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India restrict Australia

02/03/2012 10:16:07 AM

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Four run outs have cost the Australians dearly in the second Twenty20 International against India at the MCG.

After skipper George Bailey won the toss and elected to bat, the hosts were dismissed with two balls to spare for just 131 after appearing on target to register at least 40 more.

Four Aussies - Bailey, Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade and Xavier Doherty - were run out.

In a couple of instances, mix-ups were a factor, but for the most part, the Indian fielding was exemplary.

Finch, one of three inclusions for this match, and Dave Warner helped themselves to 18 runs from the first two overs before India struck back hard in the third bowled by Praveen Kumar.

Before he'd had the chance to switch-hit the spinners Warner hoisted Kumar's opening delivery high and wide to square leg where Gautam Gambhir was waiting to accept the catch a metre inside the rope.

Three balls later, the luckless Shaun Marsh edged to first slip where Sehwag fumbled but somehow managed to flick the ball up for skipper MS Dhoni to complete the catch.

That brought David Hussey to the crease to partner his Victorian team-mate Finch in a stand that carried the hosts from a faltering 2-20 to 49 in the seventh over when Finch was run out by a bullet-like return from Ravindra Jadeja.

The stocky opener's quickfire 36 included six powerful boundaries.

Two overs on, there was a second run out when Bailey, on three, was sent back by Hussey and stranded by another blazing return from Jadeja, this time to the bowler's end.

Hussey and Wade advanced the score at seven-an-over pace from 4-69 at the halfway mark to 91 after 13.

The platform had been set for a big finish, but Hussey was unable to stay the distance, offering a tame return catch to the ubiquitous Jadeja from the third delivery of the 14th over.

From here, the Aussies badly lost their way.

They stuttered to 6-119 with 14 deliveries remaining when Mitch Marsh was stumped by Dhoni off Rahul Sharma for a run-a-ball 13, and were seven-down for the addition of just two runs when a direct hit from the outfield found Wade short of his ground.

From there, Clint McKay (zero), Brad Hogg (four) and Xavier Doherty (zero) all fell cheaply in the last-minute scramble for runs.

 
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