International Masters League T20: Australia Masters vs India Masters Match Preview, Champions Trophy 2025

9th T20 • Kotambi Stadium • Vadodara

Australia Masters

269/1 (20)

India Masters

174 (20)

AUS-M won by 95 runs

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Date & Time

05 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara

Match

9th T20,

International Masters League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Toss

India Masters elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchSpinning Pitch

Pace BowlingAverage

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

153Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

143.89Avg SR

2nd Innings

157Avg Runs

4Avg Wkts

161.51Avg SR

Weather Update

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND-M

0- 0

AUS-M

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

India Masters

Australia Masters

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Shane Watson

AUS-M . ALL

123 Runs

2 Matches

Gurkeerat Singh Mann

IND-M . BAT

107 Runs

2 Matches

Shaun Marsh

AUS-M . BAT

77 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Dhawal Kulkarni

IND-M . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Abhimanyu Mithun

IND-M . BOWL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Irfan Pathan

IND-M . ALL

3 Wkts

2 Matches

AUS-M

IND-M

Info

Australia Masters

269/1 (20)

Batters

Shane Watson

110

211.54

Not out

Shaun Marsh

146.67

st Ojha b Negi

Ben Dunk

132

249.06

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 13.45)

269/1

Did not Bat

Nathan Reardon, Daniel Christian, Ben Cutting, Nathan Coulter Nile, Ben Laughlin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Xavier Doherty, Bryce McGain

Bowlers

EXT

Vinay Kumar

18.25

Abhimanyu Mithun

11.50

Pawan Negi

11.33

Rahul Sharma

10.50

Irfan Pathan

15.50

Gurkeerat Singh Mann

15.00

Stuart Binny

14.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shaun Marsh

st Ojha b Negi

1-33

4.3

India Masters

174/10 (20)

Batters

Sachin Tendulkar

193.94

c Christian b Doherty

Naman Ojha

172.73

b Laughlin

Saurabh Tiwary

50.00

c Reardon b Doherty

Irfan Pathan

84.62

c Hilfenhaus b Christian

Yusuf Pathan

166.67

c Doherty b Hilfenhaus

Pawan Negi

140.00

c Nile b Doherty

Stuart Binny

50.00

b Doherty

Gurkeerat Singh Mann

100.00

b Reardon

Vinay Kumar

0.00

b Doherty

Abhimanyu Mithun

90.00

Not out

Rahul Sharma

112.50

c Christian b McGain

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.7)

174/10

Bowlers

EXT

Ben Hilfenhaus

11.33

Nathan Coulter Nile

10.50

Ben Laughlin

10.33

Xavier Doherty

6.25

Bryce McGain

8.00

Daniel Christian

7.75

Nathan Reardon

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Naman Ojha

b Laughlin

1-58

4.5

Saurabh Tiwary

c Reardon b Doherty

2-59

5.1

Irfan Pathan

c Hilfenhaus b Christian

3-90

9.1

Sachin Tendulkar

c Christian b Doherty

4-100

10.2

Yusuf Pathan

c Doherty b Hilfenhaus

5-135

13.2

Stuart Binny

b Doherty

6-140

14.3

Pawan Negi

c Nile b Doherty

7-141

14.5

Vinay Kumar

b Doherty

8-141

14.6

Gurkeerat Singh Mann

b Reardon

9-148

16.2

Rahul Sharma

c Christian b McGain

10-174

19.6

Match Info

Date & Time

05 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara

Match

9th T20,

International Masters League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Toss

India Masters elected to bowl

1 W 0 4 1wd 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 8

0 0 1 1 4 1

Over 18

Runs: 7

4 1 1 0 0 0

Over 19

Runs: 6

1 1 1 1 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 6

All Overs

Commentary

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Shane Watson (captain, Australian Masters): It was a great performance, a very dominant one. We knew about the last two games where we played well but we couldn't get over the line. That was a lot of fun, took me some time to get off the blocks but Ben Dunk and Shaun Marsh started off well. Him (Tendulkar) batting the way he does was great fun. He has got some serious firepower, you need to bowl in other areas to him and the left and right-hand coordination worked. We found a way to turn up tonight and get the job done

Ben Dunk (Player of the Match, Australian Masters): I was saying to Shane, it was great fun. Great to have the tournament rolling and have a win after playing some good cricket. We have been a very relaxed group, the business end of the tournament is coming up and we wanted to be there. It was great fun, that is the thing about this tournament and you reconnect old friendships while enjoying the game

Sachin Tendulkar (India Masters captain): Indeed, actually the way Watson and Dunk batted was magnificent. The wicket played beautifully and there bat swing and hitting was some of the best I have seen. I don't want to take credit way from them. We could have bowled better. Possibly batted first, we expected some more dew but because the dew wasn't there so the wicket got slow. It wasn't in our control. 260 was always going to be an uphill task. I enjoy playing against them. They are a dangerous side and showed today what they are capable of. Whatever happened is behind us now. We will look forward to the Raipur leg and come well prepared.

11:01 pm local time and IST: Australia Masters beat India Masters by 95 runs

India Masters: 174 all out (20 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar: 64(33b) | Xavier Doherty: 5/25 (4 overs)
Yusuf Pathan: 25(15b) | Dan Christian: 1/31 (4 overs)

A huge win for the Australia Masters. They put scores in excess of 200 in the first game but couldn't get wins but now have a win under their belt after posting a total in excess of 250. India Masters had no chance of chasing it and they fell very short of the mark here.

Opening the batting, Sachin Tendulkar and Naman Ojha put together 50 runs for the opening partnership. However, things fell apart for the India Masters with no one apart from Tendulkar being able to score more than 30 runs. Wickets fell in heaps and India Masters suffered a collapse as they slumped to a big defeat and took a dent in their net run rate.

Australia Masters had one player change the game for them. It was Xavier Doherty who picked up a five wicket haul. He was aided by the other bowlers in the line up as well, who chipped in with a wicket each and ensured that the India Masters never got ahead of the humungous required run rate needed by them to chase the total down.

overs

174 /10 score

runs

Rahul Sharma *

18 (16)

Abhimanyu Mithun

9 (10)

Bryce McGain

1 /16

19.6 Bryce McGain to Rahul Sharma, WICKET! Australia Masters win by 95 runs. A flighted fuller-length delivery around the middle stump channel, Rahul Sharma goes for the slog sweep and ends up clofting it from the inside half of the bat, straight down the throat of the deep midwicket fielder who doesn't make a mistake.

19.5 Bryce McGain to Abhimanyu Mithun, flatter on a fuller-length a shade outside off, Mithun dabs it away towards the short third man region and takes a single.

19.4 Bryce McGain to Rahul Sharma, Rahul makes some room, comes down the track and drills this flighted fuller one around middle, down towards the long-off region for a single.

19.3 Bryce McGain to Abhimanyu Mithun, slowish on a fuller-length around middle, defended from the inner half of the bat towards the square leg region and takes a single.

19.2 Bryce McGain to Rahul Sharma, flighted on a fuller-length around off, a defensive push towards the short cover fielder and rolls the strike over.

19.1 Bryce McGgain to Abhimanyu Mithun, flatter on a good-length around middle, punched off the backfoot towards the long-on region for a single.

The last six deliveries remain. What will Australia Masters do here? Have a batter roll their arms over or bowl a proper bowler to end it? We have Bryce McGain [1-0-11-0] to end things there

overs

169 /9 score

runs

Rahul Sharma *

16 (13)

Abhimanyu Mithun

6 (7)

Nathan Reardon

1 /15

18.6 Nathan Reardon to Rahul Sharma, slower on a good-length a shade outside off, a defensive push towards the cover fielder.

18.5 Nathan Reardon to Rahul Sharma, pace-on delivery angling into Rahul, around the leg stump, Rahul swings across the line and gets beate, it was perilously close to the leg stump.

18.4 Nathan Reardon to Rahul Sharma, on a fuller-length a shade outside off, driven straight to the cover fielder.

18.3 Nathan Reardon to Abhimanyu Mithun, on a good-length around middle, uses his wrists to flick that towards the deep midwicket region for a single.

18.2 Nathan Reardon to Abhimanyu Mithun, on a good-length a shade outside off, swung across the line from the inside half of the bat down towards the long-on region for a single.

18.1 Nathan Reardon to Rahul Sharma, FOUR! A slower good-length delivery a shade outside off, swung across the line by Rahul, gets it in the gap and finds the deep square leg boundary.

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