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Rajkot: Brillaint Yuvraj Singh made a remarkable comeback to international circuit with an unbeaten 77 to help India crush Australia by six wickets at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
This was his comeback match and he is back with a bang. India were set a challenging target and they lost Rohit early. Raina and Dhawan gave them a good start in the powerplay until both were dismissed.
Yuvraj Singh cracked a blazing 25-ball half-century to put Australia on backfoot.
Yuvraj started dealing in fours and sixes after losing Virat Kohli. India found themselves in spot of bother as they lost wickets their four wickets at the score 100 in 11.1 overs.
Australian pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile gave India second blow by removing Suresh Raina. Raina tried to push India's chase Rohit Sharma's dismissal as he added 38-run for the second wicket Shikhar Dhawan.
Xavier Doherty also joined the party dismissing Dhawan to leave stuttering at 80/3 in 8.3 overs. Dhawan's 19-ball 32 run knock was studded with five boundaries.
India suffered an early blow when Australian pacer Clint McKay struck to dismiss Rohit Sharma cheaply.
Earlier, Aaron Finch bludgeoned his way to a 52-ball 89 as Australia posted a challenging 201 for seven.
Australian batsmen made merry on a flat wicket as they fired in unison but intermittent wickets kept India in hunt. Finch plundered 15 boundaries, including a six, and anchored the Australian innings after being invited to bat.
Had it not been some exceptional bowling by pace duo of Vinay Kumar (3-26) and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (3-25), who shared six wickets between them, India would have been in more deep trouble.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, playing his first T20 at home, played a crucial part in the hosts' recovery as he gave away just 23 runs in his four overs and also got a wicket.
An off-colour R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma bled 93 runs in six overs between them and that cost India dearly. However, the wicket had nothing for the bowlers even as they bowled poorly.
Finch provided a blazing start to his side with debutant Nic Maddinson as Australia raced to 50 in just 4.1 overs. Maddinson showed no signs of nerves as he punished the bowlers to make a 16-ball 34.
The 21-year old left-hander forged a 56-run opening stand with Finch before being castled by seamer Bhuvneshwar.
Vinay Kumar picked up two crucial wickets of all-rounder Shane Watson (6) and Aussie skipper George Bailey (0) to bring some relief for the hosts.
The visitors came back strongly as Glenn Maxwell blazed through the opposition attack and made 27 off just 13 balls.
The 24-year old played a blinder as he struck four sixes in his fluent knock, including three in the same over against Ravichandran Ashwin.
Finch was dismissed in the 17th over when Vinay held on to a powerful strike in his follow through. James Faulkner struck a last-ball six to guide his team to a go past the 200-run mark figure.
Earlier, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field.
Teams
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Ishant Sharma
Australia: Nic Maddinson, Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, George Bailey (Capt.), Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin (wk), Moises Henriques, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty
Brief scores
Australia 201 for 7 (Finch 89, Maddinson 34, Vinay Kumar 3-26, B Kumar 3-35)
India 202 for 4 (Yuvraj 77, Dhawan 32, McKay 2-50)
Result India won by six wickets
MOM Yuvraj Singh (India)
