India vs Australia Live Score, 1st T20I: Australia lose Finch, Stoinis in two balls

Live Blog | Scorecard | Target for Australia: 127

Overs 3: Australia 9/1
Glenn Maxwell ended the Jasprit Bumrah over with a four.

Overs 2.1: Australia 5/2
OUT! Massive blow for Australia. Skipper Aaron Finch was trapped leg before wicket by Jasprit Bumrah for a golden duck. This is exactly what India must be hoping when they started the defense of lowly 127-run target.

Overs 2: Australia 5/1
OUT! Early blow for Australia. Marcus Stoinis run out for 1

Over 1: Australia 4/0
After four dot balls, D'Arcy Short hit a four off Jasprit Bumrah.

D'Arcy Short and Stoinis start the run chase for Australia. Jasprit Bumrah opening the attack for the hosts

Overs 20: India 126/7
MS Dhoni (29* off 37 balls) hit a six off Nathan Coulter-Nile (3-26) in the final over, but managed to score just eight off it.

Overs 19: India 118/7
Just three runs from the Pat Cummins over, who returned figures of 1-19 in four overs, with MS Dhoni (23*) not taking singles.

Overs 18: India 115/7
Jhye Richardson completed his quota of overs, 0-31. India need a big over from Dhoni to set a good target for the visitors.

Overs 16.5: India 109/7
OUT! India lost another wicket. This time Pat Cummings dismissed Umesh Yadav for his first wicket of the innings. MS Dhoni (19*) quickly running out of batting partner

Overs 15: India 100/6
OUT! Third wicket for Nathan Coulter-Nile, scalped Krunal Pandya (1). India in trouble

Overs 14: India 95/5
India under pressure after losing wickets at regular intervals. Adam Zampa just bowled a one-run over.

Overs 13: India 94/5
OUT! What an over from Nathan Coulter-Nile. Two wickets and just three singles from it. He clean bowled Dinesh Karthik for 1.

Overs 12.2: India 92/4
OUT! Nathan Coulter-Nile gave Australia a big breakthrough, dismissed well-set KL Rahul (50). Rahul fell soon after reaching his fifth fifty in the shortest format of the game.

* FIFTY for KL Rahul off 35 balls, his fifth in T20Is. Rahul hit a six and six fours to reach the milestone. India 88/3 in 11.4 overs



Overs 11: India 85/3
Another good over from Pat Cummins, just five runs came off it.

* MS Dhoni joined KL Rahul (46*) in the middle

Overs 10: India 80/3
OUT! Quick blow for India. Young Rishabh Pant run out for 3. Part-time spinner D'Arcy Short gave away four runs in the over.

Overs 8.4: India 69/2
OUT! Massive wicket for the Aussies. Adam Zampa dismissed Virat Kohli (24) to end the partnership with KL Rahul. Kohli failed to reach under the ball and gave away a simple catch to Nathan Coulter-Nile at long-on. Kohli hit three boundaries in his 17-ball knock and added 55 runs for the second wicket with Rahul.

Overs 8: India 65/1
Good start from Pat Cummins, just six off it. KL Rahul (37*) and Virat Kohli (21*) completed fifty-run partnership for the second wicket.

Overs 7: India 59/1
10 RUNS! Spinner Adam Zampa conceded 10 runs in his first over

* 50 up for India in 6.1 overs

Overs 6: India 49/1
11 RUNS! Another two boundaries over for India. Virat Kohli (17*) and KL Rahul (27*) are going strong

Overs 5: India 38/1
12 RUNS! Virat Kohli (11*) kept the momentum going, hit Jason Behrendorff for two fours. India scored 12 from the over.

Overs 4: India 26/1
11 RUNS! KL Rahul (20*) hit two more boundaries off Jhye Richardson. Another good over for India.

* Skipper Virat Kohli joined KL Rahul in the middle

Overs 2.3: India 14/1
OUT! Big wicket. Jason Behrendorff scalped Rohit Sharma (5). India opener tried to play a cheeky flick over short fine leg, only to find Adam Zampa.

Overs 2: India 12/0
11 RUNS! KL Rahul (9*) hit couple of boundaries off Jhye Richardson as India scored 11 runs in the over.

Over 1: India 1/0
Good start from Behrendorff. Just one run conceded.

* KL Rahul is opening the India innings with Rohit Sharma in the absence of regular opener Shikhar Dhawan. Jason Behrendorff with the ball for the visitors

Time for national anthems.

Playing XIs

India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (w), Dinesh Karthik, Krunal Pandya, Umesh Yadav, Mayank Markande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia: Aaron Finch (c), D'Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Handscomb (w), Ashton Turner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa

Pitch Report - "There should be a little bit of turn on this pitch. And India would want to play at least 2 spinners on this deck. This pitch will be at its best with the new ball. Team batting first would want to get a total of around 160 on the board. The skipper winning the toss would like to bat first."

"We will bowl first. It looks like a really nice wicket and I don't think it is going to change much. Peter Handscomb will make his debut and he will keep wickets too. Short will open the innings for us." - Aaron Finch, Australia captain

TOSS | Australia win the toss and opt to bowl against India

TEAM NEWS: Spinner Mayank Markande all set to make his India debut today.




Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the first T20I between India and Australia.