India vs Australia 2017, 2nd T20I: 5 things we learnt from the match

On a spicy Guwahati wicket, Jason Behrendorff swung the ball prodigiously to slice apart India's top order in the first three overs and set up a win for his country. Behrendoff's spell effectively sealed the game for the Aussies as India never really recovered from the early blows, eventually folding for 118.

Australia lost their openers early in the chase, with the Jasprit Bumrah-Bhuvneshwar Kumar pair once again striking with the new ball. However, the visitors found saviours in Travis Head and Moises Henriques. The duo stitched together a fabulous partnership that eventually led Australia to a series-levelling victory.

#5 Jason Behrendorff does a Mitchell Starc

Jason Behrendorff isn't the scariest of Australian fast bowlers but when there is moisture on the surface and movement in the air, the left-arm seamer is more than a handful. In the absence of Mitchell Starc, Behrendorff did exactly what the former is known to do - swing the ball in and befuddle the batsmen.

Rohit Sharma was the first to go, undone in the first over by late swing into him. Kohli followed suit in the final ball of the over, almost missing the ball entirely although it did catch an edge on its way back to Behrendorff. Manish Pandey then chased a wide one in the next over to gift Behrendorff his third of the match.

David Warner's stunner to dismiss Shikhar Dhawan gave the Perth Scorchers pace bowler his fourth of the game.

#4 Adam Zampa shows his IPL skills

Adam Zampa was a pretty effective option in the IPL for Rising Pune Supergiant

Adam Zampa had done a pretty good job in the IPL, mixing up his leg-breaks with the googlies and if not for Imran Tahir, would have got a lot more game time in the Steven Smith-led Rising Pune Supergiant. But so far, on this Indian tour, he had been a massive disappointment.

In the second T20 at Guwahati, that changed, as he tormented the Indian middle-order exposed early by a Behrendorff special. He had his IPL teammate, MS Dhoni, stumped with a classic leg-break before cleaning up Kedar Jadhav's stumps with a brilliant googly. His spell at the end read 4-0-19-2.

#3 Pandya magic doesn't quite work

Hardik Pandya couldn't rescue India this time around

The Baroda all-rounder, Hardik Pandya, is India's latest crisis man. He has been India's finisher, firefighter and counter-attacking weapon ever since his blitzkrieg in the finals of the 2017 Champions Trophy. Thus far, Pandya has lived up to that reputation with aplomb, grabbing the Man of the Series award in the recently concluded ODI series against Australia.

In the second T20I against the Aussies, Pandya walked into a familiar situation with the Indian innings on a downslide. They were 60/5 and looked well out of the game as the dynamic all-rounder walked in. Unfortunately, he couldn't quite bail them out this time around, although he did manage to take the total above 100 courtesy a run-a-ball 25.

#2 India's short ball tactic comes apart

Moises Henriques handled India's short stuff quite well

With just 118 on the board, India needed their quicker men to utilise the moisture on the surface and generate swing and extract some life from the wicket. While Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar sent back Australia's openers very early in the chase, Moises Henriques and Travis Head stuck together to ease the pressure on the visitors.

India's tactic against the right-left duo was to land it short and they went about doing it consistently without reaping rewards. Head and Henriques are quite adept at handling the short stuff but Hardik Pandya and Bumrah kept bowling it short, resulting in the Aussies cruising to victory.

#1 Head-Henriques stand seals Australia's win

Travis Head gave good company to Moises Henriques in an 89-run stand

Australia have been very dependant on David Warner and Aaron Finch during this limited-overs leg of the India tour but they lost the duo early, putting pressure on their middle-order. Moises Henriques, accustomed to the no.3 role from his stint at Sunrisers Hyderabad, took up the anchor role and found able support in Travis Head.

The duo strung together an 89-run stand that led Australia to a comfortable victory, their fourth across formats in Guwahati. At 13/2 it looked like Australia would spoil a golden opportunity to get back at the Indians but Henriques brought all his IPL experience to the fore to deliver a crunching win.