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India vs Australia 5th T20I Highlights: IND beat AUS by six runs, win series 4-1
India vs Australia 5th T20I Highlights: India (160/8) beat Australia (154/8) by 6 runs in Bengaluru to win series 4-1
India vs Australia 5th T20I Highlights: A superb bowling effort combined with Shreyas Iyer's gritty batting helped India beat Australia by six runs in the fifth and final T20I against Australia in Bengaluru. India, who were asked to bat first, piled 160/8 in 20 overs and Australia could only manage 154/8 in response....Read More
Iyer smashed 53 off 37 balls and found some support from Jitesh Sharma and Axar Patel in the middle overs. Jitesh chipped in with 16-ball 24, while Axar scored 31 in 21 deliveries.
Mukesh Kumar and Ravi Bishnoi then made early injections as Australia lost both openers Travis Head and Josh Phillipe in the powerplay overs. Mukesh removed Phillipe for run a ball four, while Bishnoi cleaned up Head for 28(18). Australia, who are chasing 161, accumulated 50/2 at the end of powerplay. Bishnoi then removed Aaron Hardie for 6(10) in his next over.
Tim David and Ben McDermott then added 47 runs for the fourth wicket before Axar broke the stand. He removed David for run a ball 17. McDermott, on the other hand, completed his half-century before falling against Arshdeep Singh for 54(36). Mukesh Kumar then removed Matthew Short (16 off 11) and Ben Dwarshuis (0) in consecutive deliveries.
Matthew Wade kept Australia in hunt before getting out to Arshdeep Singh for 22(15) in the final over.
Earlier, India got off to a brisk start before Australia crashed the party and removed openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad inside powerplay overs. Jaiswal was removed by Jason Behrendorff for 21(15), while Gaikwad fell for 10(12) against Ben Dwarshuis. Dwarshuis then got rid of Suryakumar Yadav in the next over, packing the Indian skipper for 5(7).
Australia continued to make inroads as Tanveer Sangha removed Rinku Singh for 6(8), reducing India to 55/4 in 9.1 overs.
Both teams have made one change each in their playing XIs. Nathan Ellis got some game time and replaced Chris Green. Deepak Chahar, on the other hand, has flown back home due to medical emergency and is replaced by Arshdeep Singh.
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India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Will Shivam Dube get a chance?
With the series already sealed, the management might consider giving Shivam Dube a chance. He came into this series after a rich haul in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy, where he accumulated 190 runs in 7 innings for Mumbai at a strike rate of 129.25.
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Wade key for AUS
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Captain Wade will be key for Australia! In his last eight T20I innings, he has slammed 333 runs at an average of 111 and 174.34 strike rate. He is also fifth in the list for most runs vs India in T20Is.
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Focus on Sundar
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Sundar who will be on his way to South Africa for the white-ball matches, could be expected to be in the playing XI tonight! Meanwhile, we could also see Dube get a chance, who is the only other player of the squad to have not played in this series!
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Key stat
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Although it will be a cold evening, we could see the visiting side put in a better batting display today. As the stats show, India have only won two of their seven completed T20Is in this stadium!
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Squads
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Kishan, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Tilak Varma
Australia: Travis Head, Josh Philippe, Ben McDermott, Aaron Hardie, Tim David, Matthew Short, Matthew Wade(w/c), Ben Dwarshuis, Chris Green, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha, Kane Richardson, Nathan Ellis
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Weather forecast
Although it has been raining since morning, it might be better in the evening. According to Accuweather, the temperature will be between 24 degrees Celsius and 22 degrees Celsius during match time and there is a 26 percent chance of precipitation and 6 percent for a thunderstorm.
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Hello and good afternoon everyone!
India vs Australia 5th T20I Live Score IND vs AUS: Hello and good afternoon everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of the fifth and final T20I between India and Australia, straight from Bengaluru. The match is scheduled for 7:00 PM and toss will be at 6:30 PM, but the weather doesn't look that good here! It has been raining since morning and the forecast doesn't look that great! Only time will tell, so stay tuned folks!
