Dhawan out for 2, India lose early wicket
January 18, 2015  08:58
 India 4-1 (1 ov) vs Aus | Scorecard

Dhawan, who walks out to open the batting with Rohit, will be under immense pressure following his failures in the Test series. What will add to it is Rahane's good form as an opener in the home series against Sri Lanka recently.

Mitchell Starc to bowl the first over. The first ball is short and Rohit tucks it off the hips for a single before Dhawan gets an edge past the slips for two runs.

Dhawan is beaten by a full delivery, a low full toss, which strikes him on the pads but the huge appeal for LBW is turned down. The left-hander is lucky to survive that appeal.

However, he last just two more deliveries. After being beaten by one outside the off-stump he edges the next ball to be caught at second slip for two.

Dhawan looked all at sea against Starc and his weakness outside the off-stump and poor run with the bat continues. His scores in Australia since the start of the Test series reads: 9, 25, 81, 24, 0, 28 and 2.

Ajinkya Rahane is promoted to No. 3. Starc bowls another good full delivery which hits Rahane on the pads and gets India a leg bye.
« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES