Hardik Pandya lifts India to win over Australia in first ODI in Chennai
Virat Kohli dismissed by returning Nathan Coulter-Nile for four-ball duckThe 23-year-old smashed a career-best 83 from 66 deliveries while dominating a 118-run stand with MS Dhoni (79 from 88) as India rallied from 87-5 to create 281-7.
Pandya then found the wickets of Steve Smith (1) and Travis Head (5) as Australia crumbled inside their quest for a revised 164 from 21 overs adhering to a three-hour rain delay.Glenn Maxwell muscled four sixes in a 18-ball 39 and James Faulkner made 32 not out but Smith's side could only muster 137-9 to fall 1-0 down in the five-match series, which continues in Kolkata on Thursday. Australia had got off to a flyer with the ball - Nathan Coulter-Nile (3-44) reducing India to 11-3 inside six overs his first ODI in over annually, snaffling Virat Kohli for nought when Maxwell took an exceptional one-handed catch at backward point.
Pandya then found the wickets of Steve Smith (1) and Travis Head (5) as Australia crumbled inside their quest for a revised 164 from 21 overs adhering to a three-hour rain delay.Glenn Maxwell muscled four sixes in a 18-ball 39 and James Faulkner made 32 not out but Smith's side could only muster 137-9 to fall 1-0 down in the five-match series, which continues in Kolkata on Thursday. Australia had got off to a flyer with the ball - Nathan Coulter-Nile (3-44) reducing India to 11-3 inside six overs his first ODI in over annually, snaffling Virat Kohli for nought when Maxwell took an exceptional one-handed catch at backward point.
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