India vs Australia Highlights: 4th T20
The series is tied 1-1, making this match crucial for both teams to gain an advantage. India secured an impressive victory by 48 runs, driven by a cohesive bowling performance.
Key Performances
- Washington Sundar’s three-wicket haul boosted India’s dominance.
- Stoinis struggled to take risks and was dismissed during Sundar’s impactful over.
- Australia needed 52 runs off 21 balls but found themselves at 103/6 after 17 overs.
- Chakravarthy’s googly was too good for Maxwell.
- Arshdeep Singh dismissed Josh Phillipe with a clever slower ball.
Bowling Impact
Axar Patel completed his spell with figures of 4-0-20-2 on a challenging batting surface, maintaining tight control and inducing pressure through smart pace variations.
Match Dynamics
- Shivam Dube helped India regain momentum by taking two quick wickets.
- Stoinis emerged as the main Australian batting hope amid a rising required run rate of 12 per over.
- India missed the opportunity to use Kuldeep Yadav, who was with the ‘A’ team for Tests against South Africa.
- Cricket Australia analytics revealed Inglis attempted to counter Bumrah’s short deliveries by playing on the front foot.
“Stoinis has been restraining from taking chances here. Australia need 52 to win off 21 deliveries.”
“Axar induces a few close calls with some clever change of pace, but nothing concrete has come out of it yet.”
Author's summary: India’s unified bowling attack led by Sundar and smart strategies secured a commanding 48-run win over Australia in a tightly contested 4th T20 match.
more
CNBCTV18 — 2025-11-06