India vs Australia 2017, 1st T20I: 5 reasons why India got the better of the Aussies at Ranchi

#1. Rain

Rain lowered the target for India

One of the biggest reasons behind India’s win has to be Lord Indra’s showers during the 19th over. Australia were already struggling at 118/8 with Adam Zampa and Andrew Tye at the crease but who knows, they may have accumulated some runs, possibly taking Australia close to 130.

However, Australia could not resume their innings after the rain stopped and India were handed a target of 48 to chase. Had rain not interfered, the visitors would have definitely had something to defend. However, that didn’t happen.