India have won the second warm of 50 over match by 64 runs over West Australia XI at WACA, Perth today. It was fine match India as most of the players got a chance of batting before the for the first ODI on January 12 scheduled at this ground.
But, the biggest set for India is seamer Mohammad Shami’ injury, as a result, he has been ruled out from the entire series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar willy flies for Australia as Shami’s replacement in the ODI series.
MS Dhoni winning the toss chose to bat first. The start was not good as Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli, the hero of last T20 match, failed to perform. However three good performances from Rohit Sharma, Manish Pandey and Ajinkya Rahane as they scored 67, 58 and 41 respectively.
With the ball in hand Rishi Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel have taken two wickets each while Umesh Yadav and Gurkeerat Singh has taken one wicket each.
Barinder Sran has gone wicket-less
For West Australia XI Jaron Morgan scored 50 while Jake Carder scored 45. They finally bowled out for 185.
Live Blog Fall of wicket
Morgan slowly inching towards a half century. Batting well on 47. WAXI 175/7 with five overs to go #WAXIvIND
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40.1 overs gone and WAXI are 154/7. Jadeja picks his second wicket #WAXIvIND
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Lovely bowling from Ashwin. His figures 10 overs and 2/32 #WAXIvIND
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Ashwin strikes now. WAXI in deep trouble. They are 127/6 in the 34th over #WAXIvIND
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30 overs gone and WAXI are 118/5 #WAXIvIND
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After jadeja, Axar strikes. WAXI 100/5 in the 27th over #WAXIvIND
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Carder is out LBW to jadeja. WAXI are 96/4 in the 25 overs #WAXIvIND
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Rishi Dhawan strikes. Dhoni grabs that one behind the stumps. WAXI 71/3 in the 19th over #WAXIvIND
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Short has tried to heave Ashwin towards mid-wicket but is out Bowled. Ashwin gets his first wicket. WAXI 61/2 #WAXIvIND
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End of the 15th over and WAXI are 54/1. Short on 9*, Carder on 24* #WAXIvIND
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13 overs gone and WAXI are 50/1. Ashwin has just finished bowling a tight over #WAXIvIND
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WAXI lose their first wicket. Bosisto is out caught behind by Dhoni off Umesh Yadav’s bowling. WAXI 39/1 after 10 overs #WAXIvIND
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Meanwhile, at the WACA, WAXI openers Bosisto & Carder have started off well. They are 23/0 after 6 overs #WAXIvIND
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Gestures like these that make a fan’s day and some members of Team India sure put a smile on some faces #WAXIvIND pic.twitter.com/yW1L2HoIdu
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West Australia XI started their chase
A Huge setback for India as Mohammad Shami has been ruled out from the series due to the hamstring. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has replaced him.
News Alert: Injured Shami out of Australia tour. @BhuviOfficial named replacement https://t.co/6pLMNfR9S8 #AusvIND pic.twitter.com/0Mj9gGMZmr
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Rishi Dhawan is out runout for a duck. Indians 245/9 in the 49th over #WAXIvIND
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In the second warm up 50 over match India have been bowled out for 249. Rohit Sharma scored 67 while Manish Pandey played prolific 58 runs innings. Ajinkya Rahane also scored 41. But India failed to bat for fifty over as Ravichandran Ashwin caught behind off the first ball off the last delivery. West Australia XI now need to chase 250 in 50 overs. Earlier India has won the toss chose to bat first. Indian play their 14 players in the match.
Rishi Dhawan is out runout for a duck. Indians 245/9 in the 49th over #WAXIvIND
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Pandey’s innings comes to an end. He is out caught at the deep for 58. Indians 236/7 in the 47th over #WAXIvIND
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Jadeja getting into the act now. SIX! And he moves to 18. Indians 223/6 #WAXIvIND
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A fine innings by Manish pandey. Going strong on 54. Indians 216/6 after 45 overs #WAXIvIND
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Four! Pandey has hit that one for a smashing boundary. Time to up the scoring rate. 200 up for the Indians in the 43rd over #WAXIvIND
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Last ten overs remaining. Power play time. Pandey batting on 29, Jadeja 6*. Indians 185/6 #WAXIvIND
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New man in Ravindra Jadeja as Axar Patel prepares himself to walk in next #WAXIvIND pic.twitter.com/Nygsp5Rtzt
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Captain MS Dhoni is out stumped for 15. Indians 171/6 in the 38th over #WAXIvIND
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Nice batting this by Pandey. Another boundary and he goes to 21. Dhoni batting on 15. Indians 171/5 #WAXIvIND
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Pandey cracks it towards mid wicket for a boundary. Batting on 16. Indians are 164/5 after 36 overs #WAXIvIND
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151/5 for India in 33 overs. Manish Pandey and MS Dhoni batting on 9 & 7 respectively #WAXIvIND
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151/5 for India in 33 overs. Manish Pandey and MS Dhoni batting on 9 & 7 respectively #WAXIvIND
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Meanwhile the lights are beginning to take effect at the WACA with a cool wind blowing across the ground #WAXIvIND pic.twitter.com/ucNOUwImTD
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First a six and then OUT! Rohit sharma out for 67. Dhoni walks out to the middle #WAXIvIND
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New man in Manish Pandey. Indians 125/4 after 27 overs. #WAXIvIND
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OUT! Gurkeerat is out caught behind for 6. Indians 125/4 in the 27th over #WAXIvIND
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Rohit sharma receiving quite an applause from the crowd here at WACA. Moves to 60*.Indians 124/3 in the 26 overs #WAXIvIND
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New man in Gurkeerat Singh looking watchful in his 4 runs he has scored. Indians 115/3 in the 25th over #WAXIvIND
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Fall of the third wickets: Rahane out for 41
OUT! Rahane is bowled for 41 by Muirhead. Indians 107/3 after 22 overs #WAXIvIND
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Fifty for Rohit Sharma. Fine innings in progress at the moment. Indians 107/2 #WAXIvIND
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100 up for the Indians after the end of 21 overs. Rahane 36* and Rohit on 48* #WAXIvIND
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20 overs gone. Indians are 98/2. Rahane 34* Rohit 48* #WAXIvIND
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SIX! Sharma blasts it away over long on for maximum. Moves to 43. Indians 88/2 after 18 overs #WAXIvIND
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Back to back boundaries for Rohit sharma. Going strong at 36. Indians 80/2 after 17 overs #WAXIvIND
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15 overs have been bowled. Rahane & Sharma have calmed things down after Kohli & Dhawan’s dismissal. Indians 69/2. #WAXIvIND
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This is how Kohli got out
.@imVkohli‘s innings at the WACA didn’t last long and he’s not happy! Watch #WAXIvIND LIVE: https://t.co/Pb2e9kDzJW https://t.co/UdYfexNyle
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Two back to back boundaries for Rahane – one slashed above point & one straight down the ground.Indians 48/2 from 11 #WAXIvIND
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9 overs gone. Indians are 39/2. Rahane batting at 8*, Rohit 18*. #WAXIvIND
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Rohit Sharma has just whacked that one for a SIX. He is on a roll now. Indians 34/2. Sharma 18* #WAXIvIND
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After Dhawan its Kohli who take the long walk back to the pavilion. Kohli scored 7 off 11 balls. New man in – Rahane. Indians 19/2 #WAXIvIND
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India lost their first wicket Shikhar Dhawan
Indians lose their first wicket… Dhawan is out caught #WAXIvIND
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India openers .@SDhawan25 and .@ImRo45 have walked out to start the proceedings #WAXIvIND pic.twitter.com/g1yHuQHa8k
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Clear blue skies await the players in the warm-up fixture against WAXI #WAXIvIND pic.twitter.com/K1OUofM6FJ
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#TeamIndia wins the toss and have elected to bat first #warmup #WAXIvIND pic.twitter.com/ytLI2waqXT
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.@imVkohli gearing up for the warm-up game against WAXI #WAXIvIND https://t.co/Q5k1fz7CQl
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The men in blue are out in the field. Preparations in full swing ahead of the warm-up game against WAXI #WAXIvIND pic.twitter.com/dcfDjfsLy8
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