Rana's 104m monster hit leaves Gambhir stunned; reaction caught on camera - WATCH

NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma rescued India from a top-order collapse, with Harshit Rana providing important support, arsenic the visitors managed 125 successful the 2nd T20I against Australia astatine the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground connected Friday.

Abhishek, the world’s top-ranked T20I batter, played a superb sound of 68 disconnected 37 balls, portion Harshit stood steadfast astatine the different extremity with a gritty 35 from 33 deliveries.

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The brace added 56 runs for the sixth wicket — the lone meaningful concern successful India’s innings — and were the lone 2 batters to scope treble digits.Facing disapproval erstwhile again for being picked up of Arshdeep Singh, Harshit silenced doubters with a composed innings that featured 3 fours and a towering six. His monolithic 104-metre deed drew a stunned absorption from the Indian dugout, including caput manager Gautam Gambhir, whose astonishment was captured connected camera.WATCH the video hereAustralia, chasing 126, cruised to a four-wicket triumph to instrumentality a 1-0 pb successful the five-match bid aft the opener successful Canberra was washed out. Captain

Mitchell Marsh

led the mode with a quickfire 46 disconnected 26 balls, portion Travis Head contributed 28 astatine the apical to springiness the hosts aboriginal momentum. Their attacking basal ensured Australia remained successful power passim the chase, reaching the people with 40 balls to spare contempt a fewer precocious wickets.

Josh Hazlewood

was the prima of the amusement with the ball, producing a masterful spell that tore done India’s apical order. His figures of 3 for 13 from 4 overs acceptable the code for Australia’s dominance. Supported good by the remainder of the bowling attack, Hazlewood’s aboriginal breakthroughs restricted India to a below-par full contempt Abhishek’s warring half-century.With Australia present 1-0 up, the bid moves to Hobart, wherever the 3rd T20I volition beryllium played astatine the Bellerive Oval connected Sunday.