India recorded an exhilarating final-ball win in the primary T20I match towards Australia on Thursday, November 23. New stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav shone on his captaincy debut as India registered their most profitable chase in T20I historical past.
After a heartbreaking finish to the ICC World Cup 2023, the cricket fraternity shifted their focus to the T20I format. Suryakumar led the a lot-modified Indian aspect towards Australia and each groups produced an entertaining sport at Visakhapatnam’s ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.
Indian bowlers didn’t make an influence as Australia put 208 runs on the scoreboard whereas batting first. Josh Inglis scored a 47-ball hundred with Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna getting hammered on the batting-pleasant floor.
Chasing a mammoth goal, India misplaced in-form opener Ruturaj Gaikwad on a diamond duck after an unlucky runout in the center. This was the one third diamond duck in Indian cricket historical past after Jasprit Bumrah‘s (in 2016) and Amit Mishra’s (2017) dismissals.
The Men in Blue created an undesirable report when Arshdeep Singh was additionally dismissed for a diamond duck in the final over when India had been in dire want of two runs in two balls. This was the primary time when two Indian cricketers suffered diamond ducks in a world cricket match.Â
Notably, Ravi Bishnoi ran out on a golden duck in the final over as India sadly registered three ducks in the identical sport. However, Suryakumar’s 80 runs off 42 balls proved the distinction as India claimed an exhilarating victory in the top.
After the match, Arshdeep posted an Instagram story with him posing alongside Ravi Bishnoi and Ruturaj Gaikwad and added a ‘duck emoji’ over their heads in a humorous manner.Â
Australia Playing XI: Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (c & wk), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha
India Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna
