New Delhi. Team India has started preparations for the T20 World Cup starting from 16 October. Compared to the rest of the teams, the team that went to Australia in their first match against Western Australia, winning the toss and batting first, scored 158 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant started the innings for Team India but both were soon out.
Rohit Sharma was dismissed for only 3 runs while Rishabh Pant scored 9 runs in 17 balls. Apart from these, Deepak Hooda, who is returning from injury, was seen in good rhythm. He played an innings of 22 runs. Dinesh Karthik and Harshal Patel remained unbeaten. Karthik remained unbeaten on 18 while Harshal Patel scored 5 runs. Suryakumar Yadav scored the most runs for the team. He played a fast-paced innings of 52 runs.
Surya’s form continues in Australia as well
The form of batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who scored the highest runs in T20I cricket in 2022, is also intact in Australia. He played an innings of 52 runs. Surya completed his half-century by hitting a six. He played an innings of 52 runs in 35 balls. He hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.
Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya scored 29 runs in 20 balls in this match. Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya was not playing in the T20 series against South Africa. He was training in NCA. In this way his comeback was also good.
Virat was not a part of this match
Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli was not involved in this match. Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli has also been in excellent form since the Asia Cup and it is expected that he will also be a part of the team in the upcoming practice match.
India’s first World Cup match on 23 October
India will start their World Cup campaign against their biggest rival Pakistan on 23 October. This match will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. All the tickets for this match to be played in the second largest stadium in the world have already been sold out.