Australia vs India 2018-19, 3rd T20I: 3 Takeaways from the match

#2 Finch and Carey looked impressive for Australia

Aaron Finch

Skipper Finch is Australia’s best batsman in limited overs cricket and again showed his class by playing some superb shots off his back foot. It is very difficult to trouble a batsman of his class on such pitches unless a bowler is very fast. However, he should have been more patient and stayed on to play a bigger innings. Finch should be the batsman to watch out for in the upcoming ODI series also.

Newcomer Carey also impressed in the middle order and some of his drives on the offside were a treat to watch. He handled Krunal very well and hit some boundaries off his bowling. However, he too was guilty of throwing his wicket away after scoring 27, when he looked good for at least 20 more.

Australia could have posted a total in excess of 180 had Finch and Carey been more patient. Stoinis' lusty hitting in the death overs boosted the Australian total eventually, but they should have posted an even bigger total.