Australian Institute of Sport v India Emerging Players – Emerging Players Tournament - Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Edward-James-McKenzie-Cowan-c55398 Kratzman Oval, Brisbane.
The captain of the host team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Beaton-c94177 came out to commence the Australian innings.
The hosts did not have a good start as not only they played a slow innings, India also managed to grab some early wickets.
Beaton was the first man to be dismissed at a score of 2. He left the Australian team at a total of just 9 runs in the 3rd over. Carters and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tim-Armstrong-c93950 followed Beaton in the 7th and 9th overs. Carters added 13 runs while
Armstrong left at duck.
Glenn Maxwell and Keath were the men standing at the crease. Maxwell remained to be the highest scorer with a total of 22 runs off 17 deliveries. Other than him, no one even touched the figure of 20, while 4 of the players got dismissed on ducks.
Indian bowlers bowled very well and took all the Australian wickets in 29 overs. The host team scored 99 runs at a run rate of 3.43 runs per over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392 were the leading Indian bowlers who took 3 wickets each.
The Guest team was given the target of 100 runs by the Australian team which was not difficult to chase. The Australian bowlers had a huge responsibility to their shoulders as only they could save the match for their team.
Srikkanth Anirudha and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 opened the batting innings for India and gave it a perfect start. They kept taking runs and hitting boundaries while saving their wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ritu-Raj-c2325 provided first wicket to the Australian team in trouble as Rahane was given lbw out at his delivery. Rahane scored 37 runs off 26 deliveries with the help of 8 boundaries, at a strike rate of 142.30.
This dismissal left http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 but then Anirudha returned to the pavilion. He got caught out at the hands of Dixon in the 11th over and the bowler this time was Armstrong. Anirudha contributed
32 runs off 35 balls at a strike rate of 91.42 runs.
Rayudu and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manish-Pandey-c74183 were the two men at the crease. Pandey got caught out in the 15th over. Menaria and Rayudu remained not out and completed their chase. They scored 100 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 18.5 overs.
Indian Emerging Players won the match by 7 wickets with 187 balls remaining. It was an excellent performance by the guest team which earned them their 3rd victory in the tournament so far.
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