India vs Australia, 1st T20I: As it happened

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of India's tour of Australia. Today, Virat Kohli-led Men in Blue will take on Aaron Finch's Australia in the opening T20I of the three-match series in Canberra.

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Concussion substitute Yuzvendra Chahal and debutant T Natarajan shone with the ball to help India kick off their three-match T20I series against Australia with a 11-run victory at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Friday.

Asked to bat first, India made a not-so-good start to their innings as they lost opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli cheaply for one and nine runs, respectively.

Opener KL Rahul (51) then brought up a crucial half-century besides sharing a 38-run stand with Sanju Samson (23) to steady India's innings.

After Rahul was dismissed for 40-ball 51 runs, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja smashed an unbeaten 23-ball 44 with the help of five fours and one six to help India post a decent total of 161/7.

For Australia, Moisis Henriques bagged three wickets, Mitchell Starc took two wickets and Adam Zampa and Mitchell Swepson chipped in with a wicket each.

In reply, Chahal--who replaced Jadeja as concussion substitute--finished with brilliant figures of 3/25, while Natarajan grabbed the figures of three for 30 as Australia were restricted to a score of 150/7.

Here are the highlights:

04 December 2020

17:15 IST

WICKET!! Another wicket for T Natarajan as Mitchell Starc was clean bowled on the first ball of 19th over. Australia now need 35 runs off 10 deliveries. Australia 127/7 (18.3 overs)

17:12 IST

WICKET!! Mathew Wade departed cheaply for seven runs after being caught by Indian skipper Virat Kohli at deep midwicket on the alst ball of the 17th over by Yuzvendra Chahal. Australia now need 40 runs off 18 balls. Australia 122/5 (17 overs)