India vs Australia: Starc and Marsh star in visitors’ 10-wicket thumping of Men in Blue

Marsh
then
scored
66
not
out
while
forging
an
unbeaten
121-run
stand
for
the
opening
wicket
with
Travis
Head,
who
scored
51
not
out.
The
duo
played
aggressive
cricket
as
the
target
was
chased
down
in
11
overs.

Starc
earlier
made
full
use
of
helpful
conditions
to
bundle
out
India
for
117
in
26
overs
as
he
finished
with
a
spell
of
5/53.
His
ninth
five-wicket
haul
in
ODIs
along
with
fine
display
from
Sean
Abbott
(3/23)
and
Nathan
Ellis
(2/13)
gave
Indian
batters
no
chance
to
settle
down
on
seaming
and
swinging
conditions.

Among
Indian
batters,
Virat
Kohli
scored
31
while
Axar
Patel
remained
29
not
out
in
a
horrific
batting
collapse.
Rohit
Sharma
could
score
just
13
at
the
top
after
Shubman
Gill
was
gone
for
a
duck.

Suryakumar
Yadav’s
poor
show
in
the
ODI
format
continued
with
a
first-ball
duck
while
last-match
hero
KL
Rahul
could
only
score
9.
Ravindra
Jadeja’s
16
was
the
third-highest
score
by
an
Indian
while
rest
of
the
batters,
excluding
Rohit,
couldn’t
touch
the
double
figures.

All
the
Indian
bowlers
were
taken
to
the
cleaners
as
well
by
the
Australian
openers
with
Mohammad
Siraj
giving
away
37
runs
in
three
overs
while
Mohammad
Shami
gave
29
runs
in
as
many
overs.

Hardik
Pandya,
who
scored
just
1
run
with
the
bat,
gave
away
18
runs
in
1
over
while
Kuldeep
Yadav’s
single
over
costs
12
runs.

Brief
Scores:
India:
117
all
out
in
26
overs
(Virat
Kohli
31,
Axar
Patel
29
not
out,
Mitchell
Starc
5/53,
Sean
Abbott
3/23,
Nathan
Ellis
2/13).

Australia:
121
for
no
loss
in
11
overs
(Travis
Head
51
not
out,
Mitchell
Marsh
66
not
out).