As we all know that the last match of T20 series between India and Australia has been hosted by Australia at Sydney on 25th Of November at 1.30 PM. Before this match Australia had won the ist match and second match was cancelled due to rain. So it was the golden opportunity to Australia to win this series. India had no chance to win the series, only way had to tie the series. First both match have been delayed due to rain, everyone was worried of rain on this match. But weather experts predicted sunny day and good conditions of weather.
When toss time came up ,Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. In last two matches Australia batted first, so they started this match with batting first. Both the openers from Australia, as Aaron Finch and D'Arcy Short came to crease. Both the openers gave good boost to team at early. Finch started playing hard before D'Arcy Short. While after playing few balls Short also started playing hard. Both marked a good partnership for the team.
After scoring 68 runs in 9th over Finch gave his wicket to Kuldeep Yadva on the 3 ball of 9th over. Finch played a good inning of 28 runs in 23 balls with 4 fours. After Australian skipper, Maxwell came to play at number 2. Short playing a couple of minutes with Maxwell, he also gave his wicket to Krunal Pandya on the cery first ball of 10th over. Short also played a good inning of 33 runs in just 29 balls with 5 fours. Both openers of Australia had been gone to dug out and McDermott came to play along with Maxwell. After Short, McDermott gave his wicket on the very next ball of Krunal Pandya. McDermott didn't scored any run for his team. Krunal Pandya was at hat-trick ball and wicket keeper Alex Carey came to play. Carey defended the ball and didn't gave a hat-trick to Pandya.
Both playing few overs and team score was at 90, and the ist ball of 14th over thrown by Krunal Pandya. On this ball, Maxwell tried to hit hard but didn't connect the ball timely and gave his wicket to Rohit. Maxwell scored 13 runs in 16 balls with 2 fours. It was the time when Chriss Lynn came to crease, normally Lynn was playing at number 2 but in this match he sent to play on number 6. Chris Lynn and Alex Carey were at crease. Both playing for couple of overs. While in last ball of 16th over thrown by Krunal Pandya, Carey gave his wicket in hands of Indian Skipper. Carey did his best to bring his a good total to his team. He scored 27 runs in 19 balls with 4 fours. With the wicket of Carey, Pandya picked up his 4th wicket in his 4 over spell.
Only 4 overs were left now and Stoins came to play along with Chris Lynn. Stoins also played some good shots. While as Lynn is hard hitter, but at that time he didn't played such good shots. He scored only 1 four in his inning. He scored only 13 runs in 10 balls and got run out by Bumrah in 18th over. Team score was at 131 with the loss of 6 wickets. Nathan Coulter N'Eil came to play, being a fast bowler he played a good inning for his team, scored 13 runs in just 7 balls with 2 fours. On the other side, all rounder Markus Stoins played a stunning batting at last. He scored 25 runs in 15 balls with 3 fours. These last runs of Stoins and Coulter N'Eil gave a big boost to Australia. These two guys lead Australia to score 164 runs in total in which 12 runs were extraa. This total was a big total for India as they were playing in Australian pitches.India had to chase 165 runs in 20 overs to level the series.
Indian openers came to crease. Rohit is at strike and Dhawan on non-striker's end. Mitchell Starc will open from Australia. While playing both for the newly Starc and scored only 3 runs in first over. Second over is thrown by Nathan Coulter N'Eil who gave 9 runs in his second over. Starch came to attack in 3rd over and gave 8 runs in his 2nd over. Again Coulter N'Eil came to attack, in this over he gave 20 runs with 2 sixes one by Rohit and another by Dhawan. It was an expensive over from NCN. 5th over was thrown by Markus Stoins which became more expensive,gave 22 runs in his ist over.
In the 6th over of the inning, Starc back into attack. On the 3rd ball of this over, Starc picked up the wicket of Dhawan as LBW. It was the ist wicket of India and the score was at 67 runs. Dhawan played stunning batting of 41 runs in just 22 balls with 6 fours and 2 big sixes. Dhawan 42 runs gave a big boost to India. After Dhawan, Indian skipper Virat Kohli came to crease. On the other hand Rohit was playing good. In this over Starc gave only 5 runs and picked up a most valuable wicket of Dhawan.
While in the 7th over thrown by Adam Zampa, Rohit was at strike. Zampa disturbed him and didn't gave any chance of playing shots to Rohit. While on the 5th ball of that over ,Rohit tried to hit hard but miss and got bowled. Rohit played a good inning of 23 runs in 16 balls with 2 sixes and 1 four. After Rohit ,LK Rahul came to play with skipper. Zampa completed his over and picked up hma wicket without giving a single run. Both playing a good partnership of near about 50 runs in 6 overs. After that on the last ball of 12th over Rahul gave his wicket in hands of Coulter N'Eil in over of Maxwell. Rahul scored 14 runs in 20 balls with 1 six. Team score was at 108 with the loss of 3 wickets in 13 overs.
Rishab Pant came to crease and started playing along with skipper. Pant didn't played any shot and didn't scored a single run. Tye started to attack Pant and on his very first ball of 14th over Pant had a leading edge and caught by Alex Carey. After Pant, DK came to crease. India were now 50 runs far from their target and only 6 overs were left now. But Kohli and DK played a extremely stunning partnership and won the match with 4 runs ahead of their target. Kohli and DK completed the match and left 2 balls to thrown. Kohli played a captaincy batting. He scored a 61 runs in 41 balls along with 4 fours and 2 sixes. His batting lead India to level the series. DK was the other man to play alongside to skipper. DK also scored 22 runs in 18 balls with 1 six and 1 four.
India levelled the series on the 3rd match of the series while 2nd match was cancelled due to rain. Krunal Pandya was given as the Man of the Match for picking up 4 wickets in his 4 over spell. On the other hand Dhawan was given as the Man of the Series for scoring most runs. It was an only day to be clear weather while on both last two match the weather was cloudy and rainy.