India and Australia will face off against each other in the final T20I of the 3-match series which is currently levelled at 1-1.
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Team India bounced back strongly in the 2nd T20I after losing the first match and being down in the series. In a shortened to 8 over a side match, captain Rohit Sharma came out all guns blazing while chasing 91 runs, smacking an unbeaten 46 runs off 20 balls with 4 fours & 4 sixes. Dinesh Karthik played the perfect finisher as he smacked a four and a six on the two balls he faced to take India across the winning line.
Axar Patel has been the star with the ball in this series picking up 5 wickets in 6 overs bowled. In the 2nd T20I, Axar dismissed Glenn Maxwell for a golden duck, which was the Aussie all-rounder's first golden duck in his T20I career. Jasprit Bumrah also made a booming comeback to cricket, dismissing dangerous-looking Aussie captain Aaron Finch with a brilliant yorker.
In the Australian batting lineup, Matthew Wade has been in impressive form against India. Wade smacked 43* runs off 20 balls and took Australia to 90 runs in 8 overs with his explosive knock in the death overs. Tim David and Glenn Maxwell would look to fire in the 3rd T20I to win the series against #1 ranked T20I team.
Adam Zampa impressed all with his bowling as he picked up 3 wickets - Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul, in the 3rd T20I. Josh Hazlewood looked off colour as he was smacked for 20 runs including three sixes in his only over in the 2nd T20I. The Aussie bowling would look to back themselves against the Indian batting in the 3rd T20I.