The Indian tempo duo of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj performed a key position in bowling out a formidable Australian aspect for simply 188 runs within the first ODI on the Wankhede on Friday.
Both the quick bowlers took three wickets every to tear aside a game-winning Aussie and within the mid-innings break, Shami highlighted what stored him and the crew going.
He mentioned, ‘There is lots of laborious work concerned, you need to work in your health. You need to work laborious within the nets. When you’ve gotten the rhythm and the place of the bounce and seam is nice then you definitely get outcomes. There is at all times good bounce on Mumbai wickets. I bowled in good areas and it paid off. I deliberate to have a slip with Hardik. The ball was transferring a bit and the thought was to bowl within the tight off-stump channel.
“If everyone contributes a little bit, it will be really good for the confidence of the players,” he added. We did effectively to bundle out Australia for 188 and we should always have the ability to chase that down. I get to know from the seam how effectively I’m holding the ball.”
Earlier, stand-in captain Hardik Pandya gained the toss and determined to subject first and his bowling unit, led by Shami (3/17), fired via to finish Australia’s innings in simply 35.4 overs on the Wankhede Stadium.
Opening instead of the injured David Warner, Mitchell Marsh scored 81 off 65 balls for Australia, however none, together with captain Steve Smith, didn’t make a significant contribution.
Hardik is main the crew within the absence of normal skipper Rohit Sharma, who’s unavailable for the fixtures attributable to household commitments.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
