There is a bigger
match the 1st T20 between India and Australia - being played at JSCA
International Cricket stadium in Ranchi ….
Jharkhand State Cricket Association
is a full member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it
organises international matches in the state, but JSCA did not own any
international cricket stadiums, the only one being Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur,
named after a former GM of Tata Steel.
The present stadium is closer to Ranchi airport ~ most importantly the
home ground of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, MSD.
This photo would
sum it up all - Aussies in dire straits
reduced to 118/8 as rain interrupted at 8.20 pm in 18.4.
Indian bowlers,
especially the spinners had a stranglehold on Aussie batsman. Yuz Chahal got rid of Maxwell for the 4th
time in 4 games – this time to a long hop !!
The man in picture,
bowled having no clues is Tim Paine – a wicketkeeper-batsman who was earmarked
as next in line behind Brad Haddin in Australia's line-up in 2009, Tim Paine's
career was severely affected by a finger injury that required multiple
operations. Paine originally broke his right index finger in November 2010,
when he was struck on the hand by a Dirk Nannes delivery. Today at Ranchi in the 15th over
Chahal missed a caught and bowled; 2nd one, he was beaten, Dhoni did
collect neatly, attempted to break the bail – was it seeing the foot in or was
that a miss !; of the 5th Dan Christian was fooled, Dhoni was
blinded and could not collect neatly, missed a stumping change – last delivery
Paine pulled a long hap straight into and out of Bhuvneswar Kumar. Aussies all
at sea !!
Virat Kohli, won the toss and elected to bowl with rain in
the air in the first T20I at the JSCA Stadium. David Warner, is captaining Australia in the series with Steven Smith
having flown back home with a shoulder injury.
Jason Behrendorff, the left-arm pacer made his debut with T20
specialists Moises Henriques, Glenn
Maxwell, Daniel Christian and Andrew Tye all finding a place. India returned to
their regular limited-overs opening combination with Shikhar Dhawan reuniting
with Rohit Sharma. Dhawan, who had missed the ODI series to be with his ailing
wife, came in at the expense of Ajinkya Rahane. India preferred the wristspin
of Kuldeep Yadav over the orthodox left-arm spin of Axar Patel, who had played
the last two matches of the ODI series. Bhuvi had 1; Bumrah 2; Hardeek1; Chahal
1 and Kuldeep 2.
In
Ranji Trophy, Prashant Chopra's 338, the tenth-highest individual score in the
Ranji Trophy and the first triple-century by a Himachal Pradesh batsman, helped
the side amass a record 729 for 8, their highest total in the tournament on the
second day against Punjab in Dharamsala.
Chopra began the second day on 271 off 289 balls and barely let up his
momentum, reaching 300 off 318 balls. A return catch to part-time offspinner
Pargat Singh ended his 363-ball stay at the crease, by which time Chopra had
hit 44 fours and two sixes.
Saurashtra's
bowlers took 16 wickets on the second day in Rohtak to take control against
Haryana, who need another 78 runs to make Saurashtra bat again. Shaurya
Sanandia took six wickets on the day - four in the first innings and two in the
second - while Kushang Patel and Jaydev Unadkat took four wickets each on the
day, as Haryana were forced to follow on after being bowled out for 107. Back home, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Tamil Nadu
pace-bowlers, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh and Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, took two
wickets each to keep Andhra in check on the second day in Chennai. The three
bowlers combined to leave Andhra at 64 for 5 in the 26th over before Bodapati
Sumanth and Ashwin Hebbar punched their way to a century stand for the sixth
wicket, to ensure Andhra took a 55-run lead by close of play.
With regards
– S. Sampathkumar
7th Oct 2017
