AUS vs IND | Rain spoils Gill-SKY party as first T20I in Canberra produces no result

Asked to bat first, Indian opener Abhishek Sharma showed no lack of intent as he charged down the track first delivery against Josh Hazlewood and ended the over with a boundary after a couple plays and misses. Two more fours followed off Xavier Bartlett amidst more fruitless wild hacks at the ball, before Shubman Gill got into the act with a top-edge against Hazlewood. The vice-captain then welcomed Nathan Ellis into the attack with two boundaries in three balls, surviving a close LBW shot in between, but the pacer ultimately made his stock back-of-the-hand slower one work by having Abhishek hole out at mid-off for 19 off 14. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav walked in next, going through the worst rut of his T20I career, and struck a statement six early on by flicking Hazlewood off square leg. The Men in Blue looked to be in the ascendancy at 43/1 after five when the drizzle got heavy and the players walked off, returning 45 minutes later with the match curtailed to 18 overs a side and field spread. It made little difference to India's momentum though as a Gill boundary helped take off Marcus Stoinis upon resumption, before SKY meted the same treatment to Matt Kuhnemann. Bartlett returned to the attack and almost immediately offered a way back in for the hosts but Josh Phillipe let SKY walk away scot-free, who added salt to wounds by tearing into Ellis with two boundaries and a six in what turned out to be the final over of play. The tourists were flying at 97/1 when rain made another appearance, this time with more intensity and after a one-hour wait, the match was eventually called off without a result.

Shot!

Match abandoned 

Match called off. Abandoned.

INDIA vs AUSTRALIA 1st T20 called off!  

— 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠ℎ. (@cricket12craze) 

Haha!

India vs Australia, 1st T20: Match called off in Canberra due to rain ☔️❌



   

— Manoj kayal (@manoj_kayal5) 

Lol!

Ist T20 Washout   

— anil (@paalta_mahto)