In the opening One-Day International against Australia on Friday (March 17) in Mumbai, Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja spearheaded India's comeback as the visitors were bowled out for just 188. In order to give India the edge, Shami destroyed the Australian middle order as they moved from 129/2 to 188 all out as Jadeja planned the comeback following Mitchell Marsh's quick 81.
Mohammad Siraj struck in the game's second over, giving Australia's innings a terrible start. The stumps were broken after Travis Head, who has been playing excellent one-day cricket, stepped down and attempted to drive away from his body. Nevertheless, India's happiness was fleeting as Marsh took over after that first spell of movement of the ball. Marsh, playing in for David Warner, broke the tie by hitting Siraj for three boundaries.
After getting rolling by punishing a short ball from Shami, Steve Smith then came up with a cover drive off Siraj in the following over. When the visitors sped to 59/1 after 10 overs, Marsh adopted the aggressive strategy by frequently hitting the boundary during the powerplay before clubbing Shardul Thakur for a perfect six right over the bowler's head. Even though Smith edged one behind after chasing a wide delivery from Hardik Pandya, India was unable to stave off Marsh's attack because he continued to hit sixes.
Marsh brought up 50 off 51 balls by hitting back-to-back boundaries to welcome Kuldeep Yadav into the attack. To the surprise of the home spectators, he utterly destroyed the Indian bowling attack after reaching fifty by scoring 31 runs off his subsequent 13 deliveries. He smashed a six off Kuldeep and Jadeja, respectively, and appeared on track to reach three figures quite quickly. With a delivery that was nicely flighted and twisted after pitching, Jadeja gave India a significant respite, but Marsh mistimed it and was caught at short third man.
India needed that wicket because they took advantage of the opening to start a collapse. When Jadeja made a sensational grab to eliminate Marnus Labuschagne, Shami returned to break Australia's back. In spite of pulled Shami for a six earlier in the over, Josh Inglis, who was filling in for Alex Carey, chopped one off of him onto his stumps before Cameron Green had his stumps struck by a ball that was put at a fair length. Marcus Stoinis came in at number 8, so it seemed like Australia still had a chance to score a significant total at 174/6 after 30 overs, but India quickly squashed such hopes.
In Shami's subsequent over, Stoinis—who had been dropped by Shubman Gill on the first ball—was swallowed up by the same fielder at first slip, and once Jadeja tamely removed Glenn Maxwell, it was game over for Australia. After Australia was forced to accept a below-par score, Siraj re-entered the fray to quickly dispatch the tail.
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