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AUSTRALIA IN INDIA, 1ST ODI

Combative batting, wrist spin help India go 1-0 up

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Hardik Pandya starred with both bat and ball to win the Man of the Match award
Hardik Pandya starred with both bat and ball to win the Man of the Match award © AFP

Australia never saw their capitulation coming, especially after all the hard yards put in to negate the spin impact during their build-up to the ODI series opener in Chennai. But by the end of Sunday evening, the visitors were torn by some supremely combative batting and a muddled batting approach in curtailed conditions against superior spin bowling. Chasing 164 in 21 overs demanded a more T20 approach but wickets up front saw Australia hurtle before crashing faceward down,

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