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MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli
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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 26: MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli of India runs between the wickets during game one of the Twenty20 International match between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on January 26, 2016 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne DeKlerk – CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images)

Australia157/6 in 20 overs
India184/2 in 20 overs
Batsman
Andrew Tye  4 (4) 4s – 0, 6s – 0
Matthew Wade16 (15b) 4s –1, 6s – 0
Last WicketAndrew Tye b Bumrah 4(4)
ResultIndia won by 27 runs

 

Kohli is the Man of the Match

What an impressive win for India. A delight for fans as  India pocket the T20 series 2-0. In fact, it’s a double delight for India fans after the India women’s team proved their excellency by clinching a historic series win.

The Indians were put into bat and yet again piled up a very competitive score on the scoreboard. India started off dominatingly with a imposing opening wicket stand. Shikhar Dhawan fired and Rohit Sharma also went all guns blazing. Virat Kohli replicated his performance of the previous match.

The Australian were going strong and already halfway down the chase with help of Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh. However, the Aussies then began to start losing in a flurry . Marsh was the first to go Pandya chipped in with the wicket of Chris Lynn. The spinner then squeezed Australian middle order Golden Boy Yuvi also struck, Jadeja took a wonderful catch off his bowling to dismiss Watson. Finch and Faulkner fell to the brilliance of MS Dhoni and his glove work.

Jasprit Bumrah yet again impressed with his yorkers and toppled the tail-ender in the last over of the match.

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The players exchange handshakes as they walk off the field. As always, Dhoni collects a stump as he makes his way back to the dressing room.

Bumrah finishes it off with the wicket of Andrew Tye. Match end and India seal the series. Incredible!

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Bumrah castles Hastings. Hastings swings hard and misses the full delivery. Ball crashes onto the stumps

34 runs required from 6 balls for Australia. The match is vitually now over in India’s favor

Boom! This is a freak dismissal for Faulkner. Victory in sight, well almost. Fullish and just outside off stump, Faulkner swung hard at it and much like the previous ball got a thick inside edge, it missed the stumps and was too low for Dhoni to collect, the ball came off his pad and disturbed the wickets

Finch Run Out!! Australia stuttering at the moment.

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India now has the match in their hand. High drama !

Another wicket down! the bowler’s Jaddu this time. Caught&Bowled!! Terrific return catch from Jadeja and the dangerous Watson departs!

Great ground fielding by the Indians at the ropes.

Last three overs: 13 runs, three wickets, three drops, and a missed stumping just before that. High-strung cricket

The man with the GOLDEN ARM does his magic again! Yuvi get a wicket. The MCG has gone loud! Lightning quick stumping by MSD.  Maxwell tries to give a charge, Yuvi slips in the quick wider delivery. Maxwell can’t reach it and misses. Clever bowling from Yuvraj.

However, Ashwin has been taken out of the attack and Yuvi sets to roll his arms.

The last two overs have brought India back into the contest. Now Maxwell is out in the middle.

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Hardik Pandya Strikes in his first over. The last two overs have brought India back into the contest. Now we have Maxwell out in the middle

Ashwin strikes! Marsh gone! Caught by Pandya at long-on.  The ball was tossed up invitingly outside off, Marsh came down the track, doesn’t get to the pitch of the ball. Pandya didn’t make any mistake.

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Half-century up for the Australian skipper

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Captain Finch leads the chase from the front, gives a blazing start to the Australian reply.

Ashish Nehra to open the bowling. Pressure on Aaron Finch. Big chase. Australia haven’t won chasing 160 or more since the 2010 WT20 semi-final.

For Australia, Shane Watson was the most economical and effective among all the bowlers. Andrew Tye and Glenn Maxwell snapped up one wicket each.

India ends at impressive 184/2 after 20 overs. After starting cautiously, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma went berserk with an attacking opening partnership. It was yet again a Virat Kohli special.

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Yuvraj Singh next???

Maiden T20I wicket for Andrew Tye and what a scalp! Full and wide outside off stump, Dhoni moved across the stumps and tried to loft it straight, but it went off the outside half of the bat and went straight to long-off, who took an easy catch.

Andrew Tye to bowl the last over. Virat Kohli starts it with a with a superb four and brings up his fifty. Back-to-back T20I fifties for Kohli and it’s his 11th in this format of the game.

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Stage set for MS Dhoni to power the Indian innings to a big total

The Kohli-Sharma un-out saga continues. Kohli hits low full toss hit towards deep midwicket.  Sharma runs back for the second but Kohli slips and doesn’t respond. Maxwell rushes at deep mid-wicket and throws the ball at the wicket-keepers end. Wade clips the stumps and an easy run-out for Australia.

Kohli welcomes Watson with a boundary.

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A 200 plus total looks highly possible from here for India. Anything less than that would be under par.

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Andrew Tye comes back to bowl the 13th over, Rohit Sharma at strike.

Dhawan tries a reverse sweep but there’s a man at point and get caught.

Australia finally finds the first breakthrough. Dhawan is walking back, Maxwell is the bowler.

Boland returns to bowl the 10th over.

Highest opening partnership at the MCG against Australia.

Bad start for the offie, concedes 15 runs in his first over.

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“Test Specialist’ Nathan Lyon comes in to bowl. Can he find a breakthrough?

Dhawan making up for the dry Andrew Tye over. Hits Faulkner for a four and a six off consecutive balls.

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Debutant Tye bowls a tight over, denies any space for the Indian batsman to hit.

Another big over! Faulkner gives away 15 runs in his first.

17 runs off the last over by Hastings.

Dhawan and Sharma have now started to loosen up. Runs coming in four and sixes!!

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There is rain threat over the MCG. The rain has been around for few days and it showered lightly in the morning as well. But as of now the rain is away. Let’s hope that the rain gods don’t interrupt the game.

Aaron Finch has won the toss, and has decided to bowl. He says if there is going to be any help in the pitch, it is going to be up front.

Australia have won the toss and have opted to field

India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra

Australia (Playing XI): Aaron Finch(c), Shaun Marsh, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Shane Watson, Matthew Wade(w), James Faulkner, John Hastings, Scott Boland, Andrew Tye, Nathan Lyon

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Three more debuts handed out by Australia. Nathan Lyon, Andrew Tye and Scott Boland are handed their caps by Ryan Harris. Apart from the three debutants, the Aussies have been boosted by the return of John Hastings and power-hitter Glenn Maxwell. There will be no Steven Smith and David Warner for the last T20Is.

India will be playing an unchanged side. The batting line-up looks rock solid. Virat Kohli has been exceptional while Rohit Sharma can explode at any time. Raina and Dhoni in the middle order are also dangerous for the Aussies. Shikhar Dhawan is only worry they have at the moment but the ‘ impact player’ cannot written off so soon. The Aussies would definitely be wary of Bumrah and the spinning duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.

The Indian Women made history by clinching their first ever bilateral series in Australia. In fact, it is also their first series win against Australia in any format. The Men in Blue can also take inspiration from the Women’s team and seal their maiden T20I series on Australian soil.

India lead 1-0 after a wonderful win at Adelaide and this would be their best chance of winning the T20 series and make up for the loss in the ODIs series to an extent.

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