India vs Australia
IND vs AUS 3rd T20I Match: The third T20 match of the 5-match series between India and Australia was played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. In this match Australian team defeated India by 5 wickets. In total, more than 400 runs were scored in this match. But no Indian bowler could withstand Glenn Maxwell’s innings. He single-handedly led Australia to a historic victory in that game.
For the first time in T20, Team India was in such a bad shape.
In this match, Team India, batting first, scored 222 runs in 20 overs. But Australia reached the target of 223 runs on the last ball of the game. This means that the record of most successful chases by any team against India in the T20 International now belongs to Australia. Previously, the most successful T20I run-chase against India was that of South Africa, who chased the target of 212 runs in Delhi last year.
Most successful chase against India in T20I
223 runs – Australia (2023)*
212 runs – South Africa (2022)
209 runs – Australia (2022)
200 runs – South Africa (2015)
Glenn Maxwell had a stormy century
Glenn Maxwell was the biggest hero of this game. Maxwell scored an unbeaten 104 runs by hitting 8 fours and 8 sixes in just 48 balls, helping Australia win the losing game. Australia needed 43 runs to win off the last 12 balls. But Glenn Maxwell, along with Matthew Wade, achieved this feat.
Rituraj’s century passed in vain
Rituraj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 123 runs off 57 balls in this match. He hit 13 fours and 7 sixes. This makes him the second Indian batsman to have played the most innings in T20. At the same time, Shubman Gill is the Indian who has played the most innings in T20. Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 126 runs in T20Is.
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