Australia and India denied by rain after Suryakumar big hitting

India reached 97-1 successful the 10th implicit against hosts Australia erstwhile rainfall fell successful Canberra successful the archetypal T20 of the series.

The archetypal Twenty20 betwixt Australia and India was washed retired by the Canberra rain, with the tourists capable to bat for little than fractional of their allocated tally of overs for a full of 97 for one.

Shubman Gill was 37 not retired and skipper Suryakumar Yadav unbeaten connected 39 erstwhile the archetypal clash successful a five-match bid was stopped for the 2nd and last clip aft 9.4 overs connected Wednesday.

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India opener Abhishek Sharma had already toe-ended a Nathan Ellis transportation to Tim David astatine mid-off for 19 erstwhile drizzle brought play to an extremity for the archetypal clip and the lucifer was reduced to 18 overs aside.

Gill and Yadav astatine slightest gave the Manuka Oval assemblage immoderate amusement erstwhile they smashed 54 runs successful 4.4 overs earlier the rainfall swept implicit the Australian superior again.

India, who are favourites to clasp the T20 World Cup connected location ungraded aboriginal adjacent year, were looking to support the momentum aft a consolation triumph successful the last lucifer of the one-day planetary bid connected Saturday.

The 2nd lucifer successful the T20 bid takes spot astatine Melbourne Cricket Ground connected Friday.

The tourists earlier suffered different wounded stroke erstwhile all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled retired of the archetypal 3 T20s aft suffering from cervix spasms arsenic helium recovered from a quadriceps wounded sustained successful the ODI series.

Batsman Shreyas Iyer suffered a lacerated spleen that required attraction successful infirmary erstwhile helium fell awkwardly taking a drawback successful the Sydney ODI past weekend.