The India team defeated Australia by 6 wickets in the third and decisive T20 played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. With this, Team India won the three-match T20 series 2-1. India won the T20 series against Australia at home after 9 years.
Australia had scored 186 runs from 7 wickets in 20 overs after playing first. In response, Team India chased the target in the last over. Suryakumar Yadav scored the highest 69 runs for India. At the same time, Virat Kohli played a 63-run inning.
The fifties of Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli and a century-long association between the two helped India beat Australia by six wickets in the third and final T20 International to win the three-match T20I series 2-1.
Chasing Australia’s target of 187 runs, India took 104 runs for the third wicket between Suryakumar (69 runs from 36 balls, five sixes, five fours) and Virat Kohli (63 runs from 48 balls, four sixes, three fours). aided by a partnership of 187 runs for four wickets with one ball remaining, he won. At the same time, Hardik Pandya also played a 25-inning with no out.
Previously, Australia scored 186 from seven with half a century from Tim David (27 balls 54 runs, four sixes, two fours) and Cameron Green (52 runs on 21 balls, seven fours, three sixes). David led the team to a solid score by adding 68 runs for the 7th wicket with Daniel Sams (28 not out of 20 balls, two sixes, one four).
Chasing the goal, India lost the wicket to KL Rahul (01) in the first to himself, who was caught by wicketkeeper Matthew Wade on Sams ball. Captain Rohit Sharma (17) hit the first six innings over Josh Hazlewood. He welcomed opposing team captain Pat Cummins with a four, but in the same over, Sams caught him in an attempt to hit a six.
Kohli and Suryakumar then took the forward tickets. Suryakumar opened the account with a four at Cummins, while Kohli hit sixes and fours in back-to-back deliveries at Hazlewood. India scored 50 from two on the power play.
Suryakumar hit two straight fours over Glenn Maxwell and also a six over Sams. Kohli also hit a six against Adam Zampa. Suryakumar took India’s score past 100 runs in 11th with a six over Cummins. He completed his fifty in 29 balls with two straight sixes over Zampa.
Suryakumar hit a four and a six at Hazlewood, but in the same over he was caught by Finch on the edge. India needed 44 runs to win in the last five overs.
Kohli completed his half-century in 37 balls with a run from Green, but only five runs were scored in this over. In Sams’s next over, only seven runs were scored.
Hardik Pandya relieved the pressure with a four over Cummins. India needed 21 runs in the last two overs. Hardik hit a six on Hazlewood’s first ball in the 19th. 10 runs were scored in this over.
Kohli hit Sams first six ball in the final over, but caught Finch on the next ball. Pandya, however, put India on goal with a four on the fifth ball.
Earlier, Australia batted vigorously through the first four and last five overs. The team added 56 runs in the first four overs and 63 runs in the last five overs.
The spinners impressed on the Indian side. Axar Patel (3 wickets for 33 runs) was the most successful bowler. He got some good support from Yuzvendra Chahal (1 wicket for 22 runs). Jasprit Bumrah (50 for no wickets in four overs) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (one for 39 in three overs) proved to be very costly.
After winning the toss, Rohit Sharma decided to pitch first, after which Green gave Australia a stormy start. He added 44 runs in just 3.3 overs for the first wicket under captain Aaron Finch (07). Green showed his attitude with sixes and fours on successive balls in Bhuvneshwar’s first over and then with two fours on Akshar in the next over.
Green scored 17 runs in the next over of Bhuvneshwar on two sixes and a four. Akshar gave India the first hit by catching Finch for Hardik Pandya, but Green hit three fours on the next three balls and on the fourth on himself, the team’s score crossed 50 runs. Green completed his half-century in just 19 balls with a run against Bhuvneshwar. However, Rahul caught him in the same over.
Australia scored 66 for two wickets on the power play. Glenn Maxwell (06) returned to the pavilion after being hit by the card’s precise goal, while Yuzvendra Chahal stumped Steve Smith (09) at the hands of wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik to make it Australia 84 for four.
Josh Inglis (24) and David then completed the team’s century in the 12th. David welcomes Harshal Patel with a six from long range. In the following over, Akshar gave Australia the fifth strike by having Rohit catch England on a point back and then in the same over, Matthew Wade (01), who was in excellent form, was caught on his own ball. .
David scored 21 runs at Bhuvneshwar in the 18th with two straight sixes and a four. In Bumrah’s next over, Sams added 18 runs on a six and a four. David completed the first half-century for Australia in 25 balls with a six on the first ball of Harshal’s final over, but was caught by Rohit a ball later.