Australia produced a fine batting show to beat hosts <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/it-is-a-definite-option-for-us-india-skipper-rohit-sharma-on-virat-kohli-opening-in-t20i-world-cup-23246366" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">India</a> by four wickets in the first T20I in Mohali on Tuesday.
Invited to bat, Hardik Pandya (71 not out) and KL Rahul (55) scored scintillating half-centuries to help <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/mohammed-shami-tests-positive-for-covid-19-ruled-out-of-australia-t20is-report-23246339" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">India</a> post 208 for six.
In reply, opener Cameron Green put India on the back foot with his 30-ball 61 before Matthew Wade (45 not out off 21) took the visitors over the line with four balls to spare.
With the win, Australia took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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Earlier, Rahul (55 off 35 balls) scored his second consecutive fifty which included four boundaries and three maximums.
The in-form Pandya pummelled the visiting bowlers into submission with his unbeaten 30-ball 71.
The all-rounder smashed the ball seven times to the fence and five times over it to take India over the 200-run mark.
For Australia, medium pacer Nathan Ellis 3/30 was the pick of the bowlers.
Brief Scores: India 208/6 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 71 not out, KL Rahul 55; Nathan Elis 3/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/39)
Australia: 211/6 in 19.2 over (Cameron Green 61, Matthew Wade 45 not out; Axar Patel 3/17)
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Invited to bat, Hardik Pandya (71 not out) and KL Rahul (55) scored scintillating half-centuries to help India post 208 for six

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