Australia, riding on Shane Watson’s unbeaten 124 in the first innings, posted a massive total of 197 runs on the board. However, the former Rajasthan Royals batsman’s performance went in vain as the Indian team scripted a perfect chase at the Sydney Cricket Ground and whitewashed the hosts in the three-match T20 series.
The following is the scoreboard of India's third and final T20 International vs Australia here on Sunday.
Australia:
Usman Khawaja c Dhoni b Nehra 14
Shane Watson not out 124
Shaun Marsh b Ashwin 9
Glenn Maxwell c Raina b Yuvraj Singh 3
Travis Head b Jadeja 26
Chris Lynn c Jadeja b Bumrah 13
Cameron Bancroft not out 0
Extras (lb 2, w 4, nb 2) 8
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 197
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Khawaja, 2.2 overs), 2-69 (Marsh, 7.4), 3-75 (Maxwell, 9.1), 4-168 (Head, 16.6), 5-193 (Lynn, 19.4)
Bowling:
Ashish Nehra 4-0-32-1
Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-43-1
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-36-1
Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-41-1
Yuvraj Singh 2-0-19-1
Hardik Pandya 2-0-24-0
India:
Rohit Sharma c Watson b Boyce 52
Shikhar Dhawan c Bancroft b Watson 26
Virat Kohli b Boyce 50
Suresh Raina not out 49
Yuvraj Singh not out 15
Extras (b 1, w 7) 8
Total (3 wickets; 20 overs) 200
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Dhawan, 3.2 overs), 2-124 (Sharma, 12.3), 3-147 (Kohli, 14.5)
Bowling:
Shaun Tait 4-0-46-0
Scott Boland 3-0-34-0
Shane Watson 4-0-30-1
Andrew Tye 4-0-51-0
Cameron Boyce 4-0-28-2
Glenn Maxwell 1-0-10-0
Match details:
Toss - Australia, chose to bat
T20I debuts - Cameron Bancroft and Usman Khawaja (Australia)
Umpires - Simon Fry and John Ward
TV umpire - Paul Wilson
Match referee - Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire - Geoff Joshua
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