ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Despite Rahul’s knock, India go down to Western Australia in the second warm up match

India
had
notched
up
a
rather
nervy
13-run
win
over
Western
Australia
in
the
first
practice
at
the
same
WACA
ground
on
Monday
(October
10).

But
this
time
the
Western
Australians
had
the
last
laugh.

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Put
into
bat,
Western
Australia
made
162
for
eight
before
restricting
India
to
132
for
eight.

Opening
the
innings,
Rahul
made
a
brisk
74
off
55
balls,
but
he
found
little
support
from
the
other
end
as
none
of
the
other
batters
failed
to
fire.

India
will
now
next
take
on
Australia
at
the
Gabba,
Brisbane
on
October
17
and
then
face
New
Zealand
at
the
same
venue
two
days
later.

In
the
ICC
T20
World
Cup
2022,
the
Rohit
Sharma-led
head
to
Melbourne
for
their
high-voltage
Super
12
opener
against
arch-rivals
Pakistan
on
October
23.

The
Men
in
Blue
have
travelled
down
under
for
the
show-piece
event
after
back-to-back
2-1
home
series
wins
against
Australia
and
South
Africa.

The
inaugural
T20I
champions
will
now
hope
to
land
their
second
title
and
bounce
back
from
a
Super
12
exit
in
the
last
edition.

The
2007
T20
champions
were
originally
scheduled
to
play
only
two
warm-up
matches
against
Australia
and
New
Zealand
on
October
17
and
19
respectively,
but
BCCI
arranged
two
more
warm-up
fixtures
against
Western
Australia
on
October
10
and
13
respectively.

India
vs
Western
Australia:
Suryakumar
Yadav
fifty
helps
Men
in
Blue
win
practice
match

Earlier,
in
the
first
warm
up
match,
Western
Australua
could
manage
only
145
for
eight
in
20
overs,
ending
short
of
the
target
by
13
runs.

A
gutsy
half-century
from
in-form
Suryakumar
Yadav
and
cameos
from
Deepak
Hooda
and
Hardik
Pandya
had
powered
India
to
a
decent
total
of
158
for
eight,
which
the
Western
Australians
could
not
chase
down.