Aus vs Ind, 3rd T20I: Match Summary And Scoreboard

Australia held on for a thrilling 12-run victory in a dead-rubber final T20-international against India Tuesday despite an imperious knock of 85 from Virat Kohli.

Once the Indian skipper was out 11 balls from the finish, his team's hopes diminished and they failed to sweep the series after wins in the opening two games. 

Matthew Wade hit his highest T20 score of 80, while an eventful Glenn Maxwell half-century lifted Australia to 186 for five after India won the toss.

India were 174 for seven in reply.

Maxwell survived two reviews, was caught off a no-ball, and had a six prevented by the athletic Sanju Samson fielding over the rope before finishing with 54 off 36 balls.

Scoreboard in the third T20 international between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday:

Australia

M. Wade      lbw b Thakur        80

A. Finch     c Pandya b Sundar    0

S. Smith     b Sundar            22

G. Maxwell   b Natarajan         54

M. Henriques  not out             5

D. Short    run out (Kohli/Rahul) 6

D. Sams      not out              4

Extras (lb1, nb1, w10)           12

Total (for 5 wickets; 20 overs) 186          

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Finch), 2-79 (Smith), 3-169 (Wade), 4-175 (Maxwell), 5-182 (Short) 

Did not bat: S. Abbott, M. Swepson, A. Tye, A. Zampa  

Bowling: Chahar 4-0-34-0 (1nb), Sundar 4-0-34-2 (1nb), Natarajan 4-0-33-1 (2nb), Chahal 4-0-41-0 (2w 1nb), Thakur 4-0-43-1

India

K.L. Rahul  c Smith b Maxwell      0     

S. Dhawan   c Sams b Swepson      28 

V. Kohli    c Sams b Tye          85 

S. Samson   c Smith b Swepson     10

S. Iyer     lbw b Swepson          0

H. Pandya   c Finch b Zampa       20

W. Sundar   c Tye b Abbott         7

S. Thakur   not out               17

D. Chahar   not out                0

Extras (b1, w6)                    7

Total (for 7 wickets, 20 overs)  174         

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rahul), 2-74 (Dhawan), 3-97 (Samson), 4-100 (Iyer), 5-144 (Pandya), 6-151 (Kohli), 7-164 (Sundar)   

Did not bat: Y. Chahal, T. Natarajan

Bowling: Maxwell 3-0-20-1 (1w), Abbott 4-0-49-1 (1w), Sams 2-0-29-0 (1w), Tye 4-0-31-1 (1w), Swepson 4-0-23-3, Zampa 3-0-21-1

Result: Australia won by 12 runs 

Series: India 2-1

Toss: India

Umpires: Gerard Abood (AUS) Rod Tucker (AUS)

TV umpire: Paul Wilson (AUS)

Match referee: David Boon (AUS)