Australia needed 43 runs to win off the last 12 balls. Team India’s victory seemed almost certain. Australia’s hopes rested on Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Wade. Spinner Akshar Patel came to bowl for India in the 19th over. Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Wade scored 22 runs in this over. Then in the final game the Kangaroos had to score 21 runs to win. Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna came to bowl for India… but it wasn’t easy to stop Glenn Maxwell today.
Matthew Wade hit a four off the first ball of Prasidh Krishna’s 20th over. Now Australia had to score 17 runs in the last 5 balls. A single came on the second ball of the over. 16 runs were to be scored and there were 4 balls left… The Indian fans’ hopes were pinned on Prasidh Krishna, but Glenn Maxwell stood between India and victory. Glenn Maxwell dealt a major blow to India’s hopes by hitting a six off the third ball. Australia now had to score 10 runs from the last three balls but the mood in which Glenn Maxwell was batting made defeat seem imminent to the Indian fans.
Glenn Maxwell hit a four again on the fourth ball of the last over. What happened next? There was silence in the stadium. That means there were now 2 balls left and 6 runs to be scored. Glenn Maxwell hit a four off the fifth ball and also touched the century mark. In this way, Australia needed two runs off the last ball. Glenn Maxwell gave Australia an incredible win by hitting a four off the last ball. After Glenn Maxwell’s shot, there was silence in the stadium. It was hard to believe for the Indian fans but Australia had won the game thanks to Glenn Maxwell’s great innings.