India vs australia t20 match is played in the shaheed veer narayan sing international stadium raipur.
India new middle order batsman rinku sing and jitesh sharma played well before axar patel and ravi bishnoi put aus in tangle.
India won this 4 match t20 series by 3-1.
India vs Australia t20 players perfomace
India Australia
| Y. Jaiswal | 37 runs on 28 balls | T.Head | 31 runs on 16 balls |
| R.Gaikwad | 32 runs on 28 balls | J.Philippe | 8 runs on 7 balls |
| S.Iyer | 8 runs on 7 balls | B.Mcdermott | 19 runs on 22 balls |
| S.Yadav | 1 runs on 2 balls | A.Hardie | 8 runs on 9 balls 3 over 29 runs 1 wicket |
| R.Sing | 46 runs on 29 balls | T.David | 19 runs on 20 balls |
| J.Sharma | 35 runs on 19 balls | M.Short | 22 runs on 19 balls |
| A.Patel | 4 over 16 runs 3 wickets | M.Wade | 36 runs on 23 balls |
| D.Chahar | 4 over 44 runs 2 wickets | B.Dwarshuis | 4 over 40 runs 3 wickets |
| R.Bishnoi | 4 over 17 runs 1 wicket | C.Green | 4 over 36 runs 0 wicket |
| A.Khan | 4 over 33 runs 1 wicket | J,Behrendorff | 4 over 32 runs 2 wickets |
| M.Kumar | 4 over 44 runs o wicket | T.Sangha | 4 over 30 runs 2 wickets |
Match Summary
India 174 for 9 (riku sing 46 , jitesh sharma 35 and ben dwarshuis 3-40).
beat
australia 154 for 7 (matthew wade 36 not out , travis head 31 and axar patel 3-16)by 20 runs.
Indian Perfomance
Australian bowler limited to indian team 174 for 9 by some of very accurate death bowling by bowlers.
But indian bowlers still defended the target and wrapped up series with one game left.
Bishnoi and patel played most vital role in india successful defence combined figure 8-0-33-4 on two pace track.
Travis Head Impact
Travis head who was the only player from australian world cup eleven in this t20 play lone warrior role with help from captian.
Travis head dashed out of the block in the chase taking deepak chahar 4,4,0,6,4,4 in third over.
It was one moment when india team and their fans feel some sort of pressure then axar take him out.
At the other end bishnoi let rip one wrong un after another posting threat to pads and stumps.
Despite the absence of glenn maxwell australian middle order battled but increasing asking rate was to much.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
In the third t20 match in guwahati was on a run a ball 21 at one point but then he shift gears score unbeaten 123.
In fourth t20 ruturaj also had a similar sluggish start but he could not find those higher gears.
He manage 32 of 28 balls and attempted to hit a boundary only five times.
Jaiswal Inning
Jaiswal at the other end were more aggressive he scored 37 off 28 balls.
Before aaron hardie had him holding out the last ball of the powerplay.
Iyer return
Shreyas iyer who returned to the t20 side does not make much impact then fell to legspinner tanveer sangha.
Rinku Singh and jitesh sharma
When captian sky also got out cheaply rinku singh repair the inning along side the jitesh sharma.
Rinku who came into bat in the ninth over briefly tapped the ball into gaps before hitting reverse swept six.
In the next over he charged against dwarshuis and smote him for 100 meter six over wide long on.
Jitesh who is most explosive batter in ipl and domestic tournament also kept taking risk and ticking scoreboard.
Jitesh hit three sixes and getting out in 2nd last over when he attempted another one.
Good Bowling
Dawrshuis and behrendorff were right on the money with their variations in last two overs.
As india lost five wickets for only 13 runs during that period.
Spin to Win
Ravi bishnoi and axar both bowled in powerplay and ended up give away two boundaries between them.
Bishnoi take wicket on very first ball to knocking out josh philippe off stump for 8.
Philippe was among five changes for australia and in all both teams made nine changes on friday.
In the next over the fifth of india defence axar drew a top edged from head .
Axar proceeded to dismiss hardie and ben mcdermott with his stump to stump bowling.
Axar Uncertain future
Axar patel is not part of the squad for the upcoming tour to south africa.
But he reminded the selectors that he is around as well with a statement perfomance.
Axar patel also gets player of the match.
