All the action as India beat Australia in the fourth match of their five-match T20 series to take an unassailable 3-1 lead.
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India have wrapped up a thrilling series 3-1.
The performances from the hosts have been astonishing, and but for Maxwell’s magnificence in the last match, it could have been even more emphatic for the young Indian team.
No surprise that Axar was named player of the match for his outstanding spell, which included the scalp of Head in his three wickets.
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For now, though, from us all, it’s goodbye.
Australia captain Wade admitted his side lost this game to the Indian spinners.
“We didn’t play the spin very well through the middle,” he said in the post-match ceremony.
“They got hold of us in the fifth over and didn’t let go.
“There’s some areas to tighten up for us. We need to continue to learn, especially the guys who are below the experienced guys in the squad.
“The World Cup is just around the corner, so these are opportunities to impress.”
Indian captain Yadav led his side to a 3-1 series win and was delighted with the recovery from defeat in the last game.
“The toss didn’t go our way, but the character the boys showed is important,” he said at the post-match ceremony.
“We said we have to go out and express ourselves – be fearless and be clear in your mind.
“The plan was clear with the ball – whatever happens, however many runs they have, stick to the yorkers.”
Jaiswal and Gaikwad gave the innings another fantastic start for India while Rinku was the top scorer with 46 from 29.
His strike rate was only bettered by the keeper, Jitesh, hitting 35 from 19.
Can anything top Axar’s 3-16 from his four overs, through?
He and Bishnoi (1-17) did a lot of damage in the middle overs.
That’s a 14th straight series win at home for India.
For a side looking to the future, it will make up in some ways for the disappointment of the World Cup final.
The pain is certainly etched on the face of the Australians and their skipper, Wade, and their hero from the final, Head.
Maxwell came up with the goods to keep the series alive in the third match, but overall, a youthful Indian side have put a far more experienced Australia side to the sword.
The South Asians won the series 3-1 with one game to spare, and the expectation will be for this exciting group of players to collect another win in the final game of the series on Sunday.
And they win the match by 20 runs.
Wade can’t deliver the boundaries needed as two dot balls start the over.
Avesh delivers two excellent yorkers.
A six is found from the fourth ball of the over as Wade smears over square, but the game is long done.
The last ball is a full toss and dragged for a single.
The fireworks go off in celebration.
Wade hammers four with an open face through cover first ball as Mukesh offers width.
The second ball is tighter to the left-hander, and he slices it, but the ball drops short of long off.
Green pushes a single, and a dot ball follows to Wade, who manages to take two the following ball, but Australia need boundaries.
Wade also needs the strike for the final over, and he pushes a single into the covers. A direct hit and even the dive wouldn’t have saved him.
Australia need 31 to win from six balls.
Green is the new batter, and he can hit big.
He drives a low full toss for single first ball. Wade clips a single to deep square, and Green should be looking for a boundary off the last ball.
It’s a yorker from Avesh – very clever – and dug out by Green.
Seven off the over and 40 to win from the last two overs with Wade on strike.
That’s four less than they needed off the last 12 balls in the last game, but there’s no Maxwell out there right now.
Here comes the charge. Avesh drops short first ball and Wade pulls him fine of mid on for four.
He drops a single next ball and Dwarshuis takes strike.
He swings hard at a length ball but misses and off stump is out of the ground.
The left-hander falls for one from two balls faced.
Dwarshuis is the new batter and he and Wade exchange singles to end the over.
The Aussie captain keeps the strike.
47 needed from 18.
Short survived a top edge landing a safe first ball of the over but now he drags a pull straight to Jaiswal at midwicket.
Chahar strikes as Short falls for 22 off 19.
Wade was a spectator as Maxwell destroyed the Indian bowlers in the last match.
He had a fine solo effort in defeat in the second match – Australia really need him now if this series is to go to the final game.
The left-hander scoops Mukesh for six midway through the over – and it’s a no ball for overstepping.
Brilliant yorker from right arm over that thumps onto the boot and the free hit comes to nothing.
Two singles and a wide preceded the six. Only two singles and a two follow it but 15 off the over.
53 to win from 24.
The Aussies are up against it now with the wicket of David.
Short had hit Chahar for six back over his head earlier in the over.
Australia captain Wade comes in at seven.
67 needed off 30 – the wicket column is the problem though.
David tries to hook a short ball and picks out deep midwicket.
It was an off cutter from Chahar and the right-hander going for 19.
Mukesh shaves the off stump as Short is nearly bowled.
The ball died off the surface as Short looked to drag it into the on side.
The ball could not have been close to off stump.
Short had heaved four through the leg side earlier in the over as well as straight driving another boundary all along the floor.
Just a single of Bishnoi’s final over.
He finishes with 1-17 from his four. Brilliant and could be match-defining.
All the spinners are bowled out now – that could be Australia’s way back in.
McDermott had pulled for four just before the wicket.
Short is the new batter and finds two before the over is out.
Another Aussie batter is bowled.
McDermott is the latest to swing and miss. He goes for 19 from 22.
Rinku saves the boundary on the rope last ball of the over off Bishnoi.
McDermott picks up three with though as he worked it wide of long on.
Four singles off the over otherwise.
A six helps matters for Australia as Avesh drops short and David hooks over deep square.
Four singles and 10 off the over.
India were 79-3 at the same stage.
Drinks taken.
The squeeze is on. Just a two and two singles off Axar’s third over.
He has 2-10 so far.
Avesh is into the attack for the first time as India turn back to pace on.
Just five singles and a wide as the Aussies consolidate after the rush of wickets.
Just three singles to finish the over after the wicket.
David is the new batter.
Rash from Hardie as he goes for a sweep and misses.
Axar gets his man with a flatter delivery for eight.
Another close call for Australia.
McDermott is struck on the pads and India go upstairs as the on-field call is not out.
The ball was just clipping leg again so the decision stands.
Hardie cleared the bowler for four earlier in the over as the powerplay ends.
Hardie joins McDermott and this is a big chance for India to slow Australia.
A single ends the over but the stadium is still buzzing from the fall of India’s nemesis, Head.
How India needed that.
Head skies Axar to Mukesh at short third and goes for 31 off 16.
Nearly two in the over for Bishnoi.
McDermott is the new batter and is thumped on the pads with the final ball of the over.
The decision is not out but India go upstairs.
It’s only just clipping leg so the decision remains with the on-field umpire.
Bishnoi strikes with his first ball as Phillippe misses a sweep and is bowled.
That was sloppy and unnecessary from the right-hander with Head going so well.
Head hammers India with four fours and a six off Chahar.
The six was clipped off the pads.
The fours?
Wellو where didn’t they go! Three went to mid on and one went through the covers.
That didn’t go to plan for Mukesh on his return to the side after getting married.
It was almost a wedding gift handed to Australia.
Two wides, a leg bye and two boundaries.
A carve through the covers by Head for the first four and then a glance from Phillippe.
Great start for the Aussies as they look to level the series.
Phillippe gets four away through the covers to finish the over but there was some serious movement for Chahar.
That could be a real leveller in this match.
Chahar to Head opens the chase and the left-hander gets two away into the leg side.
The Indians will need the Aussie opener early or he could make short work of this.
India never really got going in that innings but will that be enough?
Australia must be favourites to level the series.
We’ve seen plenty of thrills and spills in the first three games though, so who knows where this goes.
No real signs of dew here and the ball didn’t seem to skid on to the bat so we shall see.
A run out last ball and five wickets in nine balls to finish the innings.
Five runs and three wickets in the final over.
Extraordinary stuff.
Chahar holes out to Green at long on for a duck.
Two wickets in the first three balls of the over.
Behrendorff strikes with the first ball of the over.
Rinku reviews the LBW but the full ball was just clipping leg.
He goes for 46 from 29.
Three wickets in four balls.
Jitesh had managed to get a length ball away through the covers for four off the first ball of the over.
Chahar plays out the final ball of the over.
Behrendorff to bowl the final over with Rinku on strike.
Dwarshuis has a second in the over as Axar goes for a golden duck.
A pull to deep square and Sangha holds on
One ball to come in the 19th.
Jitesh hits a full toss from Dwarshuis to Head at long on.
He goes for 35 from 19 – a fine cameo.
Two balls to come of the 19th.
The 50 partnership comes up in 29 balls.
The first two balls of Behrendorff’s return go for four.
The first is streakily away past the keeper by Rinku, the second glanced down the leg side.
Two twos and two singles follow.
That’s more like it for India.
Rinku pulls a Hardie slower-ball bouncer for four.
Then Jitesh hooks a quick bouncer for six over deep square.
Which way will the charge go from here?
Pressure mounting for India and the Aussie spinners are rattling through some quick overs.
No boundaries again as Sangha concedes just five off his final over.
He picks up 2-30. A brilliant display. Green finished with 0-36 off his four.
Back to the seamers.
Two sixes in the over and the umpire saved four.
Jitesh brought out the slog sweep over midwicket and then hammered the second six over cover off Green.
The ball in between was a full toss that offered the bowler a catch.
Green may have got fingertips to it but it powers through and hits the umpire on his upper arm as he takes evasive action.
Nearly two in the over Jitesh Sharma chips his second ball just fine of midwicket.
Eight off the over with the wicket.
Gaikwad had cut for four successfully first ball of the over before his departure.
The right-hander chips a dolly to backward point as he stretches for a cut.
Sangha’s second wicket and Gaikwad departs for 32.
Rinki goes again.
This time he pumps Dwarshuis over a straight midwicket for six. That was massive.
Gaikwad has early hit four in the over with a lovely shot over mid on.
There’s a third boundary since the powerplay and its another six.
Short, in his first over, is reversed by Rinku, who only waits three balls to have a look at the bowler.
Sweetly timed and a massive hit.
Four singles in the over otherwise.
Green is economical again. A harder T20 player around the world and finally making his Australia debut at 30 years of age.
Just five off the over and India have only scored two boundaries since the end of the powerplay.
Sangha drops short and an otherwise quiet over is lit up by a big six.
Gaikwad makes no mistake as he hammers it over midwicket.
Drinks taken.
A massive moment in the match to get the Indian captain so early.
Rinku is the new batter and has already been a hero in this series.
He works through midwicket for four before the over is out.
Dwarshuis with a massive wicket as the left-armer angles across the India skipper, who nicks a drive through to his opposite number behind the stumps.
Suryakumar is out for one and it’s game on for the Aussies.
Sangha picks up Shreyas for eight in his first over.
An attempted heave down the ground only finds Green.
A single first ball to Gaikwad had given Shreyas a strike with three hard runs twos following.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav comes in at four and picks up a single.
End of the eighth over – India 63-2.
Just five singles off the first over after the powerplay and a better over for Green, who went for 14 off his first.
Shreyas Iyer is in at three on his return to the side.
Hardie bowls it hard into the surface and McDermott takes the catch at mid off.
Jaiswal was looking to pull but was tucked up by the last ball of the over and departs for 37.
He had hit the first first ball back over the bowler’s head for four.
End of the powerplay.
First six of the innings.
Jaiswal picks the length early and hammers Green’s off spin over midwicket.
The left-hander had only just capitalised on a short ball outside off to cut for four.
Gaikwad finally gets the strike and is given some rare width from Behredorff.
The right-hander cuts gratefully for four.
The only boundary of the over.
Another expensive one for Australia as Dwarshuis concedes three boundaries.
Too full on all three occasions and drive down the ground, through midwicket and then clipped to leg.
All too easy for Jaiswal and Gaikwad has yet to face a ball.
Behrendorff finds swing first ball but Jaiswal finds the boundary.
The left-hander plays with the movement away from him and opens the face to drive through point for four.
Great start to the over and an unusually expensive one for the left-arm quick with four byes at the end.
A maiden over to begin for Hardie with only a leg bye to finish.
An interesting review as well – Jaiswal was struck on the pads but it seemed pretty evident the ball had pitched outside leg.
No great sign of swing in the opening over but here comes Behrendorff – if anyone can move it he can.
Hardie is right arm over and the left-handed Jaiswal is on strike.
The first ball angles across and is through to the gloves of Wade.
Plenty of chat about how 200 is par in T20 internationals now.
Five changes for Australia but four for India.
Shreyas, Sharmaa, Mukesh and Chahar come in.
Will that level things for the Australians given their absentees?
Will the series go to the final game on Sunday in Hyderabad?
We are about to find out as the players are ready to go in Raipur.
Josh Phillippe, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Aaron Hardie, Tim David, Matthew Short, Matthew Wade (captain and wicketkeeper), Ben Dwarshuis, Chris Green, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha
So only Head remains of the World Cup winners.
Five changes with Phillippe, McDermott, Dwarshuis, Green and Short coming in.
A look at #TeamIndia’s Playing XI for the 4th T20I 👌🏻👌🏻
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 1, 2023
Matthew Wade has chosen to field in Raipur.
News of five changes for the Aussies to follow.
India will surely have at least one change with Shreyas Iyer available.
The captains are ready for the toss ahead of the fourth match of the T20 series.
We’ll bring you the outcome in just a moment.
A number of the big names are back for the T20 series in South Africa for India.
It has been announced, however, that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will sit out both white-ball series on the tour.
The vast majority of the current team facing Australia retain their places in the squad as expected.
India’s squad for 3 T20Is: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj,…
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2023
The final game of the series on Sunday will see the sides travel to Hyderabad.
Guwahati ✈️ Raipur#TeamIndia are here for the 4️⃣th #INDvAUS T20I 👌🏻👌🏻@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/kotB4o8vll
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 29, 2023
The final lineup for this year’s T20 World Cup is now complete.
Uganda will debut at the tournament in the US and the Caribbean after shocking Zimbabwe to take the final spot in African qualifying.
This series is the start of the preparations on the journey to T20 World Cup for these sides.
Presenting the 2⃣0⃣ teams that will battle for ICC Men’s #T20WorldCup 2024 🏆
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— ICC (@ICC) November 30, 2023
Striking it clean 💥
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 1, 2023
Australia may have sent home six of their seven World Cup-winning squad following the third match, but India welcome back Shreyas Iyer.
As planned, the batter was to miss the first three games of the series and return for the final two.
David Warner was to do likewise for the Australians but he opted out.
Centurion from the final in Ahmedabad Travis Head remains in the Aussie squad, having missed the first half of the World Cup with a hand injury.
The Australian hundred hero from the third match, Glenn Maxwell, heads the list of names to have headed home.
Changes a plenty expected for the fourth game.
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