Australia vs India, 2020-21: 3rd T20I – Who Said What

Australia avoided the whitewash by winning the final T20I by 12 runs.

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Mitch Swepson. (Photo by Matt King – CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

The third T20I between India and Australia saw visitors winning the toss again this time. Australia avoided the whitewash by winning the final game by 12 runs. After being invited to bat first, Australia posted a respectable score of 186 runs on the board. Matthew Wade 980 of 53) and Glenn Maxwell (54 of 36) became the flag bearer of Australia’s batting set up as they tried to save the team from an embarrassing whitewash.

Mitchell Swepson was named as the player of the match for his outstanding spell. Hardik Pandya was named as the man of the series for his throughout brilliance. Ace batsman Steven Smith couldn’t find his best rhythm as he could only add 24 runs from his end. Yuzvendra Chahal and Shardul Thakur turned out to be a costly affair for India. Washington Sundar bagged two wickets under his belt.

While chasing the heavy score, the Indian site jolted as they lost KL Rahul on a two-ball duck. Virat Kohli just played the skipper’s role perfectly as he came with a thunderous knock of 85 runs of 61 balls. However, he didn’t receive much support from the other end. Shikhar Dhawan added a cameo of 28 runs. Swepson bagged three wickets under his belt while conceding just 23 runs.

Indian skipper, Virat Kohli said:

At one stage when Hardik started going we thought we could pull it off. The middle over phase during our batting cost us the game. A partnership of 30-odd would’ve madde it easier for Hardik. We are finding ways to come back and give the opposition a scare and the series win is a little asterisk for us to finish the 2020 season on a high. I feel the crowd was a factor as well, it’s always giving you a dimension of motivation. Our crowd pulls us through sometimes, and Australia’s too, and we as players feed off the crowd’s energy. We need to take the same competitive attitude into the Tests, and having played here a few times, we can score runs as well. Once it’s time to capitalize and score, we need to do that session by session. I’m sure the current side is stronger than last time (Test matches) and I’ll see if I can play the tour match.

Australian skipper, Aaron Finch said:

 It was a great series, and we just happened to be on the wrong end of the first two. It’s the first time we’ve had two leg-spinners in the side, and they were bold with the short boundaries here, so credit to both of them. Swepson bowled the 7th over against Shikhar and Virat, both destructive in their own ways, but Zamps bowled really well as well. We played some great white-ball cricket over the last 18 months and really proud of the bunch.

Player of the match, Mitchell Swepson said:

It was obviously really nice to get some wickets through the middle there. It was nice to have an impact and a good way to finish on a win like that. You want to challenge yourself against the best and these guys have proven they are the best T20 side in the world at the moment. A great challenge and I loved every minute of it out there.

Player of the series, Hardik Pandya said:

I’m very pleased, and wouldn’t mind getting the Man of the Series award, but it was a team effort. After the 2nd ODI we thought we’d think of this this a 4-match series and we managed to get three wins, so happy with that. I don’t mind giving interviews because you only have those when you’re on the winning side. I haven’t seen my child for four months, so I’d like to spend some time with family right now.

 

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