HYDERABAD, India —
India won the third and
deciding Twenty20 against Australia in the last over after punchy fifties by
Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav in Hyderabad on Sunday.
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The hosts won by six wickets with one ball remaining
after Hardik Pandya, unbeaten on 25, hit the winning boundary.
Kohli and Yadav stabilized the innings after India
lost both openers — Rohit Sharma (17) and KL Rahul (1) — early in their chase
after Australia scored 186-7.
Kohli fell in the last over after a 48-ball 63 with
India still five short of victory.
Earlier, Yadav blasted 50 in 29 balls before he fell
to Josh Hazlewood for a 36-ball 69.
Yadav hit five sixes and five fours in his
match-defining innings.
India’s
Rohit Sharma won the toss on Sunday and
asked the visitors to bat first. Impressive fifties by Tim David and Cameron
Green took Australia to a formidable score.
Rookie opener Green hit a 21-ball 52, with seven
fours and three sixes, to put the hosts on the defensive.
But Green received little support from other
top-order batters as left-arm spinner Axar Patel, who has been India’s best
bowler in the three-match series, chipped away at the other end.
Patel finished with 3-33 and took the key wickets of
skipper Aaron Finch (7), Josh Inglis (24), and in-form Matthew Wade (1).
The hosts looked set to restrict Australia to a
below-par score before the newest T20 sensation Tim David dismantled the Indian
pacers in an impressive display of power hitting.
David hit a 27-ball 54 with four sixes and two
boundaries before he was dismissed by
Harshal Patel, who finished with 1–18
after two overs.
Green was also Australia’s most impressive bowler
with three wicketless overs for only 14 runs.
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who impressed with his
leg-spin in the last match, leaked 44 runs in his four wicketless overs.
Daniel Sams took two wickets for 33 runs while
seniors Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood took one wicket each and gave away 80
runs in their eight overs.
The series comes ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia
next month.
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