Team India is on a winning spree as of now, in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The team has not only won 3 of their matches in the group stage while the fourth match got abandoned, they also managed to bag victories against Afghanistan and Bangladesh in the Super 8 stage. India is currently playing a match against Australia and their star all rounder Hardik Pandya saved as Mitchell Marsh drops important catch.
India is competing in their third match for the Super Eight stage against Australia in the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia. Both teams are a part of Group 1 for the Super 8. Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. The men in blue have shown great spirit by scoring 205/5 in the first innings as their captain Rohit Sharma proved himself with 92 runs.
Mitchell Marsh loses important Indian catch
The match between India and Australia is more than a usual face off between 2 teams in a tournament. Team India and their fans are out for revenge as they are reminded of the 2023 ODI World Cup finale between two teams when Australia silenced the Indian crowd and took the trophy.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma seemed to be in his best form, hitting runs and breaking records, as he scored a whopping 92 runs in today’s match. There weren’t a lot of wickets lost when Hardik Pandya stepped onto the field. However, Pandya’s play could have been restricted on the 2nd ball of the 16th over.
Hardik Pandya hit it on Adam Zampa’s ball and made a run. However, the All rounder could have lost his wicket had Australia captain Mitchell Marsh not dropped the catch.The ball had full and floated up wide outside off, Pandya ran off to chase 1 run and Mitchell Marsh dropped the catch when he could have dismissed Pandya. Hardik went on to score 27* off 17 balls.
India and Australia squads
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
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