Zeecric Bureau
Cochin, Oct 02: Displaying an all round show Kangaroos stamped their authority in the second ODI match of the series trouncing India by huge margin of 84 runs. Australia now lead the seven match series by 1-0. The first match in Bangalore was a wash out.
Later, Dhoni admitted that batsman failed to apply themselves. Bradd Haddin who scored 87 not out runs on just 69 balls was adjudged man of the match. India failed to gain any momentum after wickets fell at regular interval. Rahul Dravid’s dismissal meant Indian tail getting exposed against the likes of Johnson and Hogg.
Just coming out of the T20 format Indian batsmen missed the opportunity to carry forward the winning momentum. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the only batsman who showed maturity to stay on the crease and was rewarded with fifty.
Sreesanth was the last batsman to join Dhoni and was soon in his line of Dhoni’s fire. A full powered straight drive struck Sreesanth on head on the other end.
Zaheer Khan was the last batsman dismissed of Brad Hogg’s deceptive left arm spin. Zaheer top edged Hogg’s delivery trying to sweep the ball, which landed, in Brad Hodge’s safe hands.
Indian captain MS Dhoni found himself in danger of running out of partners. India lost the eighth wicket in form of Romesh Powar who was bowled by Clarke when the Indian score card read 179 runs.
Earlier, Mitchell Johnson took an amazing catch merely a few inches away from the boundary to dismiss Rahul Dravid to make matters worse for India. Irfan Pathan was run out subsequently to a misunderstanding on the crease at a score of one run.The home team is in all sorts of trouble with a score of 141 runs for the loss of 6 wickets from 28 overs.
Australia gave a major jolt to the Indian campaign as Clark dismissed Uthappa who was looking dangerous. He had scored 41 runs from just 30 balls.
Prior to this, India had lost 3 early wickets of Gambhir, Tendulkar and in-form batsman Yuvraj Singh at the beginning of their run chase against Australia.
The Australian team amassed a highly competitive total of 306 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of their quota of 50 overs. Indian seamers though took wickets at regular intervals but could not restrict the Australian batsmen to score over 6 runs per over.
Later, Dhoni admitted that batsman failed to apply themselves. Bradd Haddin who scored 87 not out runs on just 69 balls was adjudged man of the match. India failed to gain any momentum after wickets fell at regular interval. Rahul Dravid’s dismissal meant Indian tail getting exposed against the likes of Johnson and Hogg.
Just coming out of the T20 format Indian batsmen missed the opportunity to carry forward the winning momentum. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the only batsman who showed maturity to stay on the crease and was rewarded with fifty.
Sreesanth was the last batsman to join Dhoni and was soon in his line of fire. A full powered straight drive struck Sreesanth on head on the other end. Luckily the helmet saved Sreesanth from any serious injury.
Zaheer Khan was the last batsman dismissed of Brad Hogg’s deceptive left arm spin. Zaheer top edged Hogg’s delivery trying to sweep the ball, which landed, in Brad Hodge’s safe hands.
Indian captain MS Dhoni found himself in danger of running out of partners. India lost the eighth wicket in form of Romesh Powar who was bowled by Clarke when the Indian score card read 179 runs.
Earlier, Mitchell Johnson took an amazing catch merely a few inches away from the boundary to dismiss Rahul Dravid to make matters worse for India. Irfan Pathan was run out subsequently to a misunderstanding on the crease at a score of one run.The home team is in all sorts of trouble with a score of 141 runs for the loss of 6 wickets from 28 overs.
Australia gave a major jolt to the Indian campaign as Clark dismissed Uthappa who was looking dangerous. He had scored 41 runs from just 30 balls.
Prior to this, India had lost 3 early wickets of Gambhir, Tendulkar and in-form batsman Yuvraj Singh at the beginning of their run chase against Australia.
The Australian team amassed a highly competitive total of 306 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of their quota of 50 overs. Indian seamers though took wickets at regular intervals but could not restrict the Australian batsmen to score over 6 runs per over.
The Australian batsmen edged towards a respective total as Symonds and Haddin kept the tempo up with a wide range of shots all over the stadium, carving boundaries from the spinners at regular intervals.
Symonds had raced to his half century that was studded with 5 fours and 2 massive sixes. This came in the wake of a beautiful delivery by Irfan Pathan to get rid of dangerous batsman Hayden who had scored a quick 75 from 89 balls.
Clarke and Hayden earlier built up a useful partnership with some cautious shots and recovered from the initial lag phase. Playing some great drives square off the wicket, they manoeuvred their batting well and used the loose deliveries to be despatched outside the boundary.
Zaheer Khan made full use of the opportunity given to him by his captain and bowled a beautiful swinger to dismiss Gilchirst. Indians stuck in the first over of the highly charged match.
India won the toss and invited Australia to bat first in the second one-dayer at Cochin. For India, Sourav Ganguly is not playing due to hamstring injury and Robin Uthappa takes his place. RP Singh faced the ire of bowling poorly in the first ODI and was kept out, for Australia captain Ricky Ponting has to still recover from his injury
Australia (from): Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (vice-captain/wicketkeeper), Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds and Adam Voges.
India (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Ramesh Powar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Zaheer Khan, S. Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh.
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) and Suresh Shastri (India).
Third umpire: G. Pratapkumar (India).
Match referee: Chris Broad (England).
