Sri Lanka’s start was a bit shaky. Nissanka got run out on 24 runs. Kamil Mishara scored 27 runs and got stumped out on Abrar’s delivery.  Abrar struck again; this time, he took Kusal Mendis’s wicket. Captain Asalanka got trapped in Abrar’s googly. Samarawickrama scored 42 runs and was bowled by Harish Rauf. Janith Liyanage and Kamindu Mendis controlled the flow from there. Janith scored fifty, and Kamindu scored 44 runs.

At the end of the innings, Hasaranga scored a quick 37 runs. Sri Lanka posted a total of 288 runs. Harish Rauf and Abrar Ahmed took 3 wickets each. Wasim picked up 1 wicket.

Pakistan get a good start. Both the openers get a start. Saim Ayub got out on a quick 33 runs. Sri Lanka dropped a couple of catches of Fakhar Zaman. But missed his hundred because of the Janith traffic catch. Babar played with patience and scored a century in his home ground. Rizwan also scored a fifty.  

IND – 237-1 (38.3)

Player of the Match – Rohit Sharma

Player of the Series – Rohit Sharma

India once again lost the toss. India lost the last 18 tosses. This time, Australia chose to bat first.

Australia starts quite well. Mitchell Marsh and Head gave a comfortable start, but then Siraj took Head’s wicket. Head scored 29 runs. Axar bowled out the Australian captain with a strict line and length. Marsh scored 41 runs.

Mathew Short and Renshaw built a partnership. Short got out on Washington’s ball. Short scored 30 runs. Renshaw hit a fifty and was trying to increase the scoring got LBW by Washington. Alex Carey scored 24 runs and got out on Harshit Rana’s ball, but all credit goes to Shreyas Iyer for this wicket. Iyer took an amazing catch running backwards. 

Harshit Rana showed his flair today with his hit-the-deck bowling, taking 4 wickets. Washington got 2, and Prasidh, Kuldeep, Siraj, and Axar picked 1 wicket each.

India’s start was also good, and both the openers looked good while batting. But Josh Hazlewood, with his test match line-length, got the Indian captain’s wicket. Gill scored 24 runs.

Ro-Ko ends all the discussion and noise. Both looked so comfortable while batting. Rohit scored 121 runs in 125 balls, and chase master Virat Kohli scored 74 runs in 81 balls. Ro-Ko gave fans a happy moment in the last ODI. India won by 9 wickets.

AUS – 265-8 (46.2)

Player of the Match – Adam Zampa

India vs Australia, 2nd ODI, on Thursday, October 23, at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. India and toss are like the North and South poles. India lost 17 tosses in a row. India’s start was not good. The Indian batter struggled a lot. Struggled and ended early for Captain Shubman Gill, Xavier Bartlett took his wicket. Virat Kohli once again goes for a duck on Xavier’s ball.

Rohit and Shreyas built a partnership and stabilised the innings. Rohit got out on a poor ball from Starc. Rohit scored 73 on 97 balls. Shreyas Iyer got bowled out while trying to hit six to Adam Zampa. Iyer scored 61 runs on 77 balls.

Axar scored 44 runs, and at the end of the innings, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep hit some crucial runs. India posted a total of 264 runs. Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets, Xavier took 3 wickets, and Zampa picked 4 wickets.

Australia’s start was also not great. Arshdeep gave them a tough time and took Mitchell Marsh’s wicket. Head also got out on Harshit Rana’s ball. Matthew Short and Renshaw built a partnership to stabilise the innings. India dropped 2 catches of Short, which cost the match. India again came to the game with the spin, but Cooper Connolly and Mitchell Owen changed the game in just a few overs with their fine hitting.

AUSW – 248-4 (40.3)

Player of the Match – Annabel Sutherland

Australia Women faced England Women on 22 October at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, in the ICC Women’s World Cup.

Australia Women won the toss and opted to bowl first. England’s batters gave a comfortable start, but in the 9th over, Annabel Sutherland bowled out Amy Jones. England was building another partnership, but on the Molineux ball, Heather Knight got Lbw. Tammy Beaumont scored runs from one side, but she didn’t get support from the other end. Alana King took the wicket of England’s Captain, Nat Sciver-Brunt.

Tammy Beaumont scored 78 runs, Alice Capsey 38 runs, and Charlie Dean 26 runs. Annabel Sutherland took 3 wickets, Sophie and Ashleigh took 2 each, and Alana King picked 1 wicket. England posts a total of 244-9 (50).

Australia’s start was terrible; they lost early wickets. Phoebe Litchfield was bowled on the third ball of the first over by Lauren Bell; her opening partner, Georgia Voll, was bowled out by Linsey Smith. Linsey struck again in the 6th over, Caught & Bowled Ellyse Perry. Australia: Building a partnership, but Sophie Ecclestone breaks the wicket of Beth Mooney.

Australia is one of the strongest teams in women’s cricket. They showed in this match why they are highly rated. They don’t take pressure. A team full of match winners. After the early wickets, Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner chase the score with ease. Annabel scored 98 runs, and Ashleigh scored 104.

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat. This was a classical Bangladeshi turning track. Everyone knows that if they play in Bangladesh, they will get a turning track. We see Bangladesh struggling outside Bangladesh — this is the only reason. The pitch was so bad that the West Indies bowled all 50 overs with spinners.

Bangladesh started slowly, respecting the conditions, but Saif Hasan got out early on Akeal Hosein’s ball. Soumya Sarkar scored 45 runs, but he also got out on Akeal’s ball. Everyone contributed a little bit; Miraz did not out on 32, and at the end of the innings, Rishad Hossain scored some crucial runs with a strike rate of 278.57 — 39 runs in just 14 balls on that difficult track.

Akeal Hosein and Alick Athanaze picked 2 wickets each. Motie took 3 wickets. Bangladesh put up a total of 213-7.

The West Indies’ start was shaky. Brandon King got out on his first ball. Alick and Keacy stabilised the innings, but after that, the West Indies lost quick wickets. At one point, the West Indies were on 137-7. But Shai Hope and Justin Greaves didn’t lose hope and built a partnership. Justin got run out on 26 runs, but Shai Hope continued with the bat.

The match went into final-over drama. West Indies needed 5 runs, and Bangladesh needed 2 wickets. Saif Hasan bowled the final over. The first 2 balls were dots, then 2 singles. Akeal Hosein got bowled on the 5th ball of the over, and suddenly the match turned towards Bangladesh. Khary made 2 runs on the final ball, and the match went into the Super Over.

Shai Hope and Rutherford came for the Super Over, and Bangladesh chose a fast bowler on this track to bowl. Mustafizur Rahman bowled the Super Over. The West Indies scored 10 runs.

Soumya Sarkar and Saif Hasan came for the Super Over, and Akeal Hosein bowled. Akeal bowled a wide and a no-ball in the first 2 deliveries, but he managed to bowl some good balls after that, and West Indies won by 1 run.