The warm up match between India and Australia at Bangalore proved to be an upset for the three times world champion. Even on a good batting pitch at Bangalore, India was able to score a total of 214 runs with Sehwag being the top scorer with 54 Runs in 56 balls. Besides Yosuf Pathan and Virat Kohli who added 32 and 21 runs respectively to the total, the batting lineup didn’t worked much for the Indian team.
Australia took a firing start with 116 runs in 21 overs with just 1 wicket down and made the spectators sure of where the game was going but the spinners turned the game towards India when the spinners played the magical innings and shattered the momentum of the Australian batsmen. Only four batsmen were able to score in double figures with Ricky Ponting being the top scorer with 57 runs.
All out in 31.3 overs with just 150 runs on the board was a disappointing finish for the Australian supporters but India who ran out as victors must be proud of their leg spinner Piyush Chawla and top spinner Harbhajan Singh who collectively took 7 wickets and demonstrated once again that cricket is a game of luck and chance.
