IND vs AUS Warm Up Match Highlights: Mohd Shami sizzles in 4-wicket over as India edge out Australia in practice game | Scorecard

IND vs AUS Warm Up Match Highlights: Mohammad Shami nipped concerns over his fitness in the bud with a sensational final over as India pulled off a 6-run win over Australia in the warm-up fixture of the T20 World Cup in Brisbane on Monday.

Here is how it happened:

Australia won the toss and opted to bowl – putting India in to bat in the warm up match on Monday at the Gabba in Brisbane. The Indian batsmen enjoyed the pace and bounce of the Gabba wicket. K L Rahul (57 off 33) and Suryakumar Yadav (50 off 33) smashed entertaining half-centuries to power India to 186 for  the loss of 7 wickets.

Ind vs Aus Warm Up Match: Indian openers set the pace

KL Rahul scored the bulk of the runs in the powerplay, taking India to 69 for no loss. Rohit Sharma (15 off 14) was a mere spectator at the other end as Rahul came up with one classy hit after another. During a 78-run stand between the openers, Rohit hardly got to bat and could open his account only in the fifth over. Rahul, whose strike rate has been questioned in the past, looked like he was back to his best after coming back from an injury lay off.

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Ind vs Aus Warm Up Match: Surya shines in the middle order, again

Barring Hardik Pandya (2), who was outdone by a slower ball from Kane Richardson, all the Indian batters got to spend some valuable time in the middle.

There was also another fine knock from Suryakumar, who had also scored a fifty against Western Australia in Perth. He and Rahul also got the taste of the extra bounce as they both were hit on the helmet.

India vs Australia Warm Up Match: Mohammad Shami Sizzles on Return

Needing 16 runs off the last 12 balls with six wickets in hand, Australia were on course for a comfortable win before Shami, Harshal Patel and Virat Kohli the fielder scripted a turnaround for India.

Shami, who last played a competitive game in July and landed here after suffering a long bout of COVID-19, turned up to bowl the last over of the game and made a decisive impact on the game.

He landed yorker after yorker and ended up with three wickets in the over besides a run out. Shami was drafted into the squad as a replacement for the injured Jasprit Bumrah.

In the penultimate over, under-fire Harshal Patel delivered after being hammered early on, as he conceded only five runs in an over that also included a brilliant run out off a Kohli direct hit.

The star India batter had also plucked a stunning one-handed catch out of thin air at the boundary line to dismiss Pat Cummins.

What A Win! #TeamIndia beat Australia by runs in the warm-up game!

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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 17, 2022

India vs Australia Warm Up Match: Scorecard

India Innings: 186-7 (20 Overs)
Rahul c Agar b Maxwell 57 (33)
Rohit c Maxwell b Agar 15 (14)
Kohli c Marsh b Starc 19 (13)
Yadav c and b Richardson 50 (33)
Pandya c David b Richardson 2 (5)
Karthik c Maxwell b Richardson 20 (14)
Axar Patel not out        6(6)
Ashwin c Maxwell b Richardson 6 (2)
Extras 11 

Bowler: (wicket/runs)
Starc 1/20
Richardson 4/30
Cummins 0/33
Stoinis 0/29
Maxwell 1/28
Agar 1/36
David 0/7

Australia Innings 180-10 (20 Overs)
Marsh b Bhuvneshwar 35 (18)
Finch b Patel 76 (54)
Smith b Chahal 11 (12)
Maxwell c Karthik b Bhuvneshwar 23 (16)
Stoinis c Kohli b Arshdeep 7 (7)
David run out (Kohli) 5 (2)
Inglis b Shami 1 (3)
Cummins c Kohli b Shami 7 (6)
Agar run out (Karthik/Shami) 0 (1)
Starc not out 0 (0)
Richardson b Shami 0 (1)
Extras 15 

Bowler: (wickets/runs)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/20
Arshdeep Singh 1/34
Hardik Pandya 0/29
Harshal Patel 1/30
R Ashwin 0/28
Yuzvendra Chahal 1/28
Mohd Shami 3/4

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Team India will next play their last practice match before the T20 World Cup 2022 against last year's runners-up New Zealand on October 19.

India, the winner of the inaugural Men's T20 World Cup in 2007, are in Group 2 of the Super 12 stage at T20 World Cup 2022, alongwith Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and two qualifying sides from the first round of the tournament.

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India will play the first match of their T20 World Cup campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), followed by matches on October 27 (against the first qualifier side at SCG), October 30 (against South Africa at Perth Stadium), November 2 (against Bangladesh at Adelaide Oval) and November 6 (against second qualifier side at MCG).

India squad for ICC T20 World Cup

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players - Mohd Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.

#T20WorldCup के प्रैक्टिस मैच में भारत ने #Australia को 6 रन से हराया

देखिए पूरी खबर इस वीडियो में pic.twitter.com/9tfsRTRMzf

— Zee Business (@ZeeBusiness) October 17, 2022

ICC T20 World Cup 2022: India Full Schedule

October 23- India vs Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne- 1:30 PM IST

October 27- India vs A2 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney- 4:30 PM

October 30- India vs South Africa at Perth Stadium, Perth- 12:30 PM

November 2- India vs Bangladesh at Adelaide, Adelaide- 1:30 PM

November 6- India vs B1 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne- 1:30 PM