Shami's 5 wickets propel India to 1-0 series lead over Australia in 1st ODI

 

India started their 3 match ODI series vs Australia on a winning note beating the tourists by 5 wickets banking on great bowling by Mohammed Shami and good batting by the openers and middle order . 

Put into bat after losing the toss , Australia lost dangerous Mitchell Marsh in the very first over of the game . After cutting the second ball for a 4 , Marsh edged a superb outgoing ball from Shami that seamed slightly to be caught at first slip by Gill . However the two veteran pros  Warner and   Smith consolidated and then Warner after a slow start started to find his bearings and played several dazzling shots before he holed out to long on off Jadeja for 56  after a 94 run stand with Smith who was out shortly afterwards bowled by an off cutter from Shami for a workmanlike 41 . 

The innings slowed down in the middle overs with Cameron Green struggling to score quickly . Labuschagne looked good before he was stumped off Ashwin in a freak fashion for 39 ..the ball bouncing on the stumps off Rahul's gloves . Green was run out for 31 . Aussies got some momentum with a quick scoring partnership between Josh Inglis (45) and Stoinis (29) before they lost a cluster of wickets . However Pat Cummins smacked few big hits for his 21 off 9 balls as Australia reached a fighting total of 276 in 50 overs .

Shami with 5/51 was the peak of the Indian bowlers with Bumrah also bowling well to get one wicket.  

In reply India started fluently with Shubman  Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad playing dazzling shots all around the ground . Gill was playing sublime drives and cuts as he looked million dollars while Gaikwad started to find his bearings soon to play his version of breathtaking shots as India galloped along to 142 for no loss in effortless fashion.  

Finally Zampa had Gaikwad lbw in trying to sweep for 71  and soon the luckless Shreyas Iyer (3) making a comeback was runout . 

Gill on 74 tried to cut Zampa and was bowled by a slider . However soon Zampa dropped two chances , the second one was a easier  one off Rahul as India was saved  from further blushes . 

Ishan Kishan and skipper KL Rahul was getting into a partnership till Ishan (18) was caught behind trying to upper cut Cummins . 

KL Rahul then partnered Surya Kumar  Yadav as both played with common sense to gradually work their way towards the target without playing risky shots . Surya played some glorious straight drives as he played more safer and  orthodox strokes . However he got down soon after reaching 50 off 49 balls caught by Marsh off Abbott though India were well in control by then . Rahul finished the match with a 4 & 6 to remain 58 not out as India won by 5 wickets with 8 balls remaining . For Australia Zampa was their best bowler taking 2 wickets . Cummins bowled well playing his first game after Ashes series .

As this series is a build up towards the World cup , more changes are expected in both teams as  they play the next game at Indore .