Shreyas Iyer (53) shined with the bat earlier than Mukesh Kumar took three wickets as India defeated Australia by six runs in Bengaluru to win the fifth and ultimate T20I on Sunday. The consequence meant the younger Indian band clinched the sequence 4-1.
With Australia needing 10 runs to win within the final six balls, left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh (2/40) produced a terrific ultimate over together with the important thing wicket of the damaging Matthew Wade (22 off 15 balls, 4x4s) to make sure India’s victory.
Chasing 161 to win, Australia managed 154/8 in 20 overs with Kumar returning 4-0-32-3 and leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi producing a superb 4-0-29-2.
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel additionally produced an all-round present, taking 1/14 from his 4 overs earlier than he made a significant 31 with the bat.
For Australia, Ben McDermott hit 54 (36) and Travis Head made 28 (15).
At one stage, the guests seemed on track for victory as Ben McDermott seemed sensible however the chase was derailed when the 28-year-old tried to hammer Arshdeep for six and ended up holing out to long-off.
As soon as McDermott departed, Mukesh struck twice in fast succession to depart Australia reeling on 129-7 earlier than Arshdeep bowled a superb ultimate over.
After being put in to bat earlier, India wanted a half-century from Iyer (53) to publish a defensible complete, with Axar Patel (31) additionally contributing runs.
Australia’s Jason Behrendorff and Ben Dwarshuis picked up two wickets apiece.
Transient scores: India 160/8 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 53, Jitesh Sharma 24, Axar Patel 31; Jason Behrendorff 2/38, Ben Dwarshuis 2/30) beat Australia 154/8 in 20 overs (Ben McDermott 54; Mukesh Kumar 3/32, Ravi Bishnoi 2/29) by 6 runs.
– With PTI inputs
