T20 World Cup: KL Rahul brings out MS Dhoni's helicopter shot; Cummins gives deadly reply

Team India opener KL Rahul has anunced his intention for T20 World Cup 2022 with a cracking half-century in opening warm-up match. Team India clinched a nail-biting six-run victory over Australia in ir first warm-up match on Monday, October 17. Rahul's all-out attack on Australian bowlers set platform for or batsmen to capitalise on start.

T20 World Cup 2022: KL Rahul hits Pat Cummins for a six, bowler responds with a vicious bouncer

Displaying various range of shots while batting, KL Rahul dominated Australian bowlers bringing out MS Dhoni's signature shot during 5th over of innings. Pat Cummins responded to shot with a vicious bouncer which hit KL Rahul's helmet just before end of powerplay. Despite getting hit on helmet, Rahul continued to bat and ended up scoring 57 off 33 balls against Australian bowling attack. swashbuckling innings was filled with two sixes and six boundaries. He was dismissed by Glenn Maxwell after holding out to Ashton Agar.

India vs Australia: Suryakumar takes concussion test after a deadly bouncer from Mitchell Starc

Suryakumar Yadav continued his impressive form hitting yet ar half-century.  However, during final ball of 19th over, Suryakumar was hit on helmet by a vicious delivery from left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc. Yadav was struck on grill of his helmet and impact of ball was so hard that it broke corner of Yadav's helmet. Both Starc and Yadav can be seen checking corner of helmet before Team India's doctor arrived on field to check on Yadav before he resumed his batting after passing concussion test. 

Apart from KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav''s half-century, Team India's current skipper Rohit Sharma and former skipper Virat Kohli failed to cash in on ir respective starts. Rohit was dismissed for 15 off 14 balls while Kohli was dismissed for 19 off 13 balls. Dinesh Karthik smashed 20 off 14 balls.

Following conclusion of India vs Australia match, Rohit Sharma and Co. are set to face New Zealand in ir second warm-up match at same venue.  India vs New Zealand match will be played on October 17. Men in Blue will face arch-rivals Pakistan in ir first match of T20 World Cup campaign on October 23rd.