Australia struggle after early wickets
January 18, 2019 09:37
Aus 55-2 (17 ovs) vs India | Scorecard
Khawaja steers Shami to thirdman for one before the in-form Shaun Marsh punches a slightly short delivery past point for two runs to get off the mark.
Marsh confidently defends the rest of the over as Shami sends down another good over.
Australia are struggling on 30 for two in 10 overs at the end of first Powerplay.
Debutant Vijay Shankar comes into the attack, replacing Bhuvneshwar, who bowled a brilliant first spell of two for 15 in five overs.
Khawaja turns the first ball on the leg side for a single. Marsh defends confidently before Shankar bowls a wide down the leg side followed by two more dot balls as the all-rounder makes a tidy start.
Part-time spinner Kedar Jadhav comes into the attack from the other end ahead of the two specialist spinners.
He starts with a dot ball before Khawaja and Marsh pick five easy singles from the next five deliveries.
Shankar not trying much, looking to bowl a few tight overs in the middle and not give away many runs as he concedes just two in his second.
Jadhav bowls with a round arm action as he gives it some flight as Marsh defends. The next one is bowled with a proper high arm action as Marsh is beaten in the flight but he does well to stay in the crease.
Another dot ball before Marsh drives another round arm delivery to sweeper cover for one and Khawaja picks one off the next followed by another run off the last ball.
Shankar and Jadhav doing a good job in the middle overs, keeping the runs down and aiming to finish off the fifth bowler's quota without giving away much.
Jadhav is unlucky not to pick up a wicket as Marsh (9) gets an edge but is dropped by wicketkeeper Dhoni.
In the next over, Marsh pulls a short ball from Shankar for a four as Australia go past the 50-run mark, in the 17th over.
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