India’s last man batting on the crease, Jasprit Bumrah, was dismissed first ball due to a miscommunication with the spinner Varun Chakravarthy at the non-striker’s end. The veteran pacer looked visibly disappointed with the lack of game awareness from the non-striker.
India suffered a horrible collapse in the second T20I at the Melbourne Cricket Ground despite a stellar innings from the opener Abhishek Sharma. Australian bowlers, especially Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Ellis, remained disciplined and restricted the Indians from settling down at any phase of the game.
Jasprit Bumrah looked frustrated by Varun Chakravarthy’s lack of game awareness
Although Jasprit Bumrah is never known much as a batter, he has had relative experience to look to score a few singles for India and finish playing the 20 overs. He was brought to the crease after Nathan Ellis dismissed Abhishek Sharma with a perfect yorker.
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Bumrah could not manage more than defending his first ball off Nathan Ellis next to the pitch and hoped for Chakravarthy to respond quickly for a single. However, when Bumrah almost ran halfway through, he had to turn back as Varun seemed unmoved from his crease.
Nathan Ellis moved swiftly to effect an easy runout, and India were bowled out for 125 runs without completing their 20 overs. Bumrah glared at Chakravarthy, but then soon turned his head down with a disappointing smile on his face.
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Harshit Rana’s sublime innings backs Abhishek Sharma’s show with the bat
India had their opening batter, Abhishek Sharma, firing at the top, but needed someone to tag alongside him. The Indian batsmen could not manifest anything special as they were dismissed with less than 50 runs on the board. It was then that Harshit Rana was sent in ahead of Shivam Dube at no. 7.
Harshit Rana looked to have developed some skills with the willow as he scored runs with some sheer class. His 35-run innings looked very effective in a partnership with the Indian opener. This marked his new highest score in T20Is, and he smashed three fours and a six in his short innings.
The two batters scored 103 runs between them, with the other 9 batters off with just 22 runs, since Australia bowled them out for just 125 runs.
Varun Chakravarthy hands much-needed first breakthrough to India
Travis Head once again started off with an early onslaught against the Indian bowlers. He hit the pacers Jasprit Bumrah and especially Harshit Rana for quick runs in the powerplay. Varun Chakravarthy was introduced as the first bowling change within the power play.
He dismissed Travis Head in his first over as Tilak Varma took a stunning reflex catch at the long-off boundary. Chakravarthy looked India’s most sorted bowler and once again proved why he is the highest ranked T20I bowler from India. He later dismissed Tim David
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