In the third T20 match played in Hobart, India made a strong comeback in the series by defeating Australia by 5 wickets. Team India has now leveled the score 1-1 in this 5-match T20 series. Arshdeep Singh and Washington Sundar were the heroes of this thrilling victory of India.
Hero of India’s victory
India achieved the target of 187 runs given by Australia with 9 balls remaining. Jitesh Sharma gave victory to the team by hitting a winning four in the 19th over. While chasing the target, Washington Sundar played a stormy innings and took India to the threshold of victory. Arshdeep Singh had stopped Australia from making a big score with his brilliant bowling.
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Australia’s record broken in Hobart
This is Australia’s first defeat on Hobart ground in T20 International. The Kangaroo team had earlier won all its 5 T20 matches played on this ground. Interestingly, the Indian team had come to play its first T20 International match on this ground and broke Australia’s winning streak.
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Australia’s innings
Australia had scored a strong score of 186 runs thanks to the brilliant half-centuries of Marcus Stoinis and Tim David. David played a brilliant inning of 74 runs in just 38 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes.
Marcus Stoinis also scored 64 runs, which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from these, Matthew Short contributed 26 runs, but the rest of the batsmen could not last long.