India go 2-0 up in T20 series after top order pummels Australia

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Agencies): Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan led India’s batting charge to set up a convincing 44-run win over Australia in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday. Jaiswal smashed a 25-ball 53 and fellow left-hander Kishan hit 52 off 32 deliveries to help India to 235-4 after being invited to bat first in Thiruvananthapuram. Spinner Ravi Bishnoi and fast bowler Prasidh Krishna took three wickets each as the hosts kept Australia down to 191-9 and extend their lead to 2-0 in the five-match series. Batsmen ruled as Jaiswal lay the foundations for India’s mammoth total with key contributions from fellow opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who made 58, and Rinku Singh’s unbeaten nine-ball 31. Jaiswal, who smashed nine fours and two sixes, raced to his fifty in 24 balls but soon fell to fast bowler Nathan Ellis, who got three wickets.

Kishan, a wicketkeeper-batsman, raised his fifty with a six off leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha before he got out to Marcus Stoinis. But the left-handed Rinku finished off the innings with a flurry of boundaries and sixes. In reply, Australia fell to 58-4 including Steve Smith (19), previous-match centurion Josh Inglis (two) and Glenn Maxwell (12) back in the dug-out. Tim David, who smashed 37, and Stoinis, who hit 45 off 25 balls, attempted to hit back in their partnership of 81 as the two hit six fours and six sixes between them. Bishnoi broke the stand with his leg-spin to dismiss David who mistimed a hit to long-on. Stoinis was the next to go as the wheels came off the chase and Krishna got two more to nearly end the batting team’s hopes. Skipper Matthew Wade struck an unbeaten 42 off 23 balls to reduce the margin of loss for Australia, who last week lost the opener four days after being crowned champions of the ODI World Cup. The third T20 is on Tuesday in Guwahati.

SCOREBOARD

INDIA INNINGS

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Zampa b Ellis       53

Ruturaj Gaikwad c David b Ellis         58

Ishan Kishan c Ellis b Stoinis   52

Suryakumar Yadav c Stoinis b Ellis    19

Rinku Singh not out        31

Tilak Varma not out       7

Did not bat: Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna

EXTRAS (LB 2, NB 1, W 12)  15

TOTAL (20 overs)         235-4

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-77, 2-164, 3-189, 4-221

BOWLING:

Marcus Stoinis      3-0-27-1

Nathan Ellis 4-0-45-3

Glenn Maxwell     2-0-38-0

Sean Abbott 3-0-56-0

Adam Zampa        4-0-33-0

Tanveer Sangha    4-0-34-0

AUSTRALIA INNINGS

Steven Smith c Jaiswal b Prasidh        19

Matthew Short b Ravi     19

Josh Inglis c Tilak b Ravi          2

Glenn Maxwell c Jaiswal b Patel        12

Marcus Stoinis c Patel b Mukesh        45

Tim David c Gaikwad b Ravi    37

Matthew Wade not out   42

Sean Abbott b Prasidh     1

Nathan Ellis b Prasidh     1

Adam Zampa b Arshdeep         1

Tanveer Sangha not out  2

EXTRAS (LB 4, NB 1, W 5)    10

TOTAL (20 overs)         191-9

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-35, 2-39, 3-53, 4-58, 5-139, 6-148, 7-149, 8-152, 9-155

BOWLING

Arshdeep Singh    4-0-46-1

Prasidh Krishna    4-0-41-3

Ravi Bishnoi         4-0-32-3

Axar Patel   4-0-25-1

Mukesh Kumar     4-0-43-1

Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal, KN Ananthapadmanabhan

TV umpire: Nitin Menon

Match referee: Javagal Srinath