Image: BCCIInd vs Aus 1st ODI Highlights: The Indian team, which went to play cricket series on Australia tour, has to face defeat in its very first match. In the first match of the three-match ODI series today, hosts Australia defeated India by 66 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). After winning the toss, Australia captain Aaron Finch decided to bat first. Batting first, the Australian team scored 374 runs in 50 overs for the loss of six wickets. Chasing a huge target of 375 runs, the Indian team could only manage 308 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs.
For India, Hardik Pandya scored the highest 90 runs and opener Shikhar Dhawan scored 74 runs. While batting first, Finch scored 114 runs and Smith scored 105 runs for the Australian team.
After the end of the Australian innings, Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal ground made a fast start to the Indian innings. Mayank Agarwal opened the Indian innings along with Shikhar Dhawan in the absence of Rohit Sharma.
After a long time, spectators in the stadium
Most of the events have been closed due to the Corona pandemic. Although some events like IPL did take place but they were organized in empty stadiums. Today, for the first time since the start of the Corona epidemic, spectators are present in the stadium to encourage their teams. However, Cricket Australia has approved this series with only 50 percent spectator capacity of the stadium. Let us inform that India is on a tour of Australia to play three ODIs, three T20s and four Test matches.
teams
India : Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah and Navdeep Saini.
Australia: Aaron Finch (Captain), David Warner, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Marcus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Jose Hazlewood.