Australia registered their first win in a brilliant style by a margin of 5 wickets in the third T20I of the five-match T20I series. Both teams played this match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday, October 28. Aussie skipper Matthew Wade won the toss and asked India to bat first.
Batting first, India posted a big total of 222 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs courtesy of Ruturaj Gaikwad’s blistering century, he scored 123 runs off just 57 balls, hitting 13 fours and 7 sixes. Apart from him, skipper Suryakumar Yadav and middle-order batter Tilak Varma also scored 39 and 31 runs, respectively.
Kane Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, and Aaron Hardie scalped one wicket each for Australia in the first innings.
Glenn Maxwell puts sensational batting show to take Australia home
While chasing the target, Australia lost 5 wickets at the score of 134 runs but then came the sensational and swashbuckling knock from the star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell. He smashed 104 runs off just 48 balls, hitting 8 fours and 8 sixes. On the back of his century, Australia managed to chase down the target in 20 overs, scoring 225 runs for the loss of 5 wickets and winning the match by 5 wickets to stay alive in the five-match series.
Star Indian skipper Ravi Bishnoi scalped two wickets, alongside one wicket each bagged by Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, and Axar Patel. Glenn Maxwell won the ‘Player of the Match award for his match-winning knock in Australia’s favour to help the team win the match by 5 wickets on the last ball of the match.
After Australia’s win in this match, the score line of the series as of now is 2-1 in India’s favour. Now, both teams will play the fourth T20I of the five-match series at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Friday, December 1.
Here’s how fans reacted to India’s defeat against Australia by 5 wickets:
Are Bhai bache logo ko chance diya Hai Thik Hai but en sabhi bacho ko Sahi raah dukhane wala bhi to koi chaaiye ek to koi Senior faster ko khela leta @BhuviOfficial bhai ko hi khela lo 😓@BCCI @ICC #INDvsAUS #IndianCricket #ICCT20WCQ #T20I
— Amit Yadav (@mr_amityadav18) November 28, 2023
Prasidh krishna is that kind of bowler who does not know what he is bowling.
— gyanesh kumar jha (@gyaneshkumarjh3) November 28, 2023
Itna one dimensional bowler bhai.#INDvsAUS
Aisa match kon harta haie Salo 😭😭
— ᴅʜᴀᴡᴀʟ ʙʜᴀʀᴡᴀᴅ (@dhavalbharvad7) November 28, 2023
Akshar patel bowling karne se phle kaanp rha tha BC
Prasidh krishna Ek bol toh yorker daal deta bhai
#INDvsAUS
Main guarantee ke saath kah sakta hun ki iss bowling lineup se hum ek bhi match jeet nahin sakte India ke bahar. Sirf ek Bishnoi ko chhod ke aur koi international standard ki bowler nahin hain. #INDvsAUS
— Sachin Rout (@RoutSachin) November 28, 2023
Glenn Maxwell in prime shape to have a 200-run IPL season with RCB from here. #INDvsAUS
— Rahul Pandey (@sportstoryguy) November 28, 2023
In the country of 140 cr @BCCI find the bowlers who don’t know how to bowl.#Prashidkrishna #INDvsAUS#maxwell well played pic.twitter.com/UPIoYykXzq
— Hammad Khan (@HammadK32765584) November 28, 2023
Best bowler of series go to the legend @prasidh43 ...A man with golden heart to leak runs...#INDvsAUS #indvsaust20
— Vijay (@vcj553489) November 28, 2023
Next level bottling
— Kamlesh (@Kamlesh66268875) November 28, 2023
Btw congratulations 🎉🎉🎉#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/4cvJQFnrE3
Another brilliant hundred in chasing this time in T20 .G Maxwell 🤗❤️
— M Haleem Ishaq (@haleem_ishaq1) November 28, 2023
#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/GT5Q1ccIIJ