Dubai, 20/10:The Indian cricket team defeated Australia by 9 wickets in their second warm-up match of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai. In this match played on Wednesday at the ICC Cricket Academy ground in Dubai, Australia scored 152 for 5 in 20 overs, after which India achieved the target in 17.5 overs by losing only one wicket. Rohit Sharma scored 60 runs while Hardik Pandya (14 *) hit the winning six. Suryakumar Yadav returned unbeaten on 38 off 27 balls. Ashton Agar took the only wicket for Australia.
Chasing the target of 154 runs, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma gave a good start to the Indian team. Both added 68 runs in 9.1 overs. This partnership was broken by Ashton Agar and caught by KL Rahul (39) at the hands of David Warner. Rahul hit 2 fours and 3 sixes in his 31-ball innings. Then Rohit took the innings forward with Suryakumar Yadav. India’s 100 runs were completed in 12.4 overs. Rohit also hit a six on the very first ball of this over of Maxwell.