Virat Kohli (63) and Suryakumar Yadav (69) struck fantastic half-centuries and figured in a century collaboration as India beat Australia by 6 wickets with one ball to spare in the 3rd T20 I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday to clinch the three-match series 2-1.
Kohli anchored the innings after India lost openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma with just 30 operates on the card and figured in 2 essential collaborations– a 104 runs stand with Yadav and 48 runs for the 4th with Hardik Pandya (25 not out) as India capitalised on some great by their bowlers to limit Australia to 186/ 7 and after that effectively chased after the go to win the match.
Austalia had actually left to a blazing start thanks to youngster Cameron Green (52) however were pegged back by the Indian bowlers, who returned highly in the center overs, prior to ending the innings in whirlwind style thanks to Tim David (54) to raise 186/ 7. Thanks to the dazzling efforts by Kohli and Yadav assisted India reach 187/ 4 in 19.5 overs to win the match.
This was Kohli’s 2nd century collaboration at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium after figuring in a 102- run stand with K.L Rahul versus West Indies in 2019.
While striking a fantastic 69, Suryakumar Yadav ended up being the greatest scorer in T20 this year as he reached 682 runs in 20 innings to surpass D.S Airee of Nepal who has 626 ranges from 17 innings.
Brief ratings: Australia 186/ 7 in 20 overs (Cameron Green 52, Tim David 54, Daniel Sams 28 not out Josh Inglis 24; Axar Patel 3/33) lost to India 187/ 4 in 19.5 overs (Virat Kohli 63, Suryakumar Yadav 69, Hardik Pandya 25 not out; Daniel Sams 2/33) by 6 wickets.