India seals the series as spinners shine.
2023.12.02
The location was really commemorating a young Indian team’s unbeatable 3-1 series advantage.
The hosts defeated Australia by 20 runs as Rinku Singh (46 off 29) and Jitesh Sharma (35 off 19) led India to 174/9 before the spinners arrived on the most bowler-friendly wicket of the series. For captain Suryakumar Yadav, who will captain India’s T20I team in South Africa next month, it’s a winning start.
Large limits, little to no dew, and a slight grip in the surface. For Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi, the two players who both returned combined figures of 8-0-33-4, all three elements came into play. “We just didn’t play spin very well,” Australia captain Matthew Wade said in a brief post-match statement. The Australian spinners’ performance, which delivered 2 for 76 in nine overs, was a sharp contrast to the spinners’s.
Axar took three of the four wickets that the Indian spinners claimed, including the significant wicket of Travis Head, a hard-hitter, who was evaded by some lovely drift away from him. Ben McDermott and Aaron Hardie, who were both bowled, were Axar’s other two wickets. Regarding Bishnoi, he was called upon to bowl in the PowerPlay once more and delivered the opening blow for India by eluding Josh Philippe’s sweep with his first delivery of the game.
Once again called to bat, India got off to a strong start, scoring fifty runs inside the PowerPlay because of the determination of Yashasvi Jaiswal and the stability of Ruturaj Gaikwad. However, they lost Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav in the span of three balls, so 50/0 quickly turned into 63/3. At that point, Rinku moved to the crease and proceeded as usual, albeit a little earlier than usual.crickinfo
After losing their skipper and vice-captain in rapid succession, he first added 48 runs for the fourth wicket with Ruturaj Gaikwad and then 56 runs for the fifth wicket with Jitesh Sharma. Both partnerships made sure that India wasn’t too held back.
Guwahati and the damage Glenn Maxwell caused to India loomed large, even if Australia needed 67 runs from the final five overs and the conditions for pursuing weren’t as favorable as they had been in the first three Twenty20 Internationals. Naturally, Matthew Wade remained at the wicket, requiring no invitation to hit a no-ball from six inches away to claim it from Mukesh Kumar. It didn’t help that Mukesh dropped Matthew Short, a catch that belonged to the keeper more than to him. However, in the 17th over, Deepak Chahar picked off Matthew Short with a slower delivery and only gave up six runs, paving the way for Avesh Khan to enter and bowl two of the final three overs for 1/17.sportzlanka
Final Scores
India 174/9 (Rinku 46; Dwarshuis 3-40) beat Australia 154/7 (Wade 36*; Axar 3-16) by 20 runs
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