India vs Australia, 1st T20I: Full List Of Award Winners, Man Of The Match, Scorecard, Post-Match Presentation

Mohali, September 20: Australia pulled the rug from the under the feet of India while scoring a confident 4-wicket win in the first T20I here at the PCA Stadium on Tuesday (September 20).

Here is the post-match presentation from the India vs Australia 1st T20I such as full list of awards and players’ comments.

1. Full List of Awards (Rs 1 lakh each)

Trusted Player of the Match: Nathan Ellis

Game Changer: Matthew Wade

Energetic Player: Glenn Maxwell

Man Of the Match: Cameron Green

2 Post Match presentation

Rohit Sharma, India Captain: “I don't think we bowled well. 200 is a good score to defend, and we didn't take our chances in the field. It was a great effort from our batters, but bowlers were not quite there. There are things we need to look at, but it was a great game for us to understand what went wrong.

We know this is a high-scoring ground. You can't relax even if you get 200. We took wickets to an extent, but they played really well. They played some extra-ordinary shots. If I was in that changing room, I would expect to chase that total. You can back yourself to get 60 runs in the final 4 overs.

We were not able to take that extra wicket. That was the turning point, if we would have taken another wicket, things would have been different. You can't score 200 everyday, you need to bat well. Hardik batted really well to get us there. We need to look at our bowling before the next game.”

Aaron Finch, Australia captain: “It was a good contest, wasn't it? We had some really good partnerships, there were some good contests between the bat and ball. They came hard at us. You expect the run rate to slow down if you lose wickets.

The batters tried to change the momentum of the game. That's what we play for, we still try to instil all the processes leading into the World Cup.”

Matthew Wade, Australia player: “I would like to make it a habit of finishing games. It has been a nice 12-18 months, started to put some scores together and put a partnership with Tim David today, he has come down the order with those roles. It is nice to get some youth and power like him which gives me time to start.

At this ground it didn't worry too much to get going from the first ball, anywhere between 10-14 runs per over with wickets in hand we could probably chase it down, obviously the guys at the top of order got us off to a great start.

If it gets to 13 runs per over early on then there's a bit of panic but towards the end with a wicket like this and outifield like this you kinda back yourself. You have to work where they are going to bowl, they went wide yorker with a cover and I didn't want to drag it too much to the leg-side and the slower balls I sat a little bit deeper.

Often I have four fielders back on the leg-side and I cannot just swing to the leg-side anymore, I need to play some shots on the off-side. Green was always going to open, it was nice to see him come out and do that. He is a really exciting allrounder and he will play a role with the ball as well.

There were some crucial roles through that period and Smith played really well to keep the pressure up.”

Cameron Green, Man of the Match: “It’s always nice to get there, especially out in the middle with someone like Finchy. He is an experienced campaigner, he kept me calm. Hardik played beautifully, it was pleasure to watch him. I have no idea, I'll leave it up to the coaches to think about that.”