In this exciting match, Team India won the last ball. Overall, Rohit Sena showed dominance in all areas in this match and won by 6 runs.
In the first warm-up match of the T20 World Cup, Team India defeated Australia by 6 runs. Needing 11 runs in the last over, Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets to give India victory. In total, the Australian team lost four wickets in a row in the hydra in the last over. Team India excelled in both bowling and batting and used the first warm-up match well.
In this exciting match, Team India won the last ball. Overall, Rohit Sena showed dominance in all areas in this match and won by 6 runs. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Team India scored 187 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. KL Rahul was the highest run scorer for Team India. He scored 57 runs in 33 balls and played an innings. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav played an innings with 51 runs off 33 balls. His strike rate stood at 151.51. Kane Richardson took 4 wickets for Australia.
What A Win! 👌 👌#TeamIndia beat Australia by 6⃣ runs in the warm-up game! 👏 👏
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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 17, 2022
After that, Australia was bowled out for 180 runs in 20 overs. A huge drama happened in the exciting last over. When 11 runs were needed in 6 balls.. Rohit Sharma took a crucial decision. Mohammad Shami was brought into the field. After a long time, there was doubt whether Shami would live up to the expectations as he was bowling. But, he impressed the critics with his bowling. He took three wickets in the last over and made a solid comeback for re-entry.
Playing XI of both the teams..
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Akshar Patel, R. Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.
Australia: Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Josh English, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson.