Latest Updates: India vs Australia, 3rd T20I – Result: India win the third T20I at the SCG, series ends at 1-1. Virat Kohli caps off the victory with a boundary as he clears the infield easily. A boundary to wide long on. The third T20I between Australia and India is being telecast on Sony Sports Network. The Australia-India live streaming will take place on sonyliv.com. Click
here to know when and where to watch the match between Australia and India. Preview, 3rd T20I: The Virat Kohli-led Indian side faces a must-win situation against Australia in the third and final Twenty20 International of the rubber at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on Sunday. After failing to cross the line in the rain-hit first T20I, the visitors showed terrific comeback to restrict Australia at a moderate total in the second contest before rain washed out India’s chance to level the series as the visitors didn’t even face a single ball. The Indian bowlers came out all guns blazing in Melbourne and Kohli will once again like them to replicate the show. [caption id=“attachment_5612371” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Aaron Finch (L) and Virat Kohli, captain of Australia and India respectively. AFP[/caption] Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who played a classy knock of 76 off 42 deliveries in Brisbane, showed the kind of havoc he could create and it is expected of him to blast again for one final time in the series. Unlike Dhawan, his partner Rohit Sharma failed to fire in the first game, but the opener is an experienced campaigner and it is a matter of just a few deliveries for him to click. Meanwhile in the first game, the ploy of promoting Rahul to the No.3 slot didn’t work and the team management could restore the skipper to his usual batting position. The middle order looks settled with stumper Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik in good nick. The duo came out all guns blazing in Brisbane and their knocks brought the visitors back in the hunt while chasing a challenging total. However, Pant’s inexperience was clearly visible as the Delhi stumper played an unwanted and completely immature shot to throw his wicket. Coming to India’s bowling, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was accurate with the leather after conceding just 20 runs from his three overs besides picking up a couple of wickets. Jasprit Bumrah also bowled well with figures of 1/20 from four overs. Also, K Khaleel Ahmed, who was clobbered for 55 runs in Brisbane, showed signs of improvement after scalping two wickets for 39 runs from four overs. On the other hand, Australia would once again expect fireworks from Glenn Maxwell and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who failed in the last contest. The all-rounder was effective both with the bat and ball in Brisbane and would like to repeat it again. Ben McDermott also showed he could be a surprise package for the visitors after a sensible 30-ball 32 in Melbourne. Also, Adam Zampa proved beneficial for the host in the first game and the Australian team management will once again hope their side replicate the Brisbane show here. Teams: India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (Wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Washington Sundar. Australia: Aaron Finch (Captain), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (Wicket-keeper), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Ben McDermott, Glenn Maxwell, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa. With inputs from IANS
India vs Australia, Highlights, 3rd T20I at Sydney, Full Cricket Score: Virat Kohli's unbeaten 61 helps visitors level series
Latest Updates: Result: India win the third T20I at the SCG, series ends at 1-1. Virat Kohli caps off the victory with a boundary as he clears the infield easily. A boundary to wide long on.
 "India vs Australia, Highlights, 3rd T20I at Sydney, Full Cricket Score: Virat Kohli's unbeaten 61 helps visitors level series")
In T20Is,
No. of times Kohli remained unbeaten in chases – 12 times
No. of times India won – 12 times
No. of Dinesh Karthik remained unbeaten in chases – 9 times
No. of times India won – 9 times
India have never lost the third match of a bilateral T20I series:
Beat Australia by 7 wickets, 2016
Beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets, 2016
Beat Zimbabwe by 3 runs, 2016
Beat England by 75 runs, 2017
Beat New Zealand by 6 runs, 2017
Beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets, 2017
Beat South Africa by 7 runs, 2018
Beat England by 7 wickets, 2018
Beat Windies by 6 wickets, 2018
Beat Australia by 6 wickets, 2018*
Result: India win the third T20I by six wickets at the SCG, series ends at 1-1. Virat Kohli caps off the victory with a boundary as he clears the infield easily. A boundary to wide long on.
After a blitzkrieg from Dhawan and Rohit at the start, Australia fought back with timely strikes, trying their best to create pressure but Kohli was unfazed.He had set sights on 165 and he made sure he takes India home. The Indian captain gets their with unbeaten 61 to announce his arrival before the much-anticipated Test series. He is warmed up nicely for the Australian summer. Roll on.
Players shake hands and share smile as the first bout of the three rounds ends just as a stalemate.
After 19 overs,India 160/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 53 , Dinesh Karthik 22)
Starc is back for the penultimate over of the innings.Karthik has played a perfect sidekick to Kohli’s heroic half-century. He is someone India is blessed to have at number six. Eleven come from Strac’s final over. India need 5 from last 6 balls to draw level.
Most 50-plus scores in T20Is:
19 – Rohit Sharma
19 – VIRAT KOHLI*
16 – Martin Guptill
15 – Chris Gayle
15 – Brendon McCullum
After 18 overs,India 149/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 50 , Dinesh Karthik 15)
Tye begins the 18th over with 27 left in the bank. Kohli runs two with a deft push on the leg side. He knows he can get India home in twos. DK with a pressure releasing six in the over. Sixteen runs needed off 12 balls.
After 17 overs,India 138/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 46 , Dinesh Karthik 8)
Couple of braces off the final two balls and a six mid over allows India to take 13. Kohli is pacing this expertly. Maxwell bowls out. His figures read 4-0-25-1.
After 16 overs,India 125/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 38 , Dinesh Karthik 3)
With a four and a six, Kohli is able to break the shackles. A wide a t the start off the over and a single gives India 12 runs off the over. Four overs remaining. 40 needed. Two from Tye and one from Starc, who will bowl the 17th?
After 15 overs,India 113/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 27 , Dinesh Karthik 3)
Zampa comes on to bowl his final over and he finishes with a very discplined over, giving away only four singles. The required rate has climbed over 10.
After 14 overs,India 109/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 25 , Dinesh Karthik 1)
Terrific start from Andrew Tye to his bowling spell. Just a single and a wicket of the over. DK gets off the mark with a single. This is getting interesting.Need 56 off 36.
OUT! Poor from Rishabh Pant! Andrew Tye has a wicket of the first ball of his spell. Digs in the short ball that grips the surface. Spongy bounce, cause it was the knuckle ball. Pan’t didn’t pick was eager to play the pull, ends up getting a top edge and the ball lobs up for Alex Carey to complete an easy catch.
Pant c Carey b Tye 0(1)
After 13 overs,India 108/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 25 , )
Maxwell comes on for his tthird over and he almost had Kohli, who was drawn into a false stroke. Kohli tried create some room and go inside out, somehow manages to get over the grasp of point fielder. Rahul in turn holes out later in the over.
OUT! Eventually the pressure got to Rahul. Advances down the track and Maxwell pulled the length behind, which meant KL couldn’t get under the ball to smack it over long off boundary. He holes out to long off.
Rahul c Coulter-Nile b Maxwell 14(20)
After 12 overs,India 102/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 20 , KL Rahul 13)
Lynn’s misfield costs Australia two vital runs. Get a feeling Rahul is itching to do something different every ball, while Kohli has looked extremely composed as he does most times while chasing. Seven runs off Zampa’s third over.
10-overs comparison today:
Australia – 76/3
India – 92/2
After 11 overs,India 95/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 15 , KL Rahul 11)
Another good over from Maxwell. Besides KL Rahul’s failed attempt to play reverse paddle – that was nothing but visually disturbing – not much to talk about.
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