Poor Performance of Indian team Continued in todays Game Tooo.. So india must thanks rain which saves india to yet another loss.
Rain
played spoilsport as the tri-series match between India and Australia was
abandoned with the two teams sharing the points, which left the visiting
side in with a chance to make it to the final.
After
being put into bat, India were 69 for two after 16 overs when play was
stopped due to rain at 5pm local time (11:30 IST) and after a wait of
three hours the umpires decided to call off the match.
The
two teams take two points each from today's match, which means that the
final league game between India and England on January 30 at the WACA in
Perth will be a straight knockout for a chance to play Australia in the
final on February 1 at the same venue.
Accoding to points, Unbeaten
Australia have 15 points after today's no result, have already
qualified for the final while winless India and England have two and five
points respectively. A team gets four points for a win.
India
had lost to Australia and England in their first-leg matches of the double
round robin format tournament.
The
start of the match was delayed by 40 minutes due to drizzle since morning
and there was first rain interruption at 3:30 pm local time (10 am IST)
when India were six for no loss in 2.4 overs.
India losing the struggling Shikhar Dhawan for eight in the
seventh over and then Ambati Rayudu for 23 in the 13th over. Dhawan
was caught by Aaron Finch at slips off the bowling of Mitchell Starc as
the Indian opener dabbed at a delivery that bounced a bit extra from a
good length just outside the off-stump without any movement of his
feet.
Rayudu
was dismissed off the bowling of Marsh with David Warner taking a
sensational catch. The Indian batsman had charged and slashed at the ball,
carving it high over the infield on the off side and Warner ran from the
cover to take a well-judged catch.
Rayudu
faced 24 balls from which he hit two boundaries and one six. India
were 62 for two when Rayudu was out and they slowed down, scoring just seven
runs from the next 3.1 overs before rain stopped play.Ajinkya
Rahane was batting on 28 while Virat Kohli was giving him company on three
when rain stopped play. Rahane had faced 50 deliveries from which he hit
two fours.
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