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India and Australia are playing warm-up match with a spirit of a regular T20 World Cup game as both the teams displayed tremendous performances in the Monday's game. Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli made a magnificent throw to dismiss Tim David in the penultimate over.
The Men in Blue registered a target of 187 runs with a loss of 7 wickets as KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav scored quick half-centuries. While chasing the target, Australia felt seven runs short as skipper Aaron Finch was the only Aussie batsman to have an impact on the Indian bowlers.
After managing an economy of more than 12 in his starting two overs, Harshal Patel bounced back in his third over to dismiss set-batsman Aaron Finch on the first delivery of the over. On the next ball, Virat Kohli made a direct hit on the stumps to dismiss Tim David on five runs.
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Talking about the match, KL Rahul smashed 57 runs off 33 balls while SKY hit 50 off 33 deliveries while Kane Richardson picked four wickets in his four-over spell to restrict Team India on 186 runs. On the other hand, Australian openers Mitchell Marsh (35) and Aaron Finch (76) kick started the innings confidently, but rest of the team failed to resist the pressure.
India picked four wickets in the final over to bowl out Australia on 180 runs as Mohammed Shami dismissed three players while Dinesh Karthik and Shami combined to run-out Ashton Agar.