India vs Australia 2020 Highlights, 3rd T20I Match at Sydney, Full Cricket Score: Hosts clinch victory by 12 runs

After 20 overs,India 174/7 ( Shardul Thakur 17 , Deepak Chahar 0)

27 off 6. And Abbott has been given the responsibility of bowling the last over. Sundar starts the over with a boundary before hitting the ball straight to Tye at backward point. Shardul smokes one over the cow corner fence for a maximum.

India managed 14 runs off the last over but Australia have beaten the visitors by 12 runs. The series score-line stands at 2-1, in favour of India.

After 19 overs,India 160/6 ( Washington Sundar 3 , Shardul Thakur 7)

Tye into the 19th over of the innings. First delivery, Kohli holes out to Sams, who took a fabulous forward-running catch on the off side. Australia’s reaction suggests that the game is in their favour now. Shardul stays back in his crease and bludgeons the last ball for a maximum over deep mid wicket. Nine runs off the over.

After 18 overs,India 151/5 ( Virat Kohli (C) 84 , Washington Sundar 1)

Zampa has been called back into the attack. Brave move by Finch to hand the ball to the spinner at this stage of the game. But it pays dividends as Zampa removes Pandya, who hit the ball straight to Finch. Kohli announces that he’s still there with a boundary off the next delivery. Seven runs and a wicket in the over.

After 17 overs,India 144/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 79 , Hardik Pandya 20)

Time for Tye’s seam bowling. And he gets thrashed for a four and a six from the blade of Pandya, who’s looking dangerous at the moment. 13 runs off the over. 43 off 18 to get. Very gettable.

After 16 overs,India 131/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 78 , Hardik Pandya 9)

Sams returns and starts off with a slower one, a dot. Kohli waits for the next one and flicks it over deep mid wicket for a maximum. The Indian skipper just helps the third one on its way and collects two consecutive boundaries. Hardik joins the party and collects a six off the last. 20 runs off the over.

After 15 overs,India 111/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 65 , Hardik Pandya 2)

Tye back into the attack. Kohli regrets after leaving the first delivery outside off. The Indian skipper mistimes a pull of the next but sneaks a single. Pandya plays a dot before slicing one square of the wicket for a single. Two dots to end the over. Just two runs off the over. Some over this from Tye. India need 76 runs in 30 balls.

After 14 overs,India 109/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 64 , Hardik Pandya 1)

Sean Abbott has been called back into the attack. Two wickets in the previous over, and it will be interesting to see how India approach the situation. They can’t lose more wickets but they can’t afford to take the foot off the accelerator either. Kohli shimmies down the track and lofts the fifth over long on for a maximum. Nine runs off the over.

Most 50-plus scores in T20Is:

25 – Virat Kohli*
25 – Rohit Sharma 
19 – David Warner

After 13 overs,India 100/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 56 , )

Swepson back in action. The third delivery dips on Samson, who hit it straight to Smith at mid on. Third wicket down for India. Superb fielding effort by Smith off the fourth as well as he saved a certain six, just two runs there. Iyer, the new man in, departs for a duck after getting trapped plumb. Six runs and two wickets in this over. Sensational bowling from Swepson.

After 12 overs,India 94/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 50 , Sanju Samson 10)

The spinners are operating in tandem. Zampa is back. Kohli nudges the first towards the covers for a single. Samson chops the next one towards point for a double and gives the strike to Kohli off the next. The Indian skipper takes a single off the last, bringing up his half-century in the process. Seven runs off the over.

After 11 overs,India 87/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 47 , Sanju Samson 6)

Swepson is back. Shades of Shane Warne, especially with the pause, in Swepson’s bowling action. Australia take a review for LBW against Samson off the fourth delivery, but the ball was missing the wickets. The bowler too, wasn’t very keen and felt that it was missing the leg stump. Another economical over from the spinner, just five runs off it. India need 100 runs from 54 balls.

After 10 overs,India 82/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 44 , Sanju Samson 4)

Adam Zampa, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Samson joins Kohli in the middle after Dhawan’s departure. Zampa has got the better of Kohli, his RCB teammate, many times in international cricket. Let’s see what happens here. Just seven runs off. The over is done in a jiffy, just seven runs off it.

After 9 overs,India 75/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 41 , Sanju Samson 0)

Swepson returns. After conceding four runs off the first three balls, the leggie bowls short to Kohli, who powers it to long on but the ball lands anxiously close to the fielder. The leggie finally gets the breakthrough, removes Dhawan, who hit the ball to Sams at deep square leg. Sams fumbled but took a good forward-running catch. Six runs and a wicket in the over.

After 8 overs,India 69/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 27 , Virat Kohli (C) 36)

Maxwell comes back into the attack and gets welcomed with a reverse sweep by Dhawan which went for a boundary. That apart, four singles in the over. But the required rate is 9.83 which indicates that India need to up the ante. They need I118 runs from 72 balls.

After 7 overs,India 61/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 21 , Virat Kohli (C) 34)

Mitchell Swepson, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Both the batsmen simply kept nudging the ball into the gaps for singles. Six runs off the over. India need 126 runs from 78 balls.

After 6 overs,India 55/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 18 , Virat Kohli (C) 31)

Terrible bowling from Abbott as Kohli and Dhawan collect three boundaries in the over, the latter collecting two. 15 runs off the over. India are up and moving.