Journalism of Courage
The first T20I between India and Australia started with a minute silence to pay pay tributes to soldiers who were killed in Pulwam attack. But the noise created by the crowd at Visakhapatnam stadium prompted captain Virat Kohli to shush the crowd. (AP)
Returning to cricket, India suffered a horrible start as Rohit Sharma was dismissed early for 5 in the third over. (Source: AP)
KL Rahul, who returned to the side for the first time since the Australia Test series, scored a half century, even though wickets kept falling on the other end. (Source: AP)
Australia's Nathan Coulter-Nile picked up three wickets and India lost the momentum after Rahul's fall. (Source: AP)
MS Dhoni remained the last man standing for India as wickets continued to fall on the other end. He eventually took India's total to 126/7 in 20 overs. (Source: AP)
Out to chase 127, Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Marcus Stoinis by a crafty run out in the first over. (Source: AP)
India seamer Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Aaron Finch LBW first ball. After the dismissal, Glenn Maxwell and Darcy Short stitched a good partnership. Ma
After Glenn Maxwell was dismissed for 56, wickets started falling. Darcy Short was dismissed in an unfortunate run out for 37. Jasprit Bumrah picked up two wickets in the second last over and Australia needed 14 runs to win in the final over. Pat Cummins and Jhye Richardson hammered Umesh Yadav for 14 in 5 balls as Australia win the thrilling contest by 7 wickets. (Source: BCCI/Twitter)
