IND vs AUS T20 Match Highlights: The third match of the five-match T20 series between India and Australia was played on Sunday at the Bellerive Oval ground in Hobart. In that match, Team India performed brilliantly and defeated host Australia by 5 wickets. With this victory, the Indian team has leveled the series at 1-1. The first match of the series was canceled due to rain, while Australia won the second T20 match.
David-Stoinis’ storm came
The Australian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, had a very poor start. Indian bowlers dismissed Australia’s Travis Head 6 and Josh Inglis 1 on the score of just 14. In this way the Indian bowlers made a great start. After that, Tim David took charge of one end and thrashed the Indian bowlers badly. David played a stormy inning of 74 runs in 38 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes. His innings led Australia to a big score. Varun Chakraborty dismissed Mitchell Marsh in the 9th over amidst the storm of Tim David.
Varun Chakraborty’s brilliant performance
Thus India got an important breakthrough. Soon after which Mitchell Owen was also out without opening the account. Tim David was out on the score of 74, Australia lost the fifth wicket for 118 runs. After the dismissal of Tim David, Marcus Stoinis took the lead and along with Matthew Short 26* added 64 runs in 39 balls. Stoinis scored 64 runs in 39 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was the most successful for the Indian team, who took 3 wickets. Varun Chakraborty again proved to be effective, taking 2 wickets. While Shivam Dubey got 1 success.
Abhishek Sharma’s powerful attack
The Indian team made a great start while chasing the target of 187 runs. Opener Abhishek Sharma gave a good start to the team by scoring 25 runs in 16 balls. He was out on the score of 33. After Abhishek, Shubman Gill (15) and captain Suryakumar Yadav (24) also became victims of Nathan Ellis and Marcus Stoinis. At one time India’s score was 76 for 3 wickets. After that, Tilak Verma (29) and Akshar Patel (17) tried to handle the innings, but India got the fifth blow after Tilak Verma was out at the score of 145.
Sundar and Jitesh’s partnership
After this Washington Sundar and Jitesh Sharma took the responsibility. Sundar played a match-winning inning of unbeaten 49 runs with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes in 23 balls. Whereas Jitesh Sharma supported Sundar well by playing a quick inning of 22 runs in 13 balls. Together they gave the team victory in 18.3 overs. Nathan Ellis took maximum 3 wickets for Australia. With this victory, India has leveled the series 1-1, this victory will give confidence to the Indian team for the upcoming matches. Now the next match will be played between India and Australia on 6 November.