India Beat Australia

Ranchi, October 08: India won by Nine wickets against the Australia in a 1st T20 International Match here in Ranchi. Team India openers Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli s brilliant knock to score 49/1 (D/L method) in the rain-marred match to register a comfortable victory at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here on Saturday.Earlier, due to rain, Australia s innings ended at 118/8 in 18.4 overs. Now India leads in 1-0, Chasing the revised target of 48, India lost opener Rohit Sharma (11) in quick succession to Australia pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile s delivery in the second over. For India, Kuldeep and Bumrah took two wickets while Bhuvneshwar, Hardik Pandya, Chahal took one wicket each.