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India defeat Australia by 5 wickets in 1st ODI of 3-match series in Mohali

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India has defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the first ODI of three-match series in Mohali on Friday. Chasing the target of 277 runs set by Australia, India made 281 runs losing 5 wickets with 8 balls to spare.

Four of Indian Batsmen scored half centuries. Openers Shubhman Gill scored 74 while Ruturaj Gaikwad made 71 runs, giving Indian innings a solid start. Captain KL Rahul scored 58 and Surya Kumar Yadav made 50 runs.

Earlier, put into bat, the Visitors were all out for 276 in 50 overs. Mohammed Shami bagged 5 wickets for India.

India went up 1-0 in the three-match ODI series with a comfortable 5-wicket win riding on the heroics of Mohammed Shami (5/51) before a collective batting performance rounded off the chase.

Set a target of 277, India were well on course for a big win with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill putting on a fluent 142-run opening stand. The latter continued his good form and set the tone early by cashing in on any width offered by the Australian pacers in the powerplay by peppering the offside fence.

Gaikwad started off on a relatively slower note but soon caught on, matching Gill’s offside boundaries at will en route his maiden ODI fifty. The partnership was so commanding that Australia barely produced a chance with the ball, barring one when Gaikwad was put down by Josh Inglis behind the stumps on 17.

When the chances finally came though with the introduction of Adam Zampa, India had a solid foundation already but it threatened to be shaken albeit briefly. Gaikwad was out LBW trying to sweep Zampa before Shreyas Iyer was run out after a big mix-up with Gill. Zampa brought Australia firmly back into the game when he rattled the stumps by going past Gill’s cut with a flipper. Losing three wickets for nine runs left India in a jittery position, and was amplified when Ishan Kishan was out caught behind on 18. But the nerves were put to rest by an assured partnership between KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav for the fifth wicket.

Suryakumar, after three golden ducks in previous ODI outings against Australia, found his tempo by tempering his sweep shots and concentrating on playing straight right through. Resultantly, a couple of crisp straight drives put his innings on course alongside a solid Rahul. Suryakumar brought up his third ODI fifty, and first in 11 innings, that ticked another box in India’s preparation for the World Cup. Even as he departed, with India a couple of hits away from the win, the chase was finished off in style by Rahul who got to his 14th ODI fifty with a couple of clean lofts in the long off area.

Brief Scores: Australia 276 all out in 50 overs (David Warner 52, Josh Inglis 45; Mohammed Shami 5-51) lost to India 281/5 (Shubman Gill 74, Ruturaj Gaikwad 71, KL Rahul 58*, Suryakumar Yadav 50) by 5 wickets

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