India vs Australia - 2nd T20I: Player Ratings

India beat Australia by 27 runs
India beat Australia by 27 runs

India sealed the three-match T20 series against Australia by winning the second T20I at Melbourne by 27 runs. It was a complete all-round performance from India as they completely outplayed the Aussies in all the three departments.

Let us take a look at how the players performed (scale of 0-10) in the match:

Rohit Sharma 8.5

After a slow start, the right-hander got his eye in and went on to score his ninth T20 fifty. He took as many as nine balls to get off the mark, but after that, he called the shots. Rohit got out for 60 off just 47 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Though he scored a fifty, he didn’t look his usual self as he struggled in patches.

Shikhar Dhawan 7

With Rohit struggling early, Dhawan made sure that the Indians are off to a flying start. He scored two huge sixes and both those shots can be watched again and again. Eventually, he got out to Glenn Maxwell for a 31-ball 41. Later in the field, Dhawan dropped a sitter of Aaron Finch and because of that, he gets half a point less.

Virat Kohli 9

Virat Kohli continued his sublime form as he got his sixth fifty of the tour in just seventh innings. After the 97-run opening partnership between Rohit and Dhawan, Kohli made sure that India maintained the same tempo throughout the innings. He remained unbeaten on 59 off just 33 balls with 7 fours and a six. During his knock, he took his T20I average to over 50. He was also awarded the player of the match.

MS Dhoni 8

After scoring 14 off 9, Dhoni used his bowlers really well and took a good catch apart from a flashy stumping to dismiss Glenn Maxwell and a quick pick-up to run Finch out. His lucky stumping to dismiss Faulkner pushed him to the top spot in the list of wicketkeepers with most international stumpings.

Suresh Raina - No ratings

Yuvraj Singh 7

Didn’t get a chance to bat, but bowled well in his 2 overs and got a wicket of Glenn Maxwell. He conceded just 7 runs when things were going against India.

Hardik Pandya 6.5

He didn’t get a chance to bat, but managed to hold on to a crucial catch to dismiss Marsh and got the wicket of Lynn.

Ravindra Jadeja 7.5

Though he went for 32 runs in 4 overs, he picked up two crucial wickets, including a stunning return catch to dismiss Shane Watson and ran Finch out.

R Ashwin 6.5

In his first over, he went for runs, but managed to make a comeback and ended his spell with figures of 1-27 in his 4 overs.

Ashish Nehra 5

He didn’t have a good day with the ball as he went for a lot of runs in his first spell. But later Nehra got his length right in his last over. He finished his spell with figures of 0-34 in 4 overs.

Jasprit Bumrah 6.5

Like Nehra, he went for a lot of runs in his first spell and managed to pick up two wickets in his last over. His figures read 2-37 in 4 overs.

Australia:

Aaron Finch was exceptional with the bat today.

Aaron Finch 7.5

The Aussie skipper was the lone warrior with the bat for Australia as he scored a fighting 48-ball 74 at the top of the order in spite of nursing a hamstring injury. As a captain, he failed to rotate his bowlers well.

Shaun Marsh 5.5

Shaun Marsh was involved in a 94-run partnership for the opening wicket with Finch and his contribution was just a run-a-ball 23. He looked off-colour in his knock before holing out to Hardik Pandya at long-on off Ashwin.

Chris Lynn 1

Chris Lynn might have come into the series after a good performance at the recently concluded BBL, but he failed to live up to those expectations. Once again, he disappointed, as he scored just 2 off 4 balls before top-edging Hardik Pandya straight to the hands of MS Dhoni.

Glenn Maxwell 2

Though he took the important wicket of Shikhar Dhawan, his main role was to score runs with the bat, which he failed to do. He got out in his second ball to Yuvraj Singh, courtesy a flashy stumping from MS Dhoni.

Shane Watson 4.5

Watson did a decent job with the ball as he conceded just 17 runs in 3 overs, but with the bat, he failed to make much of an impact. He got out for 15 off 11 balls and got out to a stunning return catch by Jadeja.

Matthew Wade 4

His unbeaten 16 off 15 balls is not enough to push Australia to victory in the last few overs.

James Faulkner 3

James Faulkner failed to impress with both bat and ball as he went for 35 runs off 3 overs and got out for 10 off 7 balls in an unlucky manner.

John Hastings 3

Hastings is no different from Faulkner as he too went for 35 runs off 3 overs. He failed to apply pressure early on in the innings and that led Rohit and Dhawan to lay a solid platform. With the bat, he couldn’t do much.

Andrew Tye 6.5

The debutant from Perth had a sensational day with the ball as he managed to keep Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli at bay. When the Indians were going at 9.5 runs per over, Tye gave away just 28 runs off 4 overs with an economy of 7.

Scott Boland 6.5

Just like Andrew Tye, Scott Boland had a memorable debut with the ball. He was impressive early on and kept on applying pressure on the batsmen by varying his pace and length. He conceded 30 in his 4 overs.

Nathan Lyon 1

Not a debut to remember for Nathan Lyon as he gave away 15 runs in the only over he bowled.

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