Live: IND Vs PAK | TOSS & PRE-MATCH | T20 World Cup 2021 | CRICTALKS | India Vs Pakistan T20

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PREVIEW: Rohit Sharma led from the front in India's second warm-up game, top scoring with 61, as India chased down Australia's 152 to register another win in their lead up to the T20 World Cup.

Rohit put on 68 for the opening stand with KL Rahul, who fell trying to up the ante against the spinners. Rohit added another 59 with a fluent Suryakumar Yadav before retiring hurt and allowing Hardik Pandya to give the finishing touches.

Earlier, Australia suffered quick setbacks after opting to bat against R Ashwin who bowled the second over the match. David Warner was LBW missing a reverse sweep while Mitchell Marsh was caught out at slip off the very next ball. It got worse for Australia as Ravindra Jadeja had Aaron Finch trapped LBW off his first ball.

Glenn Maxwell (37 off 28), however, counterattacked with Steven Smith anchoring one end. Even as India experimented with Virat Kohli (2-0-12-0) as a bowling option, Australia found their way back through the latter half of the innings. Marcus Stoinis was ruthless against Shardul Thakur and Varun Chakravarthy in the end overs as Australia ended with a respectable total.

Brief Scores: Australia 152/5 (Steve Smith 57, Marcus Stoinis 41; R Ashwin 2-8) lost to India 153/1 in 17.5 ov (Rohit Sharma 68, Suryakumar Yadav 38*) by 9 wicket

Teams:
India: KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakaravarthy, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood.