Amid statements by India's Virat Kohli that his team would not put up by any shenanigans by Australia's selection, India's T20I squad began their tour of Australia, foreseen to be four matches in total. You may recall that T20 includes a "limited overs" format, with twenty sets of six pitches being bowled by each side. This means that a match can be played, and completed, within a few hours. Kohli said before the series began, that his team would not brook anything from the opposing team, that challenged the India players' self respect. Australia took the first match last week, but have been challenged currently. In the second match, Australia's batsmen were humbled by a disciplined Indian display in the field before persistent rain forced the abandonment of play at a soggy Melbourne Cricket Grounds, leaving the hosts one up in the series with a final match still to play in Sydney on Sunday. Following a day of heavy showers and high winds in Melbourne, the skies cleared enough for the match to commence on time, as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Krunal Pandya restricted the Australians after Virat Kohli sent the home side in to bat. Only Ben McDermott, with an intelligent, unbeaten 32, was able to make much of an impression, before the return of the rain forced an early end to Austrlaia's innings. From there, a series of showers washed over the ground, stopping often enough to have the target revised four times under DLS calculations. The match was finally called off at 9.57pm local time when a final burst of rain ruled out the latest possible restart of 10.02pm for a chase of 46 in five overs. Meanwhile, Pakistan and New Zealand are amid a three test series being played in Dubai. College Football Fans may want to tune into the annual blood bath rivalry game between Michigan and Ohio State, this year played at Ohio Stadium. Both teams have equal records at 10 and 1. Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh looks for his first coaching victory over the Buckeyes of Ohio State, while Urban Meyer is 6-0 against the Michigan Wolverines. Much is on the line in that game today for both Big 10 and wider championship implications. For the non Football addicted, Ohio State has a great marching band. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
