In Guwahati, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 123 to take India to a commanding 222, but Australia produced a stunning comeback victory to maintain the T20I series at 2-1 thanks to Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 104.
In Guwahati, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 123 to take India to a commanding 222, but Australia produced a stunning comeback victory to maintain the T20I series at 2-1 thanks to Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 104.
For most of the innings, Australia was able to keep up with the asking rate thanks to Maxwell’s aggression and a spirited cameo from Travis Head.
Maxwell and Matthew Wade relished the dewy conditions, hitting boundary after boundary despite Australia needing 43 off 12 balls, 21 off six, and two off the final ball when it came down to Axar Patel’s 19th and Prasidh’s 20th.
To silence the home fans, Maxwell struck the final four balls for 6, 4, 4, and 4; he then drove Prasidh Krishna to the ground.
India’s batting (20 overs)
BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal c †Wade b Behrendorff
6 6 8 1 0 100.00
Ruturaj Gaikwad not out
123 57 97 13 7 215.78
Ishan Kishan † c Stoinis b Richardson
0 5 6 0 0 0.00
Suryakumar Yadav (c) c †Wade b Hardie
39 29 34 5 2 134.48
Tilak Varma not out
31 24 46 4 0 129.16
Australia’s Bowling
BOWLING O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB
Kane Richardson
3 0 34 1 11.33 8 5 0 4 0
Jason Behrendorff
4 1 12 1 3.00 17 1 0 1 0
Nathan Ellis
4 0 36 0 9.00 8 2 2 2 0
Tanveer Sangha
4 0 42 0 10.50 7 6 1 1 0
Aaron Hardie
4 0 64 1 16.00 3 7 3 4 0
Glenn Maxwell
1 0 30 0 30.00 0 2 3 1 1
Australia’s Batting
BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR
Travis Head c Ravi Bishnoi b Avesh Khan
35 18 28 8 0 194.44
Aaron Hardie c †Ishan Kishan b Arshdeep Singh
16 12 21 3 0 133.33
Josh Inglis b Ravi Bishnoi
10 6 10 2 0 166.66
Glenn Maxwell not out
104 48 79 8 8 216.66
Marcus Stoinis c Yadav b Patel
17 21 28 2 0 80.95
Tim David c Yadav b Ravi Bishnoi
0 1 3 0 0 0.00
Matthew Wade (c)† not out
28 16 41 3 1 175.00
India’s bowling
BOWLING O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB
Arshdeep Singh
4 0 44 1 11.00 7 4 3 0 0
Prasidh Krishna
4 0 68 0 17.00 4 10 3 1 1
Ravi Bishnoi
4 0 32 2 8.00 9 4 0 3 0
Avesh Khan
4 0 37 1 9.25 10 5 1 2 0
Axar Patel 4 0 37 1 9.25 9 3 2 0 1