India vs Australia 3rd T20 Highlights: The Big Show has done it for Australia! He took the game away, scoring a brilliant ton off just 47 balls, and finishing with the winning runs from his bat. Australia chased 21 runs in the last over, and 43 runs in the last two overs. For India, the pick of the bowlers was Ravi Bishnoi who finished giving 32 runs from his 4 overs taking two wickets.
At the midway stage, Australia were three men down while chasing 223 runs. They lost three wickets towards the end of the powerplay, but Maxwell has shown some intent here. He, along with Stoinis were getting boundaries.
Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Arshdeep have taken one wicket each. They have got rid of Aaron Hardie, Travis Head and Josh Inglis.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is the man of the game for India as he carried his bat after scoring a mammoth century. He ended up scoring 123 runs, taking 57 balls. Starting off slow, he saw his partners depart from the other end. But he kept his calm and held on to his end. India have scored 222 at the loss of 3 wickets from their twenty overs.
With two early wickets, Australia were all over India. However, a partnership between SKY and Gaikwad helped India return to the game. The pair together put up fifty runs, with SKY taking on the Australian bowlers. He departed in the eleventh over to Hardie. Once SKY departed, Gaikwad switched gears and was all over Australia in no time.
For Australia, Behrendorff has been the pick of the bowlers and has gone for just twelve runs in his four overs. Considering the dew factor, it would have been difficult for India to defend anything below 200 on this surface.
The third game of the five-match series between India and Australia is being played in Guwahati. India has stepped on the field with confidence as they are up by 2-0 in the series. Meanwhile, Australia will try for a comeback, and try to overcome the shortcomings of the last two games.
India has set the tone for the young players to play their game freely. The young side has outperformed the Australian side in all the departments in the first two games. Earlier, Matthew Wade won the toss and chosen to bowl first.
Austalia’s Playing XI: Travis Head, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (c) (wk), Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha, Kane Richardson
India’s Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna
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Big Show has done it for Australia!!! What a man!! What a chase!! Australia win by 5 wickets. They have chased down 223!!!
Maxwell!!! Take a bow!! He would be very happy about his last innings of the year in India. He has almost done it. A century off just 47 balls.
19 overs, Australia are still in the game! They need 21 runs here. A bad over of wicketkeeping by Ishan Kishan, and lots of runs from it. The game goes down to the final over.
18 overs, What an incredible 18th over by Krishna!! Just 6 runs coming from it. He used variations and it has helped him. Maxwell couldn’t time it well.
43 runs from the last two overs now!
Australia 180-5 after 18 overs.
17 overs, After getting hit for 2 sixes on the first two balls, Arshdeep made a great comeback, and restricted the over to just 16 runs.
Australia need 49 from the last three overs.
16 overs, 13 runs from the final over of Avesh Khan. He has bowled well, and finishes his spell conceding 37 runs in his four overs.
Australia still needs 65 from the last four overs.
Maxwell 69* (35)
M Wade 2* (4)
14.4 overs, Maxwell reaches his fifty!! He has taken the responsibility, and there is an incomplete task. He took 28 balls to reach his half-century.
Australia still needs 79 runs to win in five overs.
13.3 overs, soft dismissal and a golden duck for Tim David! He has no clue. He chips it with hard hands towards SKY. Softest of the dismissals in the game.
Australia need 88 in 57 balls.
Tim David 0 (1) c Suryakumar Yadav b Ravi Bishnoi
13 overs, Brilliant bowling by Axar pays off! He is rewarded by Stoinis’ wicket. Stoinis was not enjoying it with the bat, and he was under-pressure. He slices the ball to the covers, where SKY grabs it.
Australia 128-4, 13 overs
M Stoinis 17 (21) c SKY b Axar Patel
12 overs, another good over by Avesh! Just seven runs from it! Avesh is doing good here. Fifty partnership comes up between Maxwell and Stoinis!
Australia 118-3, 12 overs
Stoinis 16* (19)
Maxwell 33* (18)
11 overs, Just six runs from the second over of Axar Patel. After getting hit for a boundary, he bowled with discipline, only giving two runs from the five balls.
Australia 111-3 after 11 overs
10 overs, At the midway-stage, Australia are in the chase with the experienced Stoinis and Maxwell in the middle. They have lost three wickets but they are doing fine.
Australia 105-3, 10 overs
9 overs, after taming of Krishna, it is a very disciplined over from the experienced Axar Patel. Just three from it.
Australia 99-3, 9 overs
G Maxwell 26* (12)
M Stoinis 5* (7)
8 overs, All the pressure exerted by some wickets is gone! Krishna gets smacked for 23 runs. If not good batting, it is his ordinary bowling. Maxwell won’t miss these bowls.
Australia 96-3 after 8 overs
6.2 overs, Bishnoi gets his man! Inglis couldn’t read the ball. He is left clueless. Ball falls to his leg stump and drifts past his inside edge to rattle his stumps.
Inglis 10 (6) b R Bishnoi
Australia 73-3 after 7 overs
5.4 overs, Head departs. Short of the lengh length, Head pulls it and a top edge directly lands in the hands of Bishnoi! Head scored 35 from 18 balls.
T Head 35 (18) c Bishnoi b Avesh Khan
5 overs, After Hardie’s departure, Head and Inglis hit a four each to Arshdeep. 10 runs from the fifth over. Australia 56-1, 5 overs
4.2 overs, What a bowl!! What a wicket!! Arshdeep gets his man. Hardie was batting well, but he has to depart. Trying to heave it over long-on, Hardie edges the ball going away from the right-hander. Thick edge and gloved by Kishan well.
Aaron Hardie 16 (12) c Ishan Kishan b Arshdeep Singh
4 overs, Finally a good over for India, just six runs from it. Avesh Khan starts good.
Australia 46-0 after 4 overs
3 overs, another good over. 15 runs from it! It is getting difficult for Indian bowlers to settle.
Australia 40-0 3 overs
Head 25* (12)
Hardie 12* (6)
2 overs, Head seems to be in the same mood which he left at the end of the World Cup. He has hit Krishna for 4 boundaries. 16 from the second over. Australia 25-0 after 2 overs.
1 over, Australia scored nine runs from the first over. Two boundaries for Head!
Head and Hardie open the batting for Australia. Arshdeep holds the ball for India.
20 overs, 30 runs from the last over!! Maxwell went for 30 runs. He came in to bowl his first, and he won’t like it! India are well over 200, they are 222-3 at the end of the innings! Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 123 runs in 54 balls. He will carry his bat here.
19.1 overs, What a way tsio reach his century!! A big six. Gaikwad is the man of the moment for India. He has shifted his gears and peaked it right after SKY departed.
India 198-3
19 overs, India get further close to the 200-run milestone in their third consecutive match.
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Gaikwad dismantles Hardie here. 25 runs from the 18th over. India inches closer to 200 runs target here.
Gaikwad on 95. India 180-3 after 18 overs
17 overs, Behrendorff has bowled something extraordinary. Just 12 runs from his quota of four overs, and a wicket too. 7 runs from the 17th over.
India 155-3, 17 overs
R Gaikwad 71* (44)
Tilak Varma 21* (18)
16 overs, Ellis bowls a smart over here. He just gave five singles here. Slowing things for India.
India 148-3, 16 overs
15 overs, a four and a six from the over help India get 11 runs. A few great overs will help India cross the 200-run mark.
India 143-3 after 15 overs