IND vs AUS 4th T20I HIGHLIGHTS: India Beat Australia By 20 Runs, Bag Series With A Game To Go
IND vs AUS, 4th T20I HIGHLIGHTS: India clinched the series with a match to go after tasting victory in the 4th T20I in Raipur.
India beat Australia by 20 runs. They have the series in their kitty with a match to go.
India's Game To Lose Now. Chahar gets two wickets in two overs. AUS-126/6 after 16.4 Overs.
Massive moment in the game. A slower cutter on the shorter side and David goes for the pull but the batter is in no control of it whatsoever. Jaiswal takes the catch at midiwicket and David walks back for 19 off 20. AUS- 107/5 after 14.4 Overs.
Meanwhile, Matthew Short has joined Tim David. Just 1 off the 13th. AUS- 90/4 after 13 overs.
Australia need 86 from 48 balls. Required run rate- 10.75 runs per over.
Partnership between David and Ben McDermott is broken. Axar Patel gets rid of Ben McDermott for 19 off 22 and another Australian batter gets bowled to an Indian spinner. AUS- 87/4 after 11.2 Overs.
Tim David new man in for Australia
Middle stump gets disturbed!! Aaron Hardie goes for a sweep across the line but Patel's too good for him. The batter departs for 8 off 9. AUS- 52/3 after 6.2 Overs.
McDermott, Hardie Out In The Middle for Australia at the moment. After powerplay, AUS- 52/2.
Travis Head Walks Back. India happy to see the back of the man who snatched India's World Cup glory. He was taking this match away from India too, batting on 31 off 16 but Axar Patel gets rid of him. The left-arm spinner goes for a slog sweep but manages only a leading edge. It's taken by Mukesh at short-third. AUS- 44/2 after 4.4 Overs.
Ben McDermott walks in at number 3.
Ravi Bishnoi gets a wicket first ball. Philippe plays a sweep all around it but has no clue as the ball beats his bat to rattle his stumps. AUS- 40/1 after 3.1 Overs. Much needed for India.
And another boundary to end the over. 22 off the over. After 3 overs, AUS- 40/0.
Chahar having an over to forget. Room on offer and Head throws his bat at it.
Head's on fire. Man, he has taken the attack to the opposition. Two fours, then a dot before he is dispatched for six over square leg.
11 Off The Second Over Then. Two boundaries in it, one each from the bat of Head and Philippe. AUS- 18/0 after 2 overs.
Mukesh Kumar From The Other End for India. 7 came off the first over with the help of a boundary off the final delivery from Josh Philippe. AUS- 7/0 after 1st over.
Australia's Chase Begins. It's Travis Head and Travis Head who are opening for Australia. Deepak Chahar with the ball in hand for India.
Superb final over. India manage 174/9. Is this enough? Only time will tell but given the situation India were in even with two overs to go, they might have liked a few more runs. Austalia need 175 to win.
Falling Like A Pack Of Cards are the Indian batters now. Chahar also falls for 0 off 2, caught at long-on going for the big shot. IND-169/8 after 19.3 overs.
3 wickets in last 4 balls as Singh walks back for 46 off 29. It's a yorker first up which has struck him on the pads and the finger has gone up. Rinku opts for review but it's out on umpire's call.
Jason Behrendorff to bowl the final over of the innings. IND-168/6 after 19 overs.
Axar Patel departs for a duck, then. Axar goes for the pull but is cramped for room and the the shot is caught by Sangha in the deep. IND- 168/6 after 18.5 Overs
Jitesh gets caught at long off, trying to clear the fence. IND- 167/5 after 18.4 Overs. Jitesh falls for 35 off 19.
Dwarshuis To Bowl Penultimate Over.
14 Off The 18th over delivered by Behrendorff. Two boundaries to begin with from the bat of Rinku but then a good comeback from the bowler. IND- 161/4 after 18 overs.
3 Overs To Go. IND- 147/4. Two best-suited batters for this situation for India out in the middle. How many more can India add?
Sharma showing his fearless self. This time over long off against Green. What a shot and what a start this for the wicketkeeper-batter.
Wow, what a shot to play just fourth ball into his innings. It's come off Green after Jitesh has slog swept it for a maximum.
Jitesh Sharma comes in.
Just when it looked like India are getting a move on with a few quick boundaries, Gaikwad departs. There is flight on that ball from Sangha which tempts the batter to go for the big shot but he manages an edge straight to short third. Gaikwad out for 32 off 28. IND-111/4 after 13.2 Overs.
Rinku Singh In At 5. Not the finishing role today for him but India need him to play a long innings as it's only the 9th over of the innings.
BIG WICKET! Captain Suryakumar Yadav falls for 1. Ben Dwarshuis produces the edge and Matthew Wade accepts an easy catch behind the stumps. Crowd in Raipur is stunned. IND- 63/3 in 8.1 Overs.
Tanveer Sangha Strikes in his first over and Iyer's stay at the wicket comes to an early end. Tried to go for the big shot but gets caught at long on, falling for 8 off 7. IND-62/2 in 7.5 overs.
Shreyas Iyer In At 3.
WICKET to end the powerplay. Jaiswal goes for the pull once again. However, this time he doesn't get the desired connection. He has got no timing on that not really a short ball and McDermott takes a good catch running around from mid-on. IND- 50/1 after 6 overs. Jaiswal departs for 37 off 28.
Aaron Hardie returns to finish the powerplay for Australia.
14 Off The Over then. India- 43/0 after 5 overs.
A short ball and Jaiswal is up for the challenge. He goes onto the backfoot and whacks it for a maximum over deep midwicket. The first six of the match that is a statement of intent from Jaiswal and India.
Time For Spin as debutant Chris Green is into the attack.
Behrendorff Gets two overs on the trot. Concedes 5 off the second. Gaikwad faces a ball for the first time. After 4 overs, IND- 29/0.
Just 1 off the 1st over but then innings has taken some pace. 11 came off the second delivered by Jason Behrendorff and 12 off the third bowled by Ben Dwarshuis. IND- 24/0 after 3 overs. Gaikwad yet to face a ball.
Here we go then! Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad open for India. Aaron Hardie with the ball in hand for Australia.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
Plenty of changes in both the sides, along expected lines. Australia with five changes, India with four.
Toss News: Australia win the toss and choose to bowl first.
Chris Green receives his cap, set to play his maiden international match.
Toss Coming Up in about a minute from now.
Hello and Welcome to our live coverage of the IND vs AUS 4th T20I. India lead the five-match series 2-1 match at the moment. But it was Australia who won their most recent encounter encounter in Guwahati. Will Australia level the series in Raipur or will it be India who will bag the series with a match to go? We shall find out over the course of the course of the next few hours.
Background
IND vs AUS LIVE SCORE: It is expected to another high-run scoring feast in the India vs Australia T20I series. While India are leading 2-1 at the moment with four matches to go, it was Australia who pulled off a stunning victory in Guwahati heading into this match. However, Glenn Maxwell, the man who was reponsible for helping the visitors snatch victory in that fixture has taken the flight back home. The action will now shift to Raipur where it is expected to be another run feast.
In the series so far, as many as 123 fours and 65 sixes have been hit. In the last T20I, India smashed 222/3 and perhaps would have felt that the match is in their kitty but still ended up losing the game, thanks to a Maxwell special as Aussies ended up winning the game off the last ball and making 225/5, instead of the required 223 to win.
After that match, it would be a chance for some of the Indian bowlers to redeem themselves. Moreover, the team could also look at including a sixth bowling option especially after the manner in which captain Suryakumar Yadav had no other choice but to rotate within the five options that they had in the match.
Deepak Chahar could feature in this match while Mukesh Kumar is back from his wedding which will give the captain and the management a good headache to have regarding the selection. Should Prasidh Krishna be benched, for instance, after recording most expensive spell by an Indian in a T20I or should Deepak Chahar be preferred over an Arshdeep Singh are some of the questions that need to be answered. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer and Chris Green couldalso come in for India and Australia respectively. Australia must win this game to stay alive in the series while a win here would seal another bilateral series win for India with a match to go.
Probable Playing 11s:
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shreyas Iyer/Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh/Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna/Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
Australia: Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Matthew Short, Ben McDermott, Tim David, Matthew Wade (captain/wicketkeeper), Chris Green, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha
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