Wade, Hussey guide Australia to victory over India in T20

Matthew Wade played an innings of power and some invention 

Matthew Wade's fifty and David Hussey's tremendous performance with bat and ball as delivered a 31-run victory for Australia over India in the first Twenty20 international at Stadium Australia in Sydney, watched by a crowd of 59,659, the largest ever for a cricket match the city.

Wade (72) and Hussey (42) pushed Australia to 4 for 171 before George Bailey, who made his debut as Australia's new Twenty20 captain, employed a trio of spinners to  sink India's chase.

Bret Lee dismissed Sehwag in the first over but India made a promising start to reach 47 for 1 in the sixth over.

The spinners then devastated the Indian batting. Hussey took the figures with 2 for 4 from his two overs and then the recalled 40-year-old Brad Hogg and the Twenty20 debutant Xavier Doherty bowled the hosts to the victory.

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