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Australia vs India, 3rd T20I at Sydney, IND in AUS, Nov 25 2018 - Match Result

RESULT
3rd T20I (N), Sydney, November 25, 2018, India tour of Australia
(19.4/20 ov, T:165) 168/4

India won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
4/36
krunal-pandya
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Scorecard summary
Australia 164/6(20 overs)
33 (29)
4/36 (4)
28 (23)
1/19 (4)
India 168/4(19.4 overs)
61* (41)
1/22 (4)

That concludes this T20 series. India clearly the better side tonight and probably unlucky with the weather in Melbourne not to win the series 2-1. Now we move on to the Test matches. India play a tour game against the Cricket Australia XI starting on Wednesday at the SCG. The Australian Test squad with the exception of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood will play in Shield matches starting on Monday and Tuesday. The first Test starts in Adelaide on December 6.

On behalf of Alagappan Muthu and all the team it's goodbye from the SCG.

10.30 pm Krunal Pandya is Man of the Match for his 4 for 36. "Obviously it feels really great to contribute in a winning side. I had to back myself after that first game. It feels good to overcome those type of hurdles."

"The best part of team India is they back all of the players whether you are doing well or poorly."

Shikhar Dhawan is Player of the Series. Two excellent innings in Brisbane and Sydney. He gets the crowd cheering. "I enjoy entertaining people and I enjoy playing entertaining cricket. Great to get such support from India supporters here. It's good that we could draw this series and ending on a winning note."

Aaron Finch: "I think they batted extremely well in the powerplay. We had a bit of a moment of madness when we lost a couple of wickets in our innings. I thought Zamps and Maxy bowled brilliantly." "I thought that the guys had a plan and unfortunately we didn't execute in the middle overs there. I think there's still a fair bit of work to do but there's positive signs. I'm feeling really good. Looking forward to getting up to Brisbane (for the Shield game)."

Virat Kohli: "Things become pretty easy when those two guys play like that at the top. I think DK showed great composure at the death along with me stringing a partnership to get us home. I think Maxy and Zampa bowled very well. I thought overall, skill wise we were better than Australia."

"I thought with the ball we were more professional today. I thought it was 180 type of wicket. Those 15 runs less were crucial. A level series is a great show of how the teams have played."

Bharath Seervi: Virat Kohli has remained not out 14 times when chasing in T20Is and India won the match every time.

Kaushik: "Kohli's innings reminded of his chase in the world T20 semis in Mohali. What a player! "

Maaren: "Not to forget Dk. He is slowly earning the name of a finisher.."

10.15 pm This chase was put to bed in the first five overs, with Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan running amok. Australia couldn't hit a single six today, but those two were smoking every other ball out of the ground. But Mitchell Starc, playing his first T20I in two years - his first at home in four - got that first wicket with his searing pace. That strike helped his team-mates settle down and take the game deep. In the end though, as disciplined as Adam Zampa was, and as cleverly as Andrew Tye played, they couldn't get Virat Kohli out. And in a chase, that usually means one thing. India win.

19.4
4
Tye to Kohli, FOUR runs

swings it out to the vacant areas around midwicket and celebrates with arms aloft. India level the series

19.3
4
Tye to Kohli, FOUR runs

thumps it down the ground. It's a half-volley, in Kohli's swinging arc, and he hammers it away. He's pumped. He's punching the air. He's sensing the series going level

19.2
Tye to Kohli, no run

is that not a wide, asks Kohli, after he doesn't make contact with another short, slower ball outside off

India need five off five now

19.1
Tye to Kohli, no run

beats him with a slower ball that Kohli swings across the line and misses completely

India need five off six and Tye's going to have to work overtime to save Australia here

end of over 1911 runs
IND: 160/4CRR: 8.42 RRR: 5.00
Dinesh Karthik22 (18b 1x4 1x6)
Virat Kohli53 (37b 2x4 2x6)
Mitchell Starc 4-0-26-1
Andrew Tye 3-0-24-1

Anirudh: "Stop with this "filling in dhoni's shoes" crap... one plaher cannot be replaced by another...not sachin, not dhoni, not anyone... its replaced by the team collective... and that looks currently better than with dhoni in the squad...give the kids more than a few games to learn"

18.6
2
Starc to Karthik, 2 runs

walks across outside off and ends up too far away from the short ball outside leg. In the end, he just about gets to it with a pull through square leg

18.5
1
Starc to Kohli, 1 run

pulls the short ball from outside off to deep square leg

18.4
1
Starc to Karthik, 1 run

whip of the wrists sending the fuller delivery looking for the middle stump away through square leg

18.3
4
Starc to Karthik, FOUR runs

spears it to the point boundary! It's not quite the yorker Starc is looking for outside off. But it is exactly what DK is ready for. Stays balanced at the crease. And more importantly, low, as well and opens the face of the bat. Lovely stuff

18.2
1lb
Starc to Kohli, 1 leg bye

141 kph, tries to whip a back of a length ball angled into his thighs, but he's into the shot a tiny bit early and the ball lobs off his thigh

18.1
2
Starc to Kohli, 2 runs

hustles it away towards the deep midwicket boundary as Starc bowls a full one on off stump from round the wicket

Andrew McGlashan says the crowd is 37,339 strong at SCG. A record for a T20I at the ground. Meanwhile, India need 16 off 12

end of over 1811 runs
IND: 149/4CRR: 8.27 RRR: 8.00
Dinesh Karthik15 (15b 1x6)
Virat Kohli50 (34b 2x4 2x6)
Andrew Tye 3-0-24-1
Glenn Maxwell 4-0-25-1
17.6
Tye to Karthik, no run

appeal for a catch off the boot. But the umpire Abood says no. Decent ball though, tailing in late, cramping Kathik who was charging down the pitch again

17.5
6
Tye to Karthik, SIX runs

so much height on it! And it's on the second tier. Mistake from the bowler, going short, the ball sitting up to be pulled to oblivion

17.4
1
Tye to Kohli, 1 run

mis-hit behind square leg, but it brings up his fifty. The slower short ball has him playing a touch too early; reaching in front of him as he goes for the pull

17.3
1
Tye to Karthik, 1 run

comes down the pitch and drives the full delivery tailing into him to mid-off

Muhammed Riyas: "Before playing that shot, even before coming out to bat, Pant should have reminded, studied and said himself a thousand times that his responsibility is to wear the giant shoes of one of the greatest player ever witnessed in the game! It is absolute criminal to get out in such manners repeatedly."

17.2
1
Tye to Kohli, 1 run

gets up with the short ball outside off and swats it to deep point

17.1
2
Tye to Kohli, 2 runs

taps it into the vacant midwicket region, always looking for two, and getting it in the end

end of over 1713 runs
IND: 138/4CRR: 8.11 RRR: 9.00
Dinesh Karthik8 (12b)
Virat Kohli46 (31b 2x4 2x6)
Glenn Maxwell 4-0-25-1
Andrew Tye 2-0-13-1

India need 27 off 18. One over of Starc. One over of Tye. One over of Couler-NIle?

16.6
2
Maxwell to Karthik, 2 runs

goes for the reverse scoop, and though he only makes contact with the glove, it's enough to get a couple right over the keeper's head

16.5
2
Maxwell to Karthik, 2 runs

run-out chance at the non-strikers. Karthik nudges it to the right of Maxwell and thinks there's a straightforward single there. But Maxwell hares across, grabs it with his right hand, takes aim, but misses the target

16.4
1
Maxwell to Kohli, 1 run

works it through midwicket, along the ground this time

16.3
6
Maxwell to Kohli, SIX runs

launches it over deep midwicket! Spectacular hit, coming down the track, and even though he isn't to the pitch of the ball, he holds his balance and that's where he gets all that power from

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
V Kohli
61 runs (41)
4 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
flick
24 runs
0 four1 six
Control
79%
S Dhawan
41 runs (22)
6 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
12 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
79%
Best performances - bowlers
KH Pandya
O
4
M
0
R
36
W
4
ECO
9
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
2W
Kuldeep Yadav
O
4
M
0
R
19
W
1
ECO
4.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Sydney Cricket Ground
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Series
Season2018/19
Player Of The Match
Series result3-match series drawn 1-1
Match numberT20I no. 714
Hours of play (local time)18.50 start, First Session 18.50-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.40, Second Session 20.40- 22.05
Match days25 November 2018 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee