In the fourth match of the five-match T20 series between India and Australia, the Indian team, batting first, scored 174 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. The opening pair gave Team India a good start and later, after two consecutive wickets fell, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma took over the innings. But even in the final innings, the Indians’ innings fell apart. Team India lost the last 5 wickets by just 7 runs. This was the reason why Team India, which crossed the 200 mark at times, could not even reach the 250 mark.
In this match, played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, Australian captain Matthew Wade won the toss and elected to bat first. Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad got off to a good start, adding 50 runs in 6 overs for the first wicket. Yashasvi (37) continued this record. After that, Team India lost two more wickets in a row. Shreyas Iyer got caught in the spin of Tanveer Sangha after scoring just 8 runs and captain Suryakumar Yadav (1) gave away his wicket on the ball from Ben Dwarshius. In this way, Team India had lost their three wickets by the time they reached 63 runs.
From here, Rituraj Gaikwad and Rinku Singh gradually took the innings forward. Gaikwad returned to the pavilion after scoring 32 runs off 28 balls. Tanveer Sangha also made him a victim. After losing the fourth wicket for 111 runs, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma took over the innings. There was a quick partnership of 56 runs in 32 balls between the two. Jitesh was out on the ball from Dwarshius after scoring 35 runs off 19 balls.
After the partnership between Rinku and Jitesh failed, the Australian bowlers wreaked havoc. The last 5 wickets fell within just 7 runs. Akshar Patel (0) fell victim to Dwarshius on the first ball. Rinku Singh was LBW to the ball from Behrendorff after scoring 46 runs off 29 balls. Deepak Chahar (0) also sent a ball into the pavilion by Behrendorff. Ravi Bishnoi (1) was dismissed on the last ball of the game. 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.