Shreyas Iyer scored a gritty 53 however the Australian bowlers exploited a cheesy pitch to the hilt to limit the hosts to a modest 160 for eight within the fifth and ultimate T20I in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Chasing a comfort win after shedding the collection 1-3, Australian captain Matthew Wade opted to bowl after successful the toss and his bowlers responded to the decision with a nice collective effort.
From the outset it was clear that the Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch was not the acquainted shirtfront on which batters could make merry.
Iyer confirmed the way in which with a refined fifty, mixing well-judged singles and twos and the occasional large hits to the fence.
His pick-up shot off left-arm pacer Ben Dwarshuis over mid-off for a six was a extremely astonishing shot however different batsmen couldn’t emulate him besides Axar Patel (31 off 21 balls) with whom he milked 46 priceless runs for the sixth wicket.
Iyer accomplished his fifty off 36 balls with a large six over mid-wicket off pacer Nathan Ellis to offer some vitality to the group.
Nonetheless, it was not likely enough to nullify Australia’s glorious outing with the ball.
The Aussie pacers learn the pitch’s nature fairly effectively and took the tempo off the ball instantly. Yashasvi Jaiswal was their first scalp.
The Indian opener made a customary brilliant starting slamming pacers Jason Behrendorff and Aaron Hardie for a six every.
However left-arm pacer Behrendorff made a ball to climb onto the physique of Jaiswal from the size and the shortage of area to free palms robbed his pull of timing as Ellis accomplished a nice working catch close to sq. leg.
The in-form Ruturaj Gaikwad’s effort to clear the ring off Dwarshuis ended within the palms of Behrendorff as India misplaced their openers inside the Energy Play phase itself.
Nonetheless, that wasn’t so. Suryakumar quickly fell to Dwarshuis as his try for one more sq. minimize off the pacer was McDermott at level.
Rinku Singh needed to drag the shot from exterior the off-stump off leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha and Tim David at long-on had little hassle in finishing the catch.
Jitesh Sharma (24 off 16 balls) helped Shreyas to lift 42 runs for the fifth wicket, however Indian batters’ struggles to sew collectively a giant alliance was palpable.
