Warner asks team-mates to improve against spinners

“The Indian team is shaping up well, particularly after the inclusion of Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra and Yuvraj Singh”. Faulkner returned with figures of 1-43 from 4 overs while Shane Watson was the pick of the bowlers with 2-24 in his 4 overs.

Playing his first worldwide match in almost five years, Australian paceman Shaun Tait began with a 150 kmh delivery but sent down six wides and bled 45 runs in his four overs without any success.

Chasing 189 was never going to be easy for Aaron Finch’s side but yet the captain and David Warner put them on course after wiping off 47 runs in 5.1 overs.

Some of the girls in the team were star struck as they met India’s Test captain for the first time. Earlier, Rohit Sharma rode his luck well to provide a brisk start.

But Ravindra Jadeja (2-21) bowled superbly in the middle overs, dismissing Smith in the ninth over, caught at mid-on.

However, other reports also suggest that Kohli may have carried the grudge against Smith from the first innings, during which his opponent may have had a few words to tell him.

“But still, he’ll have to be more and more consistent with his line and length and that will give me a lot of confidence to consistently play him as a third seamer if the need arises”, Dhoni ended with.

Nehra and Bumrah then finished off the tail and bowled out Australia for 151. Both Indian spinners, Ashwin with 2 for 28 and Jadeja with 2 for 21 were outstanding. I think he should’ve had 3-20… but that’s what happens in this game.

After winning the first game of the 3-match Twenty20 series against Australia at Adelaide, the Men In Blues are looking for another win in the second T20 game to seal the series here on Friday.

“It’s fine to have a little bit of banter when you’re out in the field, but when someone is out I don’t think that’s really on”.

Kohli, who came out to bat in the fifth over, smashed a sizzling 55-ball 90 including nine fours and two sixes to steady the innings for the visitors.

“If you see the Aussie batting line-up, more often than not the only way you can beat them when they are chasing is by taking wickets”.

“We didn’t help ourself with our catching, it is something that we have seriously got to look at”, he said.

“I could take this stadium with me wherever I bat”, Kohli said at Adelaide Oval after receiving his man-of-the-match award.

Besides them, left-handed batsman Suresh Raina, who was dropped from the ODI squad will be waiting to prove himself once again after a successful domestic season.