The second match of the T20 series between India and Australia was played on Friday (31 October) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne. In this match, Kangaroo team captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first. That means the Indian team had to bat first. The Indian team looked under pressure from the beginning in this match and lost wickets at regular intervals. The Indian team could not even play the full 20 overs. India scored only 125 runs in 18.4 overs. Australia achieved the target of 126 runs by losing 6 wickets.
if seen melbourne Only two batsmen of the Indian team could reach double figures in T20. Whereas 8 batsmen could not reach double digits. Whereas one batsman (Varun Chakraborty) remained unbeaten on the score of 0. The Indian team should be thankful to the opening batsman Abhishek Sharma, who held one end and batted stormily.
Abhishek Sharma scored 68 runs in 37 balls, which included 8 fours and two sixes. This was the sixth fifty of Abhishek’s T20I career. Apart from Abhishek, Harshit Rana was also successful in reaching double digits. Harshit faced 33 balls and scored 35 runs with the help of 3 fours and one six. The third best score in the Indian innings was of Akshar Patel (7 runs). This shows how most of the Indian batsmen batted.
Why was Sanju sent to number three?
Suryakumar Yadav The Indian team, playing under the captaincy and coaching of Gautam Gambhir, also tried some experiments in this match, which proved to be futile. When India’s first wicket fell in the form of vice-captain Shubhman Gill, it was decided to send Sanju Samson at number three. This experiment did not work at all.
Sanju Samson was out after scoring only 2 runs. Usually Suryakumar Yadav comes to bat at number three in T20 International. Something similar was seen in the Canberra T20 match too, when captain Surya came at number three. In the batting order of the Indian team, Shivam Dubey’s number came below fast bowler Harshit Rana, which was surprising.
Harshit Rana landed at seventh place and Shivam Dubey at eighth place. Even though Harshit scored 35 runs, he played a lot of balls for it. When there was pressure on Harshit to score fast, he lost his wicket. After Harshit was out, Shivam came to bat and could score only 4 runs.
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