India v/s Australia, 1st T20: Aaron Finch admits he suffered a brain fade against Kuldeep Yadav
Opener Aaron Finch on Sunday said he had “a little bit of a brain fade” as he failed to read Kuldeep Yadav’s left-arm wrist spin and got out, which triggered Australia’s downfall in their nine-wicket defeat to India in the first T20 in Ranchi.
Finch looked determined to play the sweep shot. After playing five sweep shots, Yadav bowled one fuller that breached his defence and he was out for 42.
“I found that playing the sweep was going to be the safer option. One to get off strike and to get a boundary if I could hip the gap. That ball I got out on was a little bit of a brain fade to be fair,” he said at the post-match news conference. “I went to sweep then just tried to chip him into the onside for one and missed it. That happens in the game, in particular T20.”
After Finch’s dismissal, the Australia middle-order crumbled to be struggling at 118 for 8 when rain curtailed their innings and gave India an easy D/L target of 48 in six overs, which the hosts comfortably achieved with three balls to spare.
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