India made one change to their playing eleven – Deepak Chahar made way for Arshdeep Singh.
Australia made one
change to their eleven that last played the Indians – Chris Green made way for Nathan
Ellis.
On winning the
toss, Matthew Wade, Australia’s skipper, chose to field.
The first
Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between
the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, and lost a couple of wickets.
Yashasvi Jaiswal,
whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 21.
Four overs into the match, he was caught by Ellis. Jason Behrendorff broke the
33-run stand.
The second-wicket
pair didn’t get off the mark. Ruturaj Gaikwad, whose 12-ball innings included a
couple of boundaries, scored 10. Three balls later, he was caught by
Behrendorff off the bowling of Ben Dwarshuis.
Suryakumar Yadav,
India’s skipper, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five.
Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Ben McDermott. Dwarshuis broke the
13-run stand.
India scored 50
off 8.1 overs (49 balls). Australia had conceded three extras at that point.
Rinku Singh, whose
eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored (Sang)half-a-dozen. Fourteen
balls after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was caught by Tim David. Tanveer broke
the nine-run stand.
It was at that
point that the drinks break was taken. India had scored 55 for the loss of four
wickets at that point. Shreyas Iyer was unbea‘ten’.
Jitesh Sharma,
whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 24.
Twenty-four balls after Rinku’s dismissal, he was caught by Matthew Short. Aaron
Hardie broke the 42-run stand.
India scored 100
off 14.1 overs (85 balls). Australia had conceded three extras at that point.
Axar Patel, the
player of the match, scored 31. His 21-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six. Thirty-three balls after Jitesh’s dismissal, he was
caught by Hardie. Behrendorff broke the 46-run stand.
India scored 150
off 19.2 overs (116 balls). Australia had conceded four extras at that point.
Shreyas’ half-century
– which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 36 balls.
He eventually
scored 53 off 37 balls. Five balls later, Ellis broke the 13-run stand.
The eighth-wicket
pair put on four. Ravi Bishnoi, the player of the match, faced two balls, scoring
as many. Three balls later, Josh Philippe and Wade ran him out.
Arshdeep, who
faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.
Australia
eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. India scored 160 for the loss of eight
wickets off 20 overs.
Each of the five
bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Ellis, Sangha, and
Hardie picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 42, 26, and 21, respectively.
Behrendorff and
Dwarshuis picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 38, the
latter conceded 30.
The first
Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was
between the first and the sixth over. They scored 50, and lost a couple of wickets.
Philippe, who
faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. Fifteen
balls into the chase, Mukesh Kumar broke the 22-run stand.
Travis Head, whose
18-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 28. Fourteen balls
later, Bishnoi broke the 25-run stand.
Australia scored 50
off 5.5 overs (35 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point. That was,
incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Hardie, whose
10-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Thirteen balls after
Head’s dismissal, he was caught by Shreyas. Bishnoi broke the eight-run stand.
Ten overs into the
chase, the drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 70 for the loss of
three wickets at that point. While McDermott was batting on 25, David had
scored half-a-dozen.
Australia scored
100 off 12.5 overs (77 balls).
David, whose
run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 17. Thirty-eight balls after Hardie’s
dismissal, he was caught by Avesh Khan. Axar broke the 47-run stand.
McDermott’s half-century
– which included five sixes – came off 34 balls.
He eventually
scored 54 off 36 balls. Ten balls after David’s dismissal, he was caught by
Rinku. Arshdeep broke the 14-run stand.
Short, whose
11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. Nine balls later,
he was caught by Gaikwad. Mukesh broke the 13-run stand.
The seventh-wicket
pair didn’t get off the mark. Dwarshuis, who faced a ball, didn’t open his
account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Mukesh.
Australia scored 150
off 18.3 overs (111 balls).
Wade, whose
15-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 22. Seventeen balls after
Dwarshuis’ dismissal, he was caught by Shreyas. Arshdeep broke the 22-run
stand.
Ellis, who faced
half-a-dozen balls, scored four. He was unbeaten, as was Behrendorff, who faced
a couple of balls, scoring as many.
Australia, who eventually
scored 154 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by half-a-dozen
runs.
Each of the five
bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Avesh, who was
wicketless, conceded 39.
Axar, who conceded
14, picked up a wicket.
Arshdeep and
Bishnoi picked up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 40, the
latter conceded 29.
Mukesh, who
conceded 32, picking up three scalps.
India won the
five-match series 4-1.
