Team India, led by Suryakumar Yadav, maintained the rhythm they achieved in the first game in the second T20 against Australia. In the match played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, India scored 235 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs, which was the highest total for the Men in Blue against Australia in T20 International. Gaikwad played the biggest innings of 58 runs for the team. In the end, Rinku Singh showed his explosive batting with a strike rate of 350.
Australia had won the toss and elected to bowl, but this was proved wrong by the Indian team’s batsmen who came to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was bowled badly in the last game, played a quick half-century (53) at a strike rate of 212, including 9 fours and 2 sixes. After Jaiswal’s wicket, Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad maintained this rhythm. The Australian bowlers looked completely confused.
The Indian team, asked to bat first after losing the toss, got off to a very good start. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who came in to open, formed a quick partnership of 77 runs in 35 balls for the first wicket, which ended with the wicket of Jaiswal on the fifth ball of the sixth over. The left-handed opening ball was bowled by Nathan Ellis. Yashasvi returned to the pavilion after scoring 53 runs in 25 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. During that time, his batting average was .212.
Afterwards, in the 16th over, India’s second wicket fell in the form of Ishan Kishan, who was out after scoring 52 runs in 32 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. Before losing the wicket, Ishan Kishan along with Ruturaj Gaikwad formed a strong partnership of 87 (58 balls) for the second wicket. After that, the team suffered the third blow in the form of Suryakumar Yadav, who fell victim to Nathan Ellis in the 18th over. Surya played an innings of 19 runs off 10 balls with the help of 2 sixes.
Then, on the second ball of the 20th over, Nathan Ellis showed vice-captain Ruturaj Gaikwad the way to the pavilion. Gaikwad played an innings of 58 runs in 43 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. While Rinku Singh and Tilak Verma returned undefeated. Rinku Singh played an unbeaten innings of 31 runs with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes in 9 balls and Tilak Verma remained unbeaten on 7 runs with the help of 1 six in 2 balls.
The Indian batsmen competed fiercely against the Australian bowlers. Spinner Glenn Maxwell scored 38 runs in 2 overs. Apart from this, Sean Abbott gave away 56 runs in 3 overs. Adam Zampa spent 33 runs in 4 overs and Tanveer Sangha spent 34 runs in 4 overs. Meanwhile, Nathan Ellis proved to be a successful bowler for the team with three wickets. He scored 45 runs in 4 overs. While Marcus Stoinis got a wicket.
