Major Highlights
• India beat Australia by 6 wickets and won the T20 Series.
• Hardik Pandya finished in the high-pressure thriller, scored 42 for 22 balls, and became the man of the match.
• Matthew Wade captained Australia in this match and scored a half-century.
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What an thriller match was played between both the teams in Sydney! Although India's record was not good in Sydney against Australia, as before also the first two matches of ODI Series was played in Sydney Cricket Ground and India got defeated in both the matches with a great margin. But this match was a record-breaking match as India chased down a huge total of 194. This victory was a gift by Team India for all the birthday boys Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.
Firstly take a look in the playing XI of both the team. Australia was a bit loose side as big stars Finch, Warner, Cummins and Starc were not playing this match.
Australia's Playing XI
1. Matthew Wade (wk & c)
2. D'Arcy Short
3. Steven Smith
4. Glenn Maxwell
5. Moises Henriques
6. Marcus Stoinis
7. Daniel Sams
8. Sean Abbott
9. Mitchell Swepson
10. Adam Zampa
11. Andrew Tye
India's Playing XI
1. KL Rahul (wk)
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Sanju Samson
5. Shreyas Iyer 🎂
6. Hardik Pandya (MOM)
7. Washington Sundar
8. Shardul Thakur
9. Deepak Chahar
10. T Natarajan
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
Summary Of The Match
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Australia bat in the first innings. Matthew Wade and D'Arcy Short opened for Australia. As Matthew Wade was the captain of Australia in this match he was in a unique mood, he smashed half-century in the powerplay and scored 58 runs in just 32 balls. After Wade was dismissed he set the gear for the team and the upcoming batsmen played comfortably and made Australia score a total of 194 runs. Australia was quite unhappy as in some phase of the innings it looked like Australia will easily cross the score of 220 runs. However Australia was 20-30 runs short this total was good to defend the innings and won the match.
When India came to bat in the first 2-3 overs they were slow but afterwards they started playing in a fast manner. Shikhar Dhawan gave a good start for India and scored a half-century. Virat was also tremendous against Australia as he also was striking balls with an and amazing speed. When Shikhar, Virat and Samson were out India was in pressure but Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer easily managed to finish the total and India won the match by 6 wickets.
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