India defeated Australia by 24 runs in the last match of Super-8. Rohit Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav made the biggest contribution to India’s victory. Rohit played a stormy innings of 92 runs in 41 balls, while Kuldeep Yadav came in the middle overs and took 2 important wickets. Apart from him, Arshdeep Singh was once again successful in taking a lot of wickets. He took 3 wickets in the match. India had put 205 runs on the scoreboard while playing first. But when Australia came out to chase the target, Travis Head stood firm from one end, but he did not get support from the other end. Head scored 76 runs in 43 balls, but could not take Australia’s boat to victory. Australia’s defeat must have awakened enthusiasm in the Afghanistan camp because now it can go to the semi-finals only by defeating Bangladesh.
India gave a target of 206 runs
India came to bat first after losing the toss. Although Virat Kohli got out on a score of zero, Rohit Sharma stole the show by playing an innings of 92 runs in 41 balls. He hit 7 fours and 8 sixes in his innings and during this, he also hit 4 sixes in a single over of Mitchell Starc. Suryakumar Yadav also scored 31 runs in 16 balls in a stormy manner. In the last overs, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey together took Team India’s score beyond 200 runs. Hardik scored 27 runs in 17 balls and Dubey scored 28 runs in 22 balls.
Australia recovered from the initial setback
Just like India got an early setback in the form of Virat Kohli. Similarly, Arshdeep Singh gave a big blow to Australia by dismissing David Warner in the very first over. But after this, there was an 81-run partnership between captain Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head. Marsh was playing well, but Akshar Patel caught his incredible catch on the boundary. Marsh scored 37 runs in 28 balls. Glenn Maxwell supported Travis Head for some time, but he was bowled by Kuldeep Yadav after scoring 20 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah turned the tables by dismissing Travis Head
Australia needed 58 runs to win in the last 4 overs. Travis Head was still at the crease and was batting aggressively. Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah came to bowl in the 17th over, who deceived Travis Head with a slow ball and got him caught by Rohit Sharma. The Indian camp must have breathed a sigh of relief after Head’s wicket fell. This over of Bumrah proved to be more lethal because he gave only 5 runs in this over.
Rohit Sharma and Arshdeep Singh shone
Captain Rohit Sharma laid the foundation of victory for India. He completed his fifty in just 19 balls by thrashing the Australian bowlers. He played a brilliant innings of 92 runs in 41 balls and contributed significantly in helping India reach the score of 205 runs. In bowling, Arshdeep Singh took the most wickets for Team India. Arshdeep took 3 important wickets by giving 37 runs in 4 overs.
