Bangla Hunt News Desk: A day has passed. Even then India vs Australia (India vs Australia) ODI series first match cannot be overcome. Apart from the exciting matches, there were several minor incidents during the matches which are the talk of the cricket lovers. However, yesterday, India won the first match of the series thanks to the excellent bowling of Shami and Siraj, along with Jadeja’s all-round performance and Lokesh Rahul’s batting.
Rohit Sharma, the regular captain of the Indian team, was not present in the match yesterday due to personal reasons. Co-captain Hardik Pandya took the captaincy in his place. That match was Hardik’s first match as ODI captain. It has been nine years since an Indian captain took a wicket in the ODI format.
Yesterday Hardik picked up a wicket with the ball and combined with Lokesh Rahul with the bat to provide crucial resistance. However, he failed to play a big innings and returned to the dressing room with just 25 runs. But an incident that happened while he was batting caught the attention of netizens.
Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis took a no ball in the 18th over of the match when Lokesh Rahul and Hardik Pandya were batting. Then Hardik was the striker during the free hit. But he could not time his shot properly and the Indian team had to be content with a single in that free hit. Virat Kohli was very angry to see this matter. After Hardik squandered the free hit, he gave a furious reaction in the dressing room, the video of which has now gone viral.
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Although Virat Kohli himself failed with the bat yesterday. He had to return to the dressing room yesterday after hitting a superb straight drive for just four runs. He was bowled lbw by Mitchell Starc. Cricket lovers hope that he will regain his best rhythm in the second match.
