Hardik Pandya, IND vs AUS 1st ODI: A special incident took place in the 18th over of the first ODI against Australia when captain Hardik Pandya was at the crease. This angered Virat Kohli.
Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli
After the Test series, India has got off to a great start in the ODI series against Australia as well. In the first ODI at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday Team India 1-0 lead in the three match series by winning by 5 wickets. KL Rahul’s unbeaten 75 and Ravindra Jadeja’s all-round performance helped India chase down the target of 189 runs in 39.5 overs. Meanwhile, a special incident took place during India’s batting innings when Hardik Pandya was at the crease and the video of this is going viral on social media.
Hardik Pandya captained the first ODI in the absence of Rohit Sharma. He took 1 wicket in bowling and contributed 25 runs in batting. Under Hardik’s leadership, Team India got off to a poor start chasing the target given by the Aussies. By the time 10.2 overs had passed, the leading 4 batters had joined the pavilion. On this occasion, runs were also important for India along with partnership. Hardik joined Rahul to close the innings. For the 5th wicket, they collected 44 runs. Three fours and one six came from Pandya.
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A special incident took place in the 18th over when Hardik was at the crease. As Marcus Stoinis crossed the line while bowling the 4th ball, the umpire declared a no-ball and awarded a free-hit. Hardik Pandya was at the crease. Hardik, who makes the best use of the free hit, failed this time and scored only 1 run. Virat Kohli who was in the dugout was not happy with this. There was an incident where Kohli got angry with Hardik. Kohli’s reaction video is going viral on social media.
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Australia went into bat with the toss in this match. But, except for Mitchell Marsh, all the other batsmen joined the Indian bowling attack. Marsh scored 81 runs off 65 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes, while Josh Inglis scored 26 runs and captain Steve Smith scored 22 runs. As a result, Australia was bowled out for 188 runs in 35.4 overs. For Team India, Mohammad Shami and Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets each while Jadeja took 2 wickets.
Chasing an easy target, India also got off to a poor start. Ishan Kishan 3 runs, Shubman Gill 20, Virat Kohli 4 and Suryakumar Yadav departed for zero. Hardik contributed 25 runs. Later, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja, who came together for the 6th wicket, played a brilliant batting partnership and brought victory to the team. Rahul scored an unbeaten 75 off 91 balls with 7 fours and 1 six, while Jadeja scored an unbeaten 45 off 69 balls with 5 fours to help India score 191 for 5 in 39.5 overs.
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