India beat Australia by 9 wickets in rain-hit first T20I: Match highlights and as it happened

India easily chased down 48 runs in the stipulated 6 overs. (Source: PTI)

It was a damp squib of a match, in more ways than one. Australia looked woefully out of their depth from the very first over of the match and the way Davide Warner was dismissed was only a sign of things to come. Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch provided some stability to the visitors but Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav tightened the noose and Australia choked. Yuzvendra Chahal got Glenn Maxwell one again while Kuldeep and Bumrah pretty much did the rest with some help from Hardik Pandya and a Virat Kohli direct hit. The rains then kept both teams out of the field for a long time and India were left to chase 48 off 6 overs. Rohit Sharma got down to business immediately but was dismissed after making a quickfire 11. Kohli then saw it through with support from Shikhar Dhawan.

India vs Australia 1st T20I: Match highlights

Playing XI:

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (C), Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.

Australia: David Warner (C), Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Dan Christian, Tim Paine (WK), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff