Team India won the five-match T20 series by defeating Australia by 20 runs in the Raipur T20. First, the Indian team scored 174 runs and lost 9 wickets. In response, the Australian team could only score 154 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma showed their prowess while batting for Team India. At the same time, Akshar Patel’s spin caused chaos in the bowling. We can tell you that the Indian team now has an unassailable lead of 3-1 in this T20 series.
In this match, played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, Australian captain Matthew Wade won the toss and put Team India to bat. Here the Indian opening pair added 50 runs for the first wicket. In that total, Yashasvi (37) was out and then Team India also lost the wickets of Shreyas Iyer (8) and captain Suryakumar Yadav (1) in quick succession. Team India had lost three wickets for 63 runs. From here, Rituraj Gaikwad along with Rinku Singh took over the innings. When Gaikwad was also out after scoring 32 runs, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma took the innings forward. Both formed a quick partnership of 56 runs off 32 balls.
With Rinku and Jitesh at the crease, it seemed like Team India would cross the 200 mark again today. But here Jitesh was out after scoring 35 runs off 19 balls. After this partnership was broken, the Australian bowlers went on a storm and the last five wickets fell within just seven runs. Akshar Patel (0), Rinku Singh (46), Deepak Chahar (0) and Ravi Bishnoi (1) returned to the pavilion back to back. In this way, the Indian team could only score 174 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. For Australia, Ben Dwarshius took 3 wickets for 40 runs in 4 overs. Behrendorff and Tanveer Sangha also got wickets at 2-2. Aaron Hardy also took a wicket.
Australia were rapidly chasing the target of 175 runs. Travis Head got Australia off to a good start by scoring 31 runs in just 16 balls. In this regard, he became the victim of Akshar Patel. After Travis returned to the pavilion, the Kangaroo team began losing wickets at regular intervals. Openers Josh Philip (8), Ben McDermott (19), Aaron Hardy (8) and Tim David (19) played short innings. Half of the Australian team returned to the pavilion with 107 runs in 14.4 overs.
Captain Matthew Wade definitely took command alone, but received no support from the other side. Matthew Short was eliminated after scoring 22 runs off 19 balls. Ben Dwarshius also walked after scoring a run. Chris Green also ended up scoring just two runs in three balls instead of playing big balls at the end. Captain Wade remained unbeaten after scoring 36 runs off 23 balls but could not lead his team to victory. In the stipulated 20 overs, the Australian team could only score 154 runs after losing seven wickets. For Team India, Akshar Patel took three wickets, Deepak Chahar took two wickets, Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan took one wicket each.