SYDNEY – Captain Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 61 to steer India to victory in the third and final Twenty20
against Australia in Sydney on Sunday, ensuring the series level 1-1.
Set 165 to win off their 20 overs, India made 168-4 with two balls to spare. The home team won a nail-biting and rain-affected first match in Brisbane by four runs, with the second in Melbourne abandoned due to persistent showers.
Scoreboard
Australia innings
D’Arcy Short lbw Krunal Pandya 33
Aaron Finch c Krunal Pandya b Kuldeep Yadav 28
Glenn Maxwell c Rohit Sharma b Krunal Pandya 13
Ben McDermott lbw Krunal Pandya 0
Alex Carey c Virat Kohli b Krunal Pandya 27
Chris Lynn Run Out Jasprit Bumrah 13
Marcus Stoinis Not Out 25
Nathan Coulter-Nile Not Out 13
Extras 1b 2lb 0nb 0pen 9w 12
Total: 164-6 (20.0 overs)
Fall of Wickets: 1-68 Finch, 2-73 Short, 3-73 McDermott, 4-90 Maxwell, 5-119 Carey, 6-131 Lynn Did Not Bat : Starc, Tye, Zampa
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 33 0 8.25
Khaleel Ahmed 4 0 35 0 8.75 4w
Jasprit Bumrah 4 0 38 0 9.50 1w
Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 19 1 4.75 2w
Krunal Pandya 4 0 36 4 9.00 1w
India innings
Rohit Sharma b Adam Zampa 23
Shikhar Dhawan lbw Mitchell Starc 41
Virat Kohli Not Out 61
Lokesh Rahul c Nathan Coulter-Nile b Glenn Maxwell 14
Rishabh Pant c Alex Carey b Andrew Tye 0
Dinesh Karthik Not Out 22
Extras 0b 1lb 0nb 0pen 6w 7
Total: 168-4 (19.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets: 1-67 Dhawan, 2-67 Sharma, 3-108 Rahul, 4-108 Pant Did Not Bat : Pandya, Kumar, Yadav, Bumrah, Ahmed
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Mitchell Starc 4 0 26 1 6.50 1w
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3 0 40 0 13.33 1w
Marcus Stoinis 1 0 22 0 22.00 1w
Adam Zampa 4 1 22 1 5.50 1w
Glenn Maxwell 4 0 25 1 6.25
Andrew Tye 3.4 0 32 1 8.73 1w
Umpires: Paul Wilson and Gerard Abood
Video: Simon Fry
Match Referee: Jeffrey Crowe
