Sunday, March 27, 2016 |
PCA Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh |
Time : 19:30 Local | 14:00 GMT |
India v Australia Report Match-30
March 27, 2016
20th Super 10 match of ICC Worldt20 2016 has been played between India and Australia at PCA Stadium, Mohali today. Opting to bat first, Having firing opening start Australia put good total of 160 runs in 20 overs. AJ Finch contributed well 43 runs for Australia. India chased successfully with Virat Khli's brave inning of 82* runs in 19.1 overs and won the match by 6 wickets. Virat Kohli declared man of the mach for his splendid inning.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and set decent total to defend. Australia got firing start with UT Khawaja and AJ Finch initially. Both go after Indian top bowlers and smashed 54 runs just in 4.2 overs before UT Khawaja lost his wicket scoring quick 26 pf 16 balls. AJ Finch also played well and contributed 43 runs of 34 balls. In later overs GJ Maxwell played good inning of 31 runs and put Australia on good score of 160 runs in 20 overs.
Following target of 161 runs, India lost both openers RG Sharma and S Dhawan early in power play scoring 12 and 13 respectively. V Kohli came in middle and once again played good inning for India. He smashed 82 runs of 51 balls and led India to win over Australia by 6 wickets. India through to Semis with superb win over Australia as well. Virat Kohli declared man of the match for his brave inning of 82* runs.
Man of the match : Virat Kohli (India)
Points : India 2, Australia 0.