Australia knocked out as India takes revenge, world roasts Cooper Connolly

The batting allrounder’s technique was badly exposed as Australia took the extraordinary gamble of parachuting him in to open the batting in the four-wicket loss to India in Dubai.

Virat Kohli produced a trademark innings with a polished 84 to get India home at 6/267 with 11 balls to spare.

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Australia will be ruing several big moments that slipped through their fingers, but the most headline-grabbing factor was the shock selection of Connolly, who hadn’t even been a member of Australia’s 15-man squad before Monday when he replaced the injured Matt Short.

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Aussie selectors made the gamble of overlooking dangerous slugger Jake Fraser-McGurk to open the batting alongside Travis Head, instead opting to roll the dice with Connolly.

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