slogs it well over deep midwicket! Full and angled into the arc once again from around the wicket. He set up for it, picked that it was back of the hand, and swung cleanly through it. Wins India the series
Australia vs India, 2nd T20I at Sydney, IND in AUS, Dec 06 2020 - Match Result
11:08pm And that is all from our coverage of the second match. Good night, and catch you soon!
Kohli: Yeah meant a great deal. We've played as a team in T20 cricket. The fact that we don't have Rohit and Bumrah, our established white ball players, in and still doing well makes me happy. Everyone has played 14 games at least, recently - so they know what their plans are. We just kept them down to a total which we thought was quite chaseable with the short boundary. It's contributions from the whole team that make you feel better because young players are taking their opportunities. The reason was Hardik coming into the team in 2016 was pure ability. He has raw talent. And now he realises that this is his time, the next 4-5 years, to be that bankable player that can win you games from anywhere. His plans are right and I'm glad to see that. We had a word before the game to ride the atmosphere, and the energy from the fans. [The scoop] there was indeed an AB shot! I told Hardik Tye wasn'texpecting it and he said he didn't either. I'll text AB tonight, see what he thinks of it.
Wade: It was good fun [to be captain], a lot more fun till Hardik came out. I think we might have been a little short - not a lot, but then it doesn't matter when Hardik is in [this sort of form]. All in all we played some good cricket, we just mis-executed in some places and that was it. Was great to see Sweppo and Zamps. These guys have played a lot of T20. Unfortunately we couldn't execute in the end.
Hardik: It's pretty simple. I really like to see the scorecard and play. It lets you know the kind of shots and options you have. All my matches, I've realised you always have more time than you realise in T20 matches. No matter the target - we've got 80-90-100 in the last five before, and I take confidence from that. As a unit we believe in playing positive, it gives everyone a chance as well. I thought Matarajan would have been Man of the Match, he gave us a target about 10 runs lower than it would have been.
Hardik Pandya is the Man of the Match.
AussieBren: "Gutsy call to give the debutant the 20th over! I know Sams is more than capable but the pressure on the young man!"
Vignesh: "Natarajan should be player of the match today. On a batting track he was brilliant today"
Lucky: "Henriques given only 1 over is a crime on this pitch. We already saw in the ODIs that the medium pacers at SCG are hard to hit that well. "
Abdul Pak: "Unbelievable...Pandya...wow...he was so clear in his mind what to do. I love his attitude."
Surprised: "Superb strokeplay from Hardik. But why did Sams bowl around the wicket when he was bowling very well over the wicket and making batmen reach for the wide off side deliveries...?!!"
WATCH: Sanju Samson's wicket (Indian subcontinent only)
WATCH: Virat Kohli falls while chasing a wide one (Indian subcontinent only)
10:45pm Birthday boy Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya walk off the winners tonight. Rusty for the most part, Pandya but he's shown up right at the end with two crisp hits to seal it. Iyer did his part too, a neat little cameo from him. That's 2-0 to India, who bounce back from the ODI series loss.
beaten with a smart bouncer. Follows him down leg side. He looks to improvise with the upper cut but that's past him
pumps that wide of long-on! He continues to stay around the wicket. And slides this length ball into Pandya's arc. He nails it on the up
slower ball, sliding into the body. Swishes across it, gets a thick inside edge to deep square leg's right
It was Tye's over halfway through, but those last three balls have gone India's way. 11 off it. They need 14 off the last one. Sams will bowl it, around the wicket.
short of a length and wide outside off. Cut straight to backward point, who might have got Pandya at the non-strikers with a direct hit
drilled to sweeper's right. Good length and wide outside off, backs away and throws his hands at it again. Bat turns in the hands again, but this time he's in more control as he gets it in front of sweeper
sliced over short third. Full toss outside off. Throws his hands at that. The bat turns in the hand and it flies off the outside half of the bat
beaten again. Full slower ball wide outside off this time, shuffles and scythes and misses
Highlights (Indian subcontinent only): Zampa claims Dhawan's wicket
slower ball, short of a length and wide outside off. Beaten on the attempted cut
Grant Robinson: "Tough being a spinner. Beaten batsmen time and time again and then someone gets it somewhere near the middle. "
Iyer takes on long-on's arm and finishes the second. Full slower ball at off stump, drilled to long-on's left
Tye to bowl the 19th
short and wide outside off, waits on it this time and chops that between cover and point
short at off stump, cuts straight to backward point
a no-look slog wayyyyy over deep midwicket! Full and sliding onto his front leg. He gets to the pitch, watches the ball onto the bat and continues to watch that spot as his perfect bat swing sends this a long way
Wade reviews for lbw. A quicker one slides rapidly onto Pandya's pads in front of leg stump. But there looked to be an inside edge as he looked to whip it through. Hotspot confirms it
googly at a length on leg stump, through his attempted slog too early. Gets an inside edge to short fine
full and at leg stump. Backs away and looks to loft this straight. Comes off the thick outside edge and lands safely to long-off's left
chopped past short third man.<.b> Yorker wide outside off, jumps back in the crease and chops down on that. It's off the outside part of the bat and quickly past the fielder
slower ball, good length and wide outside off. Shuffles across and slaps this to sweeper's right
short and wide, sliding across off stump. And hurries him and beats his cut
James: "Not a bad first wicket in international cricket for Sams!"
slower ball, short and wide outside off. Cut firmly to sweeper's left
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Sydney Cricket Ground | |
Toss | India, elected to field first |
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Season | 2020/21 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | India led the 3-match series 2-0 |
Match number | T20I no. 1115 |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.10 start, First Session 19.10-20.40, Interval 20.40-21.00, Second Session 21.00-22.30 |
Match days | 06 December 2020 - night (20-over match) |
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