India vs Australia, 3rd T20- The ”Big show aka maxwell’s” impact-full ton helps Aussies to win by 5 wickets against Bharat. With this victory, Australia reduced India’s lead to 2-1 in 5 matches.
Maxwell made 104 off 48 balls (8×4, 8×6) as the Australians got over India’s 222 for 3 off the last ball of the match. Skipper Matthew Wade failed to make a vital 28 from 16 balls. Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets for India.
Before that, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s maiden international hundred was the cor
nerstone of India’s total international hundred. Gaikwad made an unbeaten total of 123 from 57 balls.
Batting first, India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (6) off the second delivery of the second delivery to Jason Behrendorff, when Wade caught the ball. Soon aft
er, Kane Richardson got Ishan Kishan off his third delivery when he was caught by Stoinis.
Then, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav came in and scored 39 off just 29 balls, before being sent to the pavilion by Hardie in the 11th over. Ruturaj Gaikwad then stepped up to the plate and completed the T20I century. he got 52 off the ball for the first time. He scored an unbeaten 123 from 57 balls. Tilak Verma also scored an unbeaten 31 in 24 balls. The two completed a partnership of 141 runs in just 67 balls. India scored a total of 222/3 runs in 20 overs and set a target of 223 runs for Australia. For Australia, Kane Richardson, Jason Behrendorff and Aaron Hardie each picked a wicket.
The Men in Blue have looked excellent in both the T20 encounters so far, with the Indian batsmen following in their captain’s footsteps, scoring over 200 runs in both matches. Meanwhile, Indian bowlers like Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi and the rest will look to contribute more to ease the pressure on the batsmen, who are already Exhausted without the almighty Hardik Pandya.
Australia playing XI for 3rd T20 match:
Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (capt, wk), Kane Richardson, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha
India playing XI for 3rd T20 match:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan
India vs Australia LIVE: Suryakumar Yadav calls Glenn Maxwell’s record ‘crazy’.
India vs Australia LIVE: After the match, Surya praised Maxwell calling his innings “crazy” and said: “We just wanted to get Maxi out quickly (laughs), that was the plan.” But when defending 222 with this much dew, you have to be able to do it. give something to the bowlers. I felt like we were playing in Trivandrum, it was thick with dew, they lost early but the hook in hand meant they were still in the game. I told the boys during the break to take Maxwell go out. It’s quick but it’s crazy.”