Despite l‘Aus’, India are ViKtorious

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

Australia made one (Fin)change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Marcus Stoinis made way for Aaron, who was leading the team.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 51, and lost a wicket.

Finch, who faced two balls, didn’t open his account. Ten balls into the match, he was caught by Hardik Pandya, the player of the series. Washington Sundar broke the 14-run stand.

Australia scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). The number of extras they had conceded gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While Matthew Wade’s contribution to the partnership was 31, Steve Smith’s contribution to it was 14. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was seven.

Smith, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored 24. Forty-eight balls after Finch’s dismissal, Sundar broke the 65-run partnership.

Wade’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 34 balls.

Australia scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 30 balls. While Wade’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Glenn Maxwell’s contribution to it was 29. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Fifteen overs into the match, India sought a bowling review. Maxwell was the batsman. It was struck down by Tucker.

Ninety-eight balls into the match, India sought a bowling review. Maxwell was the batsman. It was struck down by Australian umpire Rod Tucker.

Australia scored 150 off 16.5 overs (102 balls). India had conceded 11 extras at that point.

Maxwell’s half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 31 balls.

A hundred and eleven balls into the match, Australia sought a batting review. Wade – who scored 80 off 53 balls, which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – was the batsman. It was struck down by Tucker. Fifty-two balls after Smith’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Shardul Thakur, who broke the 90-run partnership.

Maxwell eventually scored 54 off 36 balls. Five balls after Wade’s dismissal, Thangarasu Natarajan broke the six-run stand.

Moises Henriques, whose two-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten.

The fifth-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. D’Arcy Short scored seven off three balls, including a boundary. Three balls later, the substitute, Manish Pandey, and Lokesh Rahul ran him out.

Daniel Sams, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was unbeaten.

India had conceded 12 extras. Australia scored 186 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Deepak bowled Cha(h)ar wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 34. Thakur and Natarajan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 43, the latter conceded 33. Sundar bowled four overs, conceded 34. He picked up two wickets.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored

India’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Rahul, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls into the chase, he was caught by Smith off the bowling of Maxwell.

India scored 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 32 balls. While Shikhar Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Virat Kohli’s contribution to it was 3o. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.

Dhawan, whose 21-ball innings including three boundaries, eventually scored 28. Fifty-one balls after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Sams. Mitchell Swepson, the player of the match, broke the 74-run partnership.

Sixty-four balls into the chase, Australia sought a bowling review. Sanju Samson was the batsman. It was struck down by Tucker.

Kohli’s half-century – which included three boundaries – came off 41 balls.

Samson, who faced nine balls, scored 10. Twenty-two balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Smith. Swepson broke the 23-run stand.

India scored 100 off 12.5 overs (77 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Shreyas Iyer, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Swepson, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Thirteen overs into the chase, Indiia sought a batting review. Iyer was the batsman. It was struck down by Tucker.

Pandya, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 20. Twenty-five balls after Iyer’s dismissal, he was caught by Finch. Zampa broke the 44-run stand.

India scored 150 off 17.5 overs (107 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Australia no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli, whose 61-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 85. Half-a-dozen balls after Pandya’s dismissal, he was caught by Sams. Needless to say, Andrew Tye was in seventh heaven.

Sundar had no reason to be in seventh heaven – his six-ball innings included a boundary. Seven balls later, he was caught by Tye. Abbott broke the 13-run stand.

Thakur, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Chahar, who didn’t face a ball.

India, who scored 174 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 12 runs. Sams bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 29. Zampa and Maxwell bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 20.

Abbott and Tye bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded, the latter conceded 31. Swepson bowled four overs, conceding 23. He picked up three scalps.

India won the three-match series 2-1.