INID vs AUS 1st ODI: Bumrah, Shami, Kuldeep restrict Aussies to 236/7

It was a vastly different performance from the bowling unit which maintained discipline for the better part of the 50 overs with Mohammed Shami (2/44 in 10 overs) showing the way

Jasprit Bumrah’s yet another promising performance in the death overs followed by some formidable stuff produced by Shami, Kuldeep and Kedar maintained the Indian dominance against the Aussies in Hyderabad. The visitors managed to amass 236 runs after losing 7 wickets in fifty overs. India need 237 to win the opening game of the 5-match series.

Opting to bat first, the Australians had a terrible start. Skipper Aaron Finch failed to get rid of his lean and was dismissed on a 3-ball duck off Jasprit Bumrah delivery, leaving his team at 0/1.

Then came Khawaja, who was first to break the shackles with a cover drive off Bumrah and a six off Kuldeep, introduced in the last over of the first Powerplay. With only 38 runs coming in the first Powerplay, the duo especially Stoinis decided to up the ante against Indian bowling's weakest link Vijay Shankar (0/22 in 3 overs), hitting him for a flurry of boundaries.

In the next five overs, Australia scored 33 and looked like regaining ground when Jadhav (1/31 from 7 overs) got a lucky breakthrough with a rank half-tracker. Stoinis mistimed the pull shot to Virat Kohli at mid-wicket.

Khawaja completed his sixth half-century in ODIs but couldn't get the elevation while giving Kuldeep the charge. Shankar took a well-judged catch at deep mid-wicket boundary running sideways.

Maxwell joined Peter Handscomb at 97 for three and the duo farmed the strike well during their run-a-ball partnership. Handscomb was using his feet well but Kuldeep managed to produce a classical chinaman's delivery. Handscomb was deceived twice – first in the air and then it broke back sharply for Dhoni to complete the easiest of glovework.

Once Handscomb was out, India controlled the second Powerplay with Kedar and Jadeja choking the run-flow.

Indian bowlers controlled the proceedings like seasoned puppeteers pulling strings at will. It was a vastly different performance from the bowling unit which maintained discipline for the better part of the 50 overs with Mohammed Shami (2/44 in 10 overs) showing the way.

Kuldeep Yadav (2/46 in 10 overs), Ravindra Jadeja (0/33 in 10 overs)  and Kedar Jadhav (1/31) made up for a rare off-day by Jasprit Bumrah (2/60 in 10 overs), that too, by his standards.

Despite not getting wickets, Jadeja bowled two miserly spells — 5-0-15-0 and 5-0-18-0. To top it, he was hit for only two boundaries and bowled 34 dot balls.