India’s top-order, barring Abhishek Sharma, failed against Australia in the second T20I in Melbourne on Friday (October 31) as the home team registered a convincing four-wicket victory to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

Paceman Josh Hazlewood was the bowling star for Australia as he took 3/13 in an unchanged spell of four overs with the new ball.

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In front of an 82,438-strong crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), India suffered one of their most embarrassing defeats, with as many as nine batters failing to reach double digits in a total of 125 in 18.4 overs.

Opener Abhishek shines

Only Abhishek, in the form of his life, stood tall amid ruins with a combative 37-ball-68. With Harshit Rana (35 off 33 bal

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