After 17 overs,Australia 118/4 ( Steven Smith 51 , Marcus Stoinis 18)
Smith continues to make merry, collecting a hattrick fours off Thakur in the 17th over to inch closer to his half-century, bringing up the milestone with a brace off the last ball. What an innings this has been so far from the Aussie No 4 today. 16 off this over, with the fifth-wicket stand currently worth 46 off 31.
Fifty up for Steve Smith! Collects a brace to bring up the milestone at the end of the 17th over after a hattrick of boundaries off Shardul Thakur’s bowling before this. Has consumed 41 deliveries for his milestone today, with six boundaries along the way. AUS 118/4
After 16 overs,Australia 102/4 ( Steven Smith 36 , Marcus Stoinis 17)
Varun Chakravarthy brought into the attack for the first time in the 15th over, with the Indian team wanting to try him out for the slog overs. Stoinis collects a boundary off the first ball with a reverse lap towards third man. Stoinis and Smith then collect four singles in the next five balls as the Aussies go past 100 four overs to go in their innings.
After 14 overs,Australia 86/4 ( Steven Smith 28 , Marcus Stoinis 9)
Ashwin returns, and is on a hat-trick at the start of his second over. Concedes a single off each delivery of the over barring the sixth, which goes for a dot. Smith, meanwhile, is batting on 28 and will look to anchor the remainder of the Aussie innings from here.
After 13 overs,Australia 81/4 ( Steven Smith 25 , Marcus Stoinis 7)
New batter Stoinis collects his first boundary in this over by dispatching a long hop from Kohli, bowling his second over, through the midwicket region. Four singles collected in the over in addition to the boundary.
After 12 overs,Australia 73/4 ( Steven Smith 23 , Marcus Stoinis 1)
Maxwell goes for the reverse sweep at the start of the over, collecting his fifth boundary, but ends up chopping the ball onto his stumps three deliveries later to depart for 37, as Chahar gets the breakthrough in his third over.
BOWLED! Chahar with the breakthrough, sending Maxwell back to the dugout as the big-hitting all-rounder ends up chopping the ball onto his stumps while looking for a sweep. AUS 72/4
Maxwell b Chahar 37(28)
After 11 overs,Australia 68/3 ( Steven Smith 23 , Glenn Maxwell 33)
Superb stop by Kohli near backward point to restrict Smith to just a single. Maxwell then collects back-to-back boundaries, bringing up the fifty stand with Smith in the process. 11 from the 11th over, and Australia suddenly are looking set to for a total in the 150-range.
Fifty partnership up between Maxwell and Smith for the fourth wicket! Maxwell brings up the milestone with a pull towards the vacant part of the square leg region. AUS 63/3
After 10 overs,Australia 57/3 ( Steven Smith 22 , Glenn Maxwell 23)
Chahar continues. Smith brings up the fifty for Australia with a lap shot off the first delivery as the ball races away to fine leg for a boundary. He and Maxwell keep the singles coming with a run off each of the next four balls. Australia moving along nicely at the halfway stage with the Maxwell-Smith partnership, worth 46 at the end of this over, helping them recover.