Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh star in India's thrilling win over Australia in first T20I
Suryakumar Yadav's merciless 80 off only 42 with Ishan Kishan's brilliant 58 from 39 deliveries took India home safely. Before that, Josh Inglis notched up a massive hundred which helped Australia post 208 on the board, which India chased down easily.

Shahriar KabirEditor
Posted - 2023-11-23T23:53:31+06:00
Updated - 2023-11-23T23:53:31+06:00
India vs Australia
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium

India
209/8 (19.5)

Australia
208/3 (20)
India won by 2 wickets
Man of the match | Suryakumar Yadav (India) |
India beat Australia by wickets on Thursday (23rd November) at Vishakhapatnam. Suryakumar Yadav's merciless 80 off only 42 with Ishan Kishan's brilliant 58 from 39 deliveries took India home safely. Before that, Josh Inglis notched up a massive hundred which helped Australia post 208 on the board, which India chased down easily.
Earlier, India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Coming out to bat, Australia lost Matthew Short earlier of their innings thanks to a beautiful delivery from Ravi Bishoni. Steve Smith and Josh Inglis then kept going. Josh Inglis was the accelerator and Smith was playing the second fiddle role. Smith found things tough to get going but Inglis was absolutely at his very best, smacking the Indian lineup everywhere of the park. Smith notched up a fifty of consuming 40 deliveries then got run out. But Inglis was relentless.
He kept going and notched up a hundred off just 47 deliveries, which is the joint fastes hundred by any Aussie cricketer in T20I cricket. However Inglis was out on 110 off 50 balls. Nevertheless India bowled brilliantly in the death over which restricted Australia from scoring big and post 208 on the board.
In reply, India fumbled as they lost their gun opener Ruturaj Gaikwad for a diamond duck. Jaiswal was smacking everything and raced to 21 off only 8 balls before falling to Matty Short. Ishan Kishan and skipper Suryakumar Yadav notched up a 100 run stand, while Ishan scored a fine 58 off 39 balls and Suryakumar was absolutely nailing the Aussies.
Suryakumar Yadav made a fantastic 80 from 42 deliveries. At the end, Rinku Singh's excellent finishing 22 from 14 balls helped India win the match and take 1-0 lead in the 5 match T20I series.