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| India suffer humilating defeat in 20-20 match downunder |
| Friday, February 1, 2008 |
 1 February 2008
India went into todays T20 match as favourites having won the T20 World Championship and beaten Australia in the previous two encounters between the sides. But this Indian outfit had unfamiliar look to it with no Yuvraj Singh and Joginder Sharma. Yuvraj Singh has been sidelined till Indias first ODI game and Joginder Sharma has not been selected to be part
of ODI team.
Having lost the start batsmen the Indian side opted to bat first the ploy they have been using in almost all of their T20 matches. But soon India found themselves in trouble with wickets being lost at regular intervals.
Virender Sehwag was the first man to be dismissed by a brilliant fielding exhibition by Australian captain Michael Clarke. In next over India lost its highest T20 scores Gautam Gambhir also. There was no Yuvraj Singh to steady the ship this time and with Sachin Tendulkar also not playing the game the Australians quickly grasped the match by dismissing all batsmen in quick succession.
Only Irfan Pathan offered some resistance and was responsible for India getting pass the lowest T20 total of 73 set by Kenya against New Zealand in South Africa in 2007. With a score of 74 India were never in hunt and openors Adam Gilchrist and Michael Clarke ensured they reached within striking distance before Adam Gilchrist got out. Brad Hodge then batted sensibly with Clarke to guide the home side to victory in 11th over and give India an embarrassing defeat in the format which they are World Champions. |
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