India made one change to their playing eleven – Rishabh Pant made way for Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Australia made one
change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Sean Abbott made way for Josh
Inglis.
On winning the
toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, chose to field.
The first Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was
the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored
66, and lost a couple of wickets.
Although his six-ball innings included a boundary, Aaron
Finch, Australia’s skipper, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 21 balls
into the match, he was caught by Hardik Pandya. Axar Patel, the player of the series,
broke the 44-run stand.
Australia scored 50 off 3.5 overs (23 balls). India hadn’t
conceded any extras at that point.
Cameron Green’s half-century – which included seven
boundaries and three sixes – came off 19 balls.
He eventually scored 52 off 21 balls. Nine balls after
Finch’s dismissal, he was caught by Lokesh Rahul. Bhuvneshwar broke the 18-run
stand.
The third-wicket pair put on 13. Glenn Maxwell, whose
11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Sixteen balls later,
Axar ran him out.
Steven Smith, whose 10-ball innings included a
boundary, scored nine. Ten balls later, he was stumped by Dinesh Karthik.
Yuzvendra Chahal broke the nine-run stand.
It was at that point that the drinks break was taken.
Australia had scored 84 for the loss of four wickets at that point. Inglis had
scored nine.
Australia scored 100 off a dozen overs (72 balls).
India had conceded an extra at that point.
Inglis, whose 22-ball innings included three
boundaries, eventually scored 24. Twenty-four balls after Smith’s dismissal, he
was caught by Rohit. Axar broke the 31-run stand.
Matthew Wade, who faced three balls, scored a run.
Four balls later, he was caught by Axar, who broke the two-run stand.
Australia scored 150 off 17.4 overs (107 balls). India
had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of
extras they eventually conceded.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While
Tim David’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Daniel Sams’ contribution to
it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
David’s half-century – which included a couple of
boundaries and four sixes – came off 19 balls.
He eventually scored 54 off 27 balls. Thirty-four
balls after Wade’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit. Harshal Patel broke the
68-run partnership.
Sams, whose 20-ball innings included s boundary and a
couple od sixes, eventually scored 28. He was unbeaten, as was Pay Cummins, who
faced a ball, failing to get off the mark.
Australia scored 186 for the loss of seven wickets off
20 overs.
Hardik, who bowled three overs, conceded 23. He was
unbeaten, as was Jasprit Bumrah, who bowled four overs, conceding 50.
Harshal, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 18. He
picked up a wicket.
Bhuvneshwar, who bowled three overs, conceded 39. He
picked up a wicket.
Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked
up a wicket.
Axar, who bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up
three scalps.
Rahul, who faced four balls, scored a run. An over
into the chase, he was caught by Wade. Sams broke the five-run stand.
Rohit, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, scored 17. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Sams.
Cummins broke the 25-run stand.
India scored 50 off half-a-dozen overs (36 balls). Australia
had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 32 balls. While
Virat Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 27, the contribution of
Suryakumar Yadav, the player of the match, to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to
the partnership was a run.
Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. India
had scored 91 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Kohli’s
contribution to the partnership was 35, Suryakumar’s contribution to it was 31.
India scored 100 off 11 overs (66 balls). The number
of extras they had conceded at that point gave Australia no reason to be in
seventh heaven.
Suryakumar’s half-century – which included four boundaries
and three sixes – came off 29 balls.
The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 59 balls. While Kohli’s
contribution to the partnership was 33, Suryakumar’s contribution to it was 68.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Suryakumar eventually scored 69 off 36 balls, which
included five boundaries and as many sixes. Sixty-two balls later, he was
caught by Finch. Josh Hazlewood broke the 104-run partnership.
Kohli’s half-century – which included three boundaries
and as many sixes – came off 37 balls.
India scored 150 off 16.1 overs (97 balls). Australia had
conceded eight extras at that point.
Kohli eventually scored 63 off 48 balls, which
included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to four sixes.
Thirty-two balls after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was caught by Finch. Sams broke
the 48-run stand.
Hardik, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, scored 25. He was unbeaten, as was Karthik, who faced a
ball, scoring a run.
Australia eventually conceded 11 extras. India, who
scored 187 for the loss of four wickets off 19.5 overs, won by half-a-dozen
wickets with a ball to spare.
Maxwell bowled a wicketless over, conceding 11.
Green bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 14.
Adam Zampa bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 44.
Hazlewood and Cummins bowled four overs, conceding 40,
each, picking up a wicket apiece.
Sams bowled 3.5 overs, conceding 33. He picked up a
couple of scalps.
India won the three-match series 2-1.
