India vs Australia: Indias ambitions of sealing the series lack certainty as India posts 178/9 in 20 overs against Australia at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. The opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad gave a brilliant start to India by adding 50 runs for the first wicket. Aaron Hardie provided the first breakthrough for Australia in the last ball of the first powerplay by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal who scored 37 runs off 28 deliveries. Innings break!Rinku Singh top-scores with 46 as #TeamIndia set a 🎯 of 175 👌Second innings coming up shortly ⏳Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/iGmZmBsSDt#TeamIndia | #INDvAUS | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/4q17vMLbBi— BCCI (@BCCI) December 1, 2023Australia injected two quick blows after Jaiswals dismissal. Inform batters Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav became the victims and were dismissed cheaply. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rinku Singh stabilized the Indian ship and added 48 runs off 31 deliveries. The former was dismissed by T Sangha after scoring 32 runs off 28 deliveries. Five overs to go!Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma are dealing in sixes as #TeamIndia reach 130/4 🙌Follow the Match ▶️ https://t.co/iGmZmBskNV#TeamIndia | #INDvAUS | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/gXEZZFVRcw— BCCI (@BCCI) December 1, 2023Rinku leads fightbackRinku Singh led a fightback with Jitesh Sharma as the pair added 56 runs off 32 deliveries for the fifth wicket. Ben Dwarshuis ended the partnership by dismissing Jitesh, who scored 35 runs off 19 deliveries including 1 boundary and three maximums. India loses 5 wickets in two oversHowever, Indian batters failed to finish on high and added just 13 runs by losing 5 wickets in the last two overs. Rinku Singh was the top scorer of the game who missed out on his fifty by 4 runs. He scored 46 runs off 29 deliveries including 4 boundaries and 2 maximums. Dwarshuis was the pick of the bowler for Australia who scalped three wickets while Jason Behrendorff and Tanveer Sangha claimed two wickets each.Earlier, Australias skipper Matthew Wade won the toss and invited India to bat first in the fourth game of the bilateral series. India is leading with 2-1 in the 5-match series.
