IND   – 188-5 (18.3)

Player of the Match – Arshdeep Singh 

India vs Australia: 3rd T20I played on Sunday, November 2, at the Oval, Hobart.

India won the toss and opted to bowl first. There were three changes on the Indian side: Jitesh, Arshdeep, and Washington came in place of Samson, Harshit, and Kuldeep.

Arshdeep is India’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is, but he was still warming the bench; not sure why. But he once again showed why he’s the leading wicket-taker. He got Travis Head’s wicket on the 3rd ball of the first over, and in his second, he dismissed Josh Inglis.

Tim David was promoted up the order, and he showed his raw power. Marsh and Tim David built a solid partnership, but Varun Chakaravarthy struck twice in two balls, removing Mitchell Marsh and Mitchell Owen. Stoinis and Tim David batted on another level. Tim David got out after scoring 74 runs off just 38 balls. Matthew Short and Stoinis continued the innings. Stoinis got out in the last over while trying to hit a low full toss. He scored 64 runs in 39 balls, while Short scored 26. Australia posted a total of 186 runs.

Abhishek started well, as usual, but got a quick short ball from Ellis after scoring 25 runs. Gill’s poor form continued; he scored only 15 runs and was trapped LBW by Ellis. SKY got out to Stoinis. Ellis again surprised another batter with a quick short ball, and Axar scored 17 runs.

Tilak Varma got out to Bartlett’s ball. Washington Sundar and Jitesh Sharma finished the match with 9 balls remaining. Washington scored 49 runs, and Jitesh remained unbeaten on 22.