Australia fell short in their attempted chase of 206, losing to India by 24 runs after Rohit Sharma (92) had starred with the bat in Gros Islet. After an impressive start with Rohit Sharma’s destructive batting display supported by Suryakumar Yadav (31 from 16) and Hardik Pandya (27* from 17*) team India secured 205 runs.

Travis Head threatened to pull off a remarkable rescue as he hit 76 from 43 balls, but he fell to Jasprit Bumrah (1/29) in the 17th over and Australia’s hopes of winning went with him, as their chase fizzled out. Other major contributors of the batters captain Mitchell Marsh (37) and Glenn Maxwell (20) but in the end 24 runs cost team Australia. Arshdeep Singh picked up 3/37 from 4 overs, while Axar Patel (1/21 from 3) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/24 from 4) helped tie things up through the middle overs after Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja had been on the receiving end of Head’s blitz. Match summary: