India and Australia locked horns with each other in the first of the three-match T20I series. Both teams played this match at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Aussie skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and asked the Indians to bat first on the turf of PCA stadium.
Speaking from the point of view of the men in blue, then they choked once again in the death overs and lost to the visitors by a margin of four wickets in the curtain raiser of the series. Indian fans were not looking happy with some of the decisions from the skipper Rohit Sharma.
They took to Twitter for criticizing a couple of decisions taken by him at the crucial juncture of the match. Giving the 19th over once again Bhuvneshwar Kumar was like something which really didn’t go down well with the Indian fans.
Here’s how fans reacted to the captaincy of Rohit Sharma:
Rohit Sharma is a Bakwas Captain. 🤣
— Himanshu Mishra (@Hima_nshu17) September 20, 2022
Very poor captaincy from him, giving 19th over to bhuvi, can't even defend 209 😂🙏
We want our Old Virat-Shastri Jodi Back 👍❤️#INDvsAUS#Bhuvi #RohitSharma #IndianCricketTeam #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/p6xvucdVID
Two minutes silence for those who says Rohit Sharma is great captain than Virat kohli#captaincy #RohitSharma #INDvAUS #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/d2b3Q3QCZ9
— Bhoopesh Sharma (@SriKidambi_FC) September 20, 2022
Rohit × Daya😂 #TMKOC #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/sQp4L2Mt1E
— VK🐐 (@goat18fc) September 21, 2022
#IndianCricketTeam Should Have A Strict & Trained Coach🤞
— Saumi (Forever SidNaazian) 🇮🇳💙🏏 (@BasuSaumi) September 21, 2022
A Unique Personality & Situation Wise Intelligent Captain👍
Without Taking Rest & Break.The Superb Players Should Be In Playing 11 Of All Matches To Contribute Best 🏏
That's Our #TeamIndia 💙🇮🇳#RohitSharma #RahulDravid
#RohitSharma wrong behavior pic.twitter.com/tMQoaJmH0f
— Vignesh Ratnakar Verekar (@vigneshverekar) September 21, 2022
Even Kl Rahul as a captain ended Bhuvneshwar Kumar's spell in 7th over. Bcoz everyone can see that Bhuvi can't bowl in death overs except our captain Rohit Sharma. #RohitSharma #KLRahul #ViratKohli𓃵
— Spoof Boy (@boy_spoof) September 21, 2022
#INDvsAUS Yesterday Indian Cricket team
— Anveshka Das (@AnveshkaD) September 21, 2022
Bhuvi #RohitSharma #bhuvneshwarkumar #BCCI Umesh Yadav Bumrah #HardikPandya bumrah pic.twitter.com/0TwGmOJ2VI
Speaking of the match, the Indian team faced two early blows as they lost two early wickets in the form of skipper Rohit Sharma and senior batter Virat Kohli only on the score of 35 runs. It was the time when another opener KL Rahul took the charge with star batter Suryakumar Yadav. They both stitched a partnership of 68 runs for the third wicket.
KL Rahul played a vital knock of 55 runs alongside the quick 46-run knock from SKY. Other than these two batters, star all-rounder, Hardik Pandya stunned everyone with his swashbuckling knock of 71 runs off just 30 balls. On the backs of these knocks, India managed to post a decent and big total of 208 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
While chasing the target, Australians crossed the line in 19.2 overs and scored 211 runs in 19.2 overs. Eventually, they won the match by four wickets. Young batter Cameron Green impressed everyone with his stunning knock of 61 runs off just 30 balls with eight boundaries and four sixes to his name.