IND vs AUS 1st ODI: Virat Kohli Fumes As Hardik Pandya Misses Out On No Ball Against Australia in the First ODI | WATCH

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Meanwhile, coming back to Pandya incident, it all happened in the 18th over when all-rounder Marcus Stoinis tried to rattle the India captain with some aggressive bowling.

Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, 1st ODI
Virat Kohli was left fuming with Hardik Pandya. (Source: BCCI)

Former India captain Virat Kohli was left fuming at captain Hardik Pandya after he missed out on a free hit that was gifted to him by Australia’s Marcus Stoinis. The incident happened in the 18th over of the match which was being played at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Australia were bundled out for 188, and India needed some solid batting to close the match as soon as possible.

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However, the game eventually ended up being a close thriller as India top order blew away in the first ten overs. The likes of Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav were removed in regular intervals as India were reduced to 20/3. At one stage, even Shubman Gill was also given LBW which meant that they were reduced to 20/4. However, that decision was changed after DRS showed that the ball would have gone onto miss the middle stumps.

Meanwhile, coming back to Pandya incident, it all happened in the 18th over when all-rounder Marcus Stoinis tried to rattle the India captain with some aggressive bowling. However, it was the Australian who got rattled with the aggression and even overstepped which meant a no ball.

Here Pandya had a great opportunity and could have whacked the ball out of the park, but missed out on the opportunity. This left former India captain Virat Kohli fuming.

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A gritty and resilient half-century by KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja's crucial knock of unbeaten 45 guided India to 5 wickets victory with 61 balls remaining against Australia in the first ODI of three-match series here at Wankhede Stadium on Friday.

Rahul starred for India with his unbeaten knock of 75 runs off 91 deliveries while Jadeja slammed crucial 45* runs. For Australia Mitchell Starc bagged three while Marcus Stoinis scalped two wickets.

Defending a small total of 189, Australia got off to a terrific start and gave India an early blow in the second over of the game. Marcus Stoinis drew first blood as he dismissed Ishan Kishan for 3 runs. Star batter Virat Kohli then came out to bat. Mitchell Starc delivered a fine over throwing deliveries around 145kph and gave India back-to-back two big blows.   

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