Every time Australia have threatened to do well on this tour, India have
crushed their hopes. India's progress has been relentless, and the
waves crashed on Australia's dreams once more in a dramatic day's play
at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Saturday (March
16). Australia, powered by the an unlikely 99 from Mitchell Starc, put
408 on the board, but could only watch in shock and awe as India's
openers made a mockery of this score. Shikhar Dhawan, in the most
eye-catching debut ever by an Indian batsman, shredded Australia's
bowlers to race to an unbeaten 185 as India romped to 283 for no loss
from only 58 overs.
Dhawan was completely unstoppable, and Vijay had the good sense to
merely keep his end up and rotate the strike, reaching a well-compiled
83 in an opening stand of 283. Dhawan (185*, 168b, 33×4, 2×6) had been
severe on Xavier Doherty (46 runs from 30 balls) and Smith (20 from 12
balls) but none of the other Australian bowlers could claim to have been
effective with India scoring their runs at 4.87.
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