India vs Australia: MS Dhoni’s acrobatic skills in 2nd T20I stuns BCCI
Cricket | March 01, 2019 10:08 ISTIn the 2nd T20I against Australia, Dhoni pulled off an acrobatic stunt while batting which has left everyone shocked.
In the 2nd T20I against Australia, Dhoni pulled off an acrobatic stunt while batting which has left everyone shocked.
Maxwell was batting in such a zone that he did not even feel the need to change his bat.
India succumbed to their first-ever series loss at home under captain Virat Kohli when Australia chased down 191 in Bengaluru.
Maxwell took the game away from India, who should have defended 190 for four after Kohli and Dhoni shared a 100-run stand for the fourth wicket to take the hosts to a competitive total.
Maxwell's scintillating 113 off 55 balls overshadowed Virat Kohli's 38-ball 72 which helped India post a competitive 190/4 in 20 overs.
Maxwell's scintillating 113 off 55 balls overshadowed Kohli's 38-ball 72 which helped India post a competitive 190/4 in 20 overs, winning their maiden T20I series in India.
Kohli also hinted that he would continue to experiment with his playing XI keeping in mind the upcoming ICC World Cup.
On the big screen in slow motion, the ball seemed to have touched the ground before it landed in Stoinis' hands, but the umpires had given the decision as OUT.
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During the final few minutes of the game, Virat Kohli was seen talking to his gun-bowler Jasprit Bumrah regarding the field settings.
Maxwell rued that he could have finished the game and said he still has a lot of work to do to secure a ticket to the World Cup.
With 14 required off the last over, Umesh was hit for a boundary each by Jhye Richardson and Pat Cummins, who had identical scores of 7 not out as they reached the target of 127 off the last ball of the match.
The BCCI has already announced a move to scrap the IPL opening ceremony.
Shankar has showed that he is a capable batsman, having scored 45 off 64 deliveries in a match-winning 98-run stand with Ambati Rayudu after the top-order collapse in the final ODI in New Zealand.
Skipper Kohli is back after a well-deserved three-week break and will be keeping a keen eye on the likes of Rishabh Pant and Vijay Shankar, two players who are strongly tipped to make the elite list.
Kohli feels that it would have been "more logical" if his team could have played a couple of more ODIs instead of the two T20 Internationals as a part of their World Cup preparations.
Khawaja asserted that many Australian players have got the experience of playing on the Indian tracks which will prove to be beneficial for them.
Rahul returned to the side after he was controversially called back midway through the tour of Australia following his and all-rounder Hardik Pandya's loose talk on women in a TV show.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said that Virat Kohli along with Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma should be India's top three as that is their strong point.
Bengaluru will host the second T20 International on February 27 instead of Visakhapatnam after KSCA wrote to the BCCI about its inability to host the inaugural match due to security concerns.
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