions and is distraught that he didn't give it out. The replay shows the ball was clipping the leg stump, hence it was a correct decision.
India have lost the review as the replay shows there was an inside edge on to the pad. India went for the review as they were in desperate need of a wicket.
Nothing is going India's way in this chase. Jasprit Bumrah bowls a ripper but even that fetches Australia four runs. The ball came in sharply -- rather too sharply -- and beat both the batsman and the keeper and raced away to the fence.
Kuldeep Yadav bowls a tossed up delivery to Aaron Finch and he lofts it over bowler's head straight into the sight-screen for a huge six. That shot also brought up 100 runs for Australia.
Ravindra Jadeja bowls full right in the arc, David Warner goes across and lofts it over mid-wicket. The ball hit the boundary cushion on the full, giving the batsman six runs.
Aaron Finch comes down the track in an attempt to go over the top, fails to read the line and plays a wrong shot. Luckily the ball fell in no man's land once again.
This is poor bowling from Mohammed Shami and deserved the treatment. The ball was pitched wide of off and Finch made full use of the room and dissected the gap between point and cover.
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