Australia lost the second T20I against India in a rain-less match at Nagpur. Captain Rohit Sharma performed brilliantly as India registered a six-wicket win in the three-match series against Australia on Saturday morning.
The match was reduced to just eight overs after a delay of two and a half hours due to a wet outfield. Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (43 not out from 20 balls) and captain Aaron Finch (31 off 15) scored independently as Australia posted 5-90 after being sent in to bat. But Tim David and Glenn Maxwell could not do much in the middle.
Wade played another boundary-laden knock after his match-winning knock of 45 not out in the first match of the series, which included three sixes off Harshal Patel in the final over.
Finch scored 24 off his team’s first 31 runs, which included a scoop to the wicketkeeper’s head in the first over and a straight six from Yuzvendra Chahal in the third.
However, his decision to move up Maxwell (0 for one run) and Tim David (two off three) was to no avail as both were bowled by the impressive Axar Patel.
After taking a swipe on a straight delivery from the Aussies, Patel dismissed Maxwell on the first ball and saw his middle stump cleared.
Patel (2-13 in two overs) also bowled David and the stumps were shaken again.
“I think it’s important that you’re always looking at ways to improve and obviously we went to three with Maxwell and four with Tim David, so we’re trying to be a little more aggressive,” Finch said. were.”
“We haven’t played too many short games, so I think we’ve considered it for a while, especially leading up to a World Cup.”
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa (3-16 off 2) gave Australia some hope after India’s openers scored 39 runs inside three overs.
He bowled both KL Rahul and Virat Kohli and dismissed Suryakumar Yadav lbw, falling off the last two consecutive deliveries.
But Sharma (46 not out off 20) hit Sean Abbott for four consecutive boundaries in the next over and though Pat Cummins caught Hardik Pandya, India will not be denied it.
They needed nine to win in the last over and Dinesh Karthik sent the crowd into frenzy with a slog sweep over deep backward square leg off the first ball bowled by Daniel Sams.