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India vs Australia 3rd T20I: As it happened
There was a chance for the Virat Kohli-led side to complete a second T20I series whitewash over the Aussies in Australia.
Highlights
- The Men in Blue have already taken the series and were aiming for a clean sweep.
- The Aussies posted a total of 186-5.
- The Indian side then could only reach 174-7 in 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs.
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Late fireworks by Shardul Thakur go in vain as Australia avoid clean sweep, beat India by 12 runs.
WICKET! Again a brilliant catch by Daniel Sams. Skipper Kohli back to the pavilion off Andrew Tye. Shardul Thakur comes out to bat.
WICKET! Hardik Pandya departs, Zampa strikes for Australia. Washington Sundar joins Kohli in the middle.
Meanwhile, watch how Steven Smith saves a six.
It's going to be a close fight again. Pandya trying his best to finish as he hits a four and a six in the seventeenth over.
Kohli hits back to back sixes off Sams. The Indian skipper is not going to leave the chase until the last ball. Pandya also delivers one out of the park.
India struggling to chase Australia's 187 as skipper Virat Kohli stays in the middle with last T20Is MOM Hardik Pandya.
WICKET! Another grab for Australia as Shreyas Iyer is out LBW. Swepson takes his third. Hardik Pandya comes in to bat at number 6.
WICKET! Swepson gets his second. Samson gets caught on long-on. Shreyas Iyer comes to the middle.
WICKET! Daniel Sams takes a brilliant diving catch in the deep to dismiss Shikhar Dhawan off Swepson. Sanju Samson joins his skipper in the middle.
Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan bring up 50-runs partnership.
ICC is telling who's having a good day out there.
DROPPED! It's a match of dropped catches as Smith drops Kohli at the boundary. The ex-Aussie skipper puts down a sitter at deep mid-wicket. Let's see how costly it's going to be for the Kangaroos.
Read the first innings report: Matthew Wade top-scores with 80 off 53 balls as Aussies post 186/5
Skipper Virat Kohli comes to the middle. Dhawan and Kohli currently rotating strikes to make sure India chase 187.
WICKET! KL Rahul departs for a duck on the second ball of the chase. Maxwell trick works for the Aussie. Rahul tries to clear the deep square leg where Steven Smith takes a sitter.
WICKET! KL Rahul departs for a duck on the second ball of the chase. Maxwell trick works for the Aussie. Rahul tries to clear the deep square leg where Steven Smith takes a sitter.
Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul begin India's chase. Glenn Maxwell to bowl the first over.
Matthew Wade (80 off 53) and Glenn Maxwell (54 off 36) take Aussies to 186-5 in 20 overs.
WICKET! Natarajan bowls Maxwell. Not Natarajan's usual yorker, but Maxwell departs after trying a reverse sweep. D'arcy Short joins Henriques.
One wicket, one misfield and one dropped catch. Nineteenth over of the Australian innings was quite eventful.
WICKET! Shardul Thakur takes his first wicket, gets Wade who departs after a fine knock of 80 (53). Moises Henriques comes in to bat now with Maxwell.
Maxwell and Wade hit all around the park as they eye towards a big total. Dropped catches and missed chances increase trouble for the Indian side.
Maxwell hits two SIXES off Chahal to bring up a 50-runs partnership with Wade. Aussies looking for a strong finish.
Almost a WICKET! Maxwell tries to go for a six but hits the ball high in the air, KL Rahul takes the catch off Yuzi Chahal. Turns out it was a no-ball. Maxwell has tried two reverse sweeps in the over and has got one four.
Wade brings up his FIFTY, second of the series and Australia their 100. The left-hander welcomes Shardul Thakur with a SIX over the square leg, before Maxwell also picks up a boundary as he flicks over short fine leg. Thakur gives away 14 runs in the twelfth over.
WICKET! Sundar bowls Smith after he tried to cut it through point. Wade had earlier survived in the same as KL Rahul missed a stumping chance. Maxwell comes to the crease now.
Wade and Smith bring up fifty runs partnership as Australia looking towards a fine total. Sundar concedes 9 runs in the eighth over.
Skipper Kohli brings in T Natarajan into the attack who concedes 6 runs in the sixth over.
Wade starts the fifth over with back to back boundaries. Chahar struggles to find his line and length.
Sundar starts his second over with a wide, which goes for a four, whereas, Wade continues his form from the second T20I match, hits one boundary in the over.
Steven Smith joins Wade in the middle. Brilliant economical over by Chahar.
WICKET!! Aaron Finch goes for a duck while trying to clear the mid-off. Washington Sundar strikes.
Wade off to an explosive start, hits two boundaries off Chahar.
Aaron Finch and Matthew Wade open Aussies' innings, whereas, Deepak Chahar comes up with the first over of the match.
3rd T20I playing XI:
Australia XI: A Finch, M Wade, S Smith, G Maxwell, M Henriques, D Short, D Sams, S Abbott, A Tye, M Swepson, A Zampa
India XI: S Dhawan, KL Rahul, V Kohli, S Iyer, S Samson, H Pandya, S Thakur, W Sundar, D Chahar, Y Chahal, T Natarajan
Virat Kohli opts to bowl first, aiming for clean sweep.
Something that'd cheer up the Indian fans, but will also make them nostalgic. (Video from the second T20I when Mathew Wade couldn't stump Shikhar Dhawan)
Man of the match of the second T20I Hardik Pandya on the Australia tour so far:
Have a look at India's tour of Australia 2020 so far:
The toss for India vs Australia 3rd T20I is going to take place shortly.
Syndey: The Men in Blue who have already taken the series couldn't inflict another whitewash over the Australians as Matthew Wade and Mitchell Swepson helped their side beat India by 12 runs in the 3rd and the final T20I at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday (December 8, 2020).
The Kangaroos were put in to bat first and posted a total of 186-5 in their 20-over quota after their opener Wade's brilliant 80 off 53 balls (7 fours, 2 sixes) innings. The wicketkeeper-batsman was opening for the second time in the series and was well supported by all-rounder Glenn Maxwell who blasted 54 runs off 36 deliveries (3 fours, 3 sixes).
For India, Washington Sundar bagged two wickets and T Natarajan and Shardul Thakur took one each.
In reply, India lost their opener, KL Rahul, in the very first over as he departed for a golden duck off a Maxwell delivery. Shikhar Dhawan and captain Virat Kohli then held a 50-runs partnership before the left-hander (28 off 21) was dismissed in the 9th over by Mitchell Swepson.
Swepson then took two more crucial wickets of Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer to make sure his side avoids the clean sweep.
Skipper Kohli (85 off 61), however, tried taking India home but was sent back after Daniel Sams' brilliant catch at the deep point. The Indian side then could only reach 174-7 in 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs.
Here are the highlights: