Kathmandu: Rohit Sharma didn’t mince any words when he was asked about the loss. Rohit put the blame squarely on India’s pathetic bowling performance in the match.
With the win, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match T-20 series. Australia found the target of 209 runs given by India by losing 6 wickets in 19 overs and 2 balls. Australia’s Cameron Green scored a half-century of 61 runs.
Similarly, Matthew Wade scored an unbeaten 45 runs. India’s Akshar Patel took 3 wickets and Umesh Yadav took 2 wickets.
Before that, India, who batted first, scored 208 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. India’s Hardik Pandey and KL Rahul scored half-centuries. Pandey scored an unbeaten 71 runs and Rahul added 55 runs.
Australia’s Nathan Ellis took 3 wickets and Josh Hazlewood took 2 wickets. The second T-20 between the two countries will be played on Friday and the third and final T-20 on Sunday.
