India vs Australia 3rd T20 Highlights: Hardik hits four to seal a victory for Men In Blue

India: 187-4 after 19.5 overs; Dinesh Karthik 1(1); Hardik Pandya 25(16)

Daniel Sams bowls the last over

Ball 5: Another wide yorker, Hardik Pandya guides it through short third man fielder for FOUR. India wins.

Ball 4: A big swing and a miss from Pandya.

Ball 3: Karthik hits the slow delivery towards long-off for a single.

Dinesh Karthik, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Ball 2: Kohli drives the good length delivery straight to Aaron Finch at extra cover, GONE. Kohli c Finch b Daniel Sams 63(48) [4s-3 6s-4]

Ball 1: Kohli picks the slow delivery and deposits it into the cow corner stands for a SIX.

India: 176-3 after 19 overs; Virat Kohli 57(46); Hardik Pandya 21(14)

Josh Hazlewood [3.0-0-30-1] is back into the attack for the penultimate over.

A wide yorker, Hardik moves outside off and unleashes mini-helicopter to power the ball over long-on fielder for a SIX.

Hardik drills out the yorker wide of long-off fielder for a single.

Hazlewood bowls a WIDE yoker, Kohli doesn't offer any shot. WIDE NOT CALLED, DOT.

A big swing and miss from Kohli, two consecutive DOT deliveries now.

Kohli drives the 5th ball towards deep extra cover for a couple of runs as Maxwell makes an excellant attempt to save a boundary.

Kohli hits the low full toss towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Hazlewood concedes 10 runs.

India: 166-3 after 18 overs; Virat Kohli 54(42); Hardik Pandya 14(12)

Pat Cummins [3.0-0-29-1] is back into the attack and Kohli collects a single towards deep backward square leg.

Cummins bowls a wide yorker, Hardik just guides it through short third man for FOUR.

Another wide yorker, Hardik fails to put the bat on the ball.

A juicy full toss and Hardik manages only an outside edge to short third. A single taken off over throw.

A slow bumper, Kohli fails to get any connection. TWO WIDES for India.

Hardik digs out the yorker to backward point for a single.

Kohli slices the last ball wide of sweeper cover for a double.

Cummins concedes 11 runs in the over.

India: 155-3 after 17 overs; Virat Kohli 51(40); Hardik Pandya 8(8)

Daniel Sams is back into the attack, Hardik hits the first ball towards deep extra cover for a couple of runs.

A back of length delivery outside off, Pandya hits towards sweeper cover for a single.

Kohli hits the full length delivery back to the bowler. He squeezes the 4th ball towards long-on for a single.

WIDE outside off from Sams.

A slow delivery outside off, a wild swing and miss from Hardik Pandya.

A couple of runs for Hardik to end the over.

Sams concedes only 7 runs.

India: 148-3 after 16 overs; Virat Kohli 50(38); Hardik Pandya 3(4)

Cameron Green [2.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack and starts with a DOT ball.

Kohli collects a single off the second ball. Hardik top-edges the short ball to vacant square leg region for a single.

Kohli flicks the full delivery on the pads towards deep mid-wicket for a single. With this, he brings up his fifty.

Another short delivery, Pandya pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE down the leg side as Kohli tries to play an expensive loop shot.

A big swing and a miss from Kohli to end the over.

Green concedes only five runs.

India: 143-3 after 15 overs; Virat Kohli 48(34); Hardik Pandya 1 (2)

Cummins is brought back in the attack...

Pandya collects a single off the first ball.

Kohli picks the half-volley outside off and smacks it into the stands for SIX. He collects a single off the next ball towards deep backward square leg.

Cummins concedes two runs in the remaining three deliveries.

India: 134-3 after 14 overs; Virat Kohli 40(30)

With an aim to break the partnership, Finch introduces Hazlewood in the attack...

Surya smacks the first ball over mid-on for FOUR.

Surya moves towards off stump and hammers the third ball into the long-leg stands for a single. He hits the 4th ball wide of mid-off fielder for a single. 100-run stand with Kohli comes up.

Kohli hits the 5th ball towards the sweeper cover for a single.

Surya smashes the last ball of the over towards long-off but fails to clear Finch at that position. A tremendous innings comes to an end. Suryakumar Yadav c Finch b Hazlewood 69(36) [4s-5 6s-5]

India: 122-2 after 13 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 58(31); Virat Kohli 39(29)

Zampa comes back into the attack and concedes two runs off the first three balls.

Surya advances down the wicket and flicks the full toss into cow corner stands for a SIX, brings up his fifty off 29 deliveries.

Surya goes inside out off the next delivery for a SIX.

Surya keeps the strike with a single.

Zampa concedes 15 runs in the over.

India: 107-2 after 12 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 44(26); Virat Kohli 38(28)

Cameron Green [1.0-0-5-0] is back into the attack and concedes only five singles.

India: 103-2 after 11 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 42(22); Virat Kohli 36(26)

Pat Cummins [1.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack

Surya collects a couple of runs off the first towards backward square leg.

Cummins concedes 4 runs in the next four deliveries. Surya ends the over on a high as he deposits the ball into the stands for a SIX.

Cummins concedes 12 runs.

India: 91-2 after 10 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 31(17); Virat Kohli 35(25)

Daniel Sams [1.0-0-5-1] is back into the attack and concedes three singles off the first three deliveries.

Surya makes some room amd smashes the 4th ball on the up for a gorgeous SIX towards extra cover. He collects a single off the 5th ball towards mid-wicket.

A DOT to end the over.

Sams concedes 10 runs.

DRINKS BREAK

India: 81-2 after 9 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 23(14); Virat Kohli 33(22)

Zampa continues...

Surya collects a single off the first ball.

Kohli dances down the track off the second deposits it into the stands for a SIX down the ground.

He collects a single off the 4th. Surya hits the 5th ball for FOUR and collects a couple of runs off the last.

Zampa concedes 14 runs.

India: 67-2 after 8 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 16(10); Virat Kohli 26(20)

Glenn Maxwell is introduced in the attack.

Kohli collects a single off the first ball.

Surya cuts the second ball through backward point for FOUR while sweeps the next in front of square in leg side for back-to-back boundaries.

Three runs off the last three deliveries to end the over.

Maxwell concedes 12 runs.

India: 55-2 after 7 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 6(6); Virat Kohli 25(18)

Adam Zampa is back into the attack.

Kohli taps the first ball towards cover-point for a single. Surya cuts the second towards backward point for no run.

A single for Surya off the third ball towards sweeper cover for a single.

Kohli advances down the wicket and hits the 4th ball powerfully back to bowler. Zampa gets an hand on it but fails to hold on. A single taken.

A single each for both the batters to end the over.

Zampa concedes 5 runs in the over.

India: 50-2 after 6 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 4(3); Virat Kohli 22(15)

Josh Hazlewood [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack

Hazlewood starts with two DOT deliveries. Kohli though break the shackles as he picks the back of length delivery, depositing it into the stands.

Kohli smashes the 4th ball over extra cover for FOUR. A swing and miss from Kohli as Hazlewood sprays the ball outside off.

Kohli taps the last ball towards cover-point region for a single.

Hazlewood concedes 11 runs in last over of powerplay.

India: 39-2 after 5 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 4(3); Virat Kohli 11(9)

Cameron Green, right-arm medium, comes into the attack.

Kohli drives the first ball through covers for FOUR. Green comes back brilliantly with three DOT deliveries.

Green concedes 5 runs in the over.

India: 34-2 after 4 overs; Suryakumar Yadav 4(2); Virat Kohli 6(4)

Pat Cummins, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

Rohit hits the first ball towards long-leg for FOUR.

Cummins comes back with two DOT deliveries.

Rohit dances down the track, Cummins pulls his length back. Rohit goes with his shot and hits it straight to deep square leg fielder. Both Indian openers are back in the pavillion.

Suryakumar Yadav, right handed bat, comes to the crease and hits the last ball of the over over extra cover for FOUR.

India: 26-1 after 3 overs; Rohit Sharma 13(10); Virat Kohli 6(4)

Adam Zampa, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack.

Virat Kohli goes inside out and drives the first ball through covers for FOUR follows by a single down the ground.

Rohit Sharma edges the 4th ball through vacant slip cordon for FOUR.

Zampa concedes 10 runs in the over.

India: 16-1 after 2 overs; Rohit Sharma 8(6); Virat Kohli 1(2)

Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes 11 runs, including a SIX to Rohit Sharma off the last delivery.

India: 5-1 after 1 over; Rohit Sharma 2(2); Virat Kohli 0(0)

Rahul and Rohit at the crease. Rahul on strike. Daniel Sams opens the attack and concedes five runs.

Rahul tries to pull the last ball but manages only a top-edge. Wade takes the skier. Rahul c Wade b Daniel Sams 1(4).

Australia: 186-7 after 20 overs; Daniel Sams 28(20); Pat Cummins 0(1)

Harshal Patel bowls the last over and Tim David greets him with a SIX down the ground. With this, he brings up his maiden T20 International fifty for Aussies.

Tim David knocks the second ball towards long-off and declines the single.

Harshal bowls a cutter onto the wicket, David tries to smack it out of the park but manages only a top-edge. Rohit completes the catch at extra cover. Tim David c Rohit b Harshal Patel 54(27) [4s-2 6s-4]

Pat Cummins arrives at the crease.

Sams on the strike and he hits the 4th ball back to bowler. DOT

A back-of-length delivery, Sams hits it to short fine leg for a single.

A slow bumper, Cummins swings but misses, DOT to end the over. A strong finish from India and Harshal.

Australia: 179-6 after 19 overs; Daniel Sams 27(18); Tim David 48(24)

Bumrah bowls in the penultimate over.

Sams smashes the first ball over long-on for a SIX follows by a single down the ground.

Tim David hits the 3rd ball wide of long-off fielder for a couple of runs. Ohhh NOOOOOO, a wayward throw from Pandya makes it SIX.

A low full toss, David chips it down the ground for a single.

A perfect yorker, Sams digs it out back to bowler. Another yorker length delivery, Sams, this time, laps it through short fine leg for FOUR.

Bumrah leaks 18 runs in the over.

Australia: 161-6 after 18 overs; Daniel Sams 16(14); Tim David 41(22)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back into the attack and he starts with a yorker length delivery down the leg side. WIDE CALLED.

Tim David slogs the first ball towards square leg for a couple of runs as Kohli shows some football skills to save a certain boundary.

Bhuvi comes up with a yorker on the stums, David just blocks it.

Another yorker, David squeezes it towards mid-wicket pocket for a couple of runs.

Tim David advances down the wicket a bit and gets under the half-volley, deposits it into the stands down the ground.

A low full toss, David slogs it to square leg region for a SIX. Bhuvi misses the length twice and gets punished by David.

A slow back of length delivery, David slogs it towards cow corner for FOUR as Kohli doesn't pick the ball in the background.

Australia: 140-6 after 17 overs; Daniel Sams 16(14); Tim David 21(16)

Bumrah bowls his third over and Sams works the first ball on the hips towards square leg for an easy single.

Tim David hits the second ball straight to extra cover for no run. He hits the yorker length delivery down the ground a single.

Sams nudges the ball on his rib towards backward square leg for a single.

Tim David collects a single off the 5th ball towards long-off.

A couple of runs for Sams to end the over.

Australia: 134-6 after 16 overs; Daniel Sams 12(11); Tim David 19(13)

Hardik Pandya is brought back into the attack and he starts with three DOT deliveries.

Sams laps the 4th ball over the keeper for a SIX while slices the next towards deep point for a single.

Tim David hits the last ball for FOUR.

Hardik concedes 11 runs in the over.

Australia: 123-6 after 15 overs; Daniel Sams 5(6); Tim David 15(12)

Yuzvendra Chahal [3.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack and concedes six runs.

Australia: 117-6 after 14 overs; Daniel Sams 0(1); Tim David 14(11)

Rohit bring Axar in the attack and the left-arm spinner strikes first ball. Inglis tries to hit the first ball inside out but manages only a leading edge to backward point, GONE. Josh Inglis c Rohit b Axar 24(22) [4s-3]

Mathew Wade arrives at the crease and collects a single off the third ball.

Tim David punches the 4th ball towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Axar cramps Wade for a room as the ball grips on the pitch, the southpaw hits the 5th ball straight back to bowler, GONE. The visitors' finisher departs. Wade c and b Axar 1(3)

Daniel Sams arrives at the crease and blocks the last ball of the over.

Australia: 115-4 after 13 overs; Josh Inglis 24(21); Tim David 13(10)

Harshal Patel comes into the attack and Tim David hits the first ball towards mid-off for no run.

Harshal bowls a length delivery, David smashes it down the ground for a SIX. It went very high.

David pushes the third ball towards extra cover for a single, NO BALL CALLED.

FREE HIT, Harshal bowls a yorker, Inglis misses it , WIDE CALLED down the leg side.

FREE HIT, a dipping yorker, Inglis play a cross-batted shot, misses it. One bye taken.

Tim David punches the 4th ball back to bowler. He punches the 5th in front of square leg for a single.

Inglis hits the full toss towards backward square leg for a single.

Harshal concedes 12 runs in the over.

Australia: 103-4 after 12 overs; Josh Inglis 23(19); Tim David 5(5)

Chahal continues and Inglis hits the first ball towards backward square leg for a couple of runs.

Inglis goes for a slog sweep but misses the ball completely. He hits the third towards covers for no run.

Inglis dances down the track and nudges the 4th towards short third man for a single.

David sweeps the last ball towards deep backward square leg for a couple of runs.

Inglis makes some room and dissects cover & extra cover fielder with his inside-out shot for FOUR.

Chahal concedes 8 runs in the over.

Australia: 95-4 after 11 overs; Josh Inglis 16(14); Tim David 4(4)

Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack and Inglis edges the first ball for FOUR.

Inglis tucks the second towards mid-wicket for a single.

Tim David collects a single towards extra cover region.

Bumrah concedes a single and a double in the remaining three deliveries.

Australia: 86-4 after 10 over; Josh Inglis 10(10); Tim David 1(2)

Yuzvendra Chahal continues and Inglis chips the first ball down the ground for a single.

Steve Smith tries to break the shackles and steps down the wicket in search of a big hit. Chahal sees him coming down the wicket, bowls googly to beat Smith. Karthik removes the bails in a flash, Smith GONE. Smith st Karthik b Chahal 9(10) [4s-1]

DRINKS BREAK

Tim David arrives at the crease.

Chahal concedes only three runs in the over

Australia: 83-3 after 9 overs; Josh Inglis 8(7); Steve Smith 9(9)

Hardik Pandya continues and concedes seven runs, including a boundary to Inglis.

Australia: 76-3 after 8 over; Josh Inglis 1(1); Steve Smith 9(9)

Yuzvendra Chahal is introduced into the attack and Smith punches the first ball towards long-on for a single.

Maxwell collects a single off the second towards mid-wicket pocket.

Maxwell gets runout while taking a risky single. A direct hit from Axar cut short Maxi's 11-ball stay at the middle.

Indian pulling things back in the middle overs.

Josh Inglis arrives at the crease and pushes the 5th ball towards sweeper cover for a single. Smith defends the last delivery.

Australia: 71-2 after 7 over; Glenn Maxwell 4(9); Steve Smith 7(6)

Hardik Pandya, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack.

Smith drives the first ball through extra cover for FOUR. He cuts the next ball straight to backward point but Axar drops a SITTER. A single taken.

Maxwell taps the third ball towards backward point for no run. He taps the next delivery straight to backward point for no run once again.

Hardik ends the over with yet another DOT ball.

Australia: 66-2 after 6 over; Glenn Maxwell 4(6); Steve Smith 2(3)

Axar bowls his third over on the trot and concedes only a boundary off the last ball. Maxwell fails to score off the first five deliveries of the over.

Australia: 62-2 after 5 over; Steve Smith 2(3)

Bhuvi returns into the attack and starts with a DOT ball. Smith collects a single off the second ball.

Green goes for another wild swing but hits from the toe-end of the bat. He collects a single towards short third man and reaches his fifty in just 19 deliveries.

Smith works the 4th ball towards backward square leg for an easy single.

Green is going for everything. A slow delivery outside off, the Australia swings it hard but manages only top-edge over short third man for a couple of runs.

Bhuvi tactics to bowl away from Green's range works. Green goes for yet another wild swing, manages only a leading edge. KL Rahul completes the catch at backward point. End of a power-packed innings. Green c Rahul b Bhuvneshwar 52(21) [4s-7 6s-3]

Australia: 56-1 after 4 over; Cameron Green 49(18); Steve Smith 0(0)

Axar Patel continues...

Finch edges the first ball through vacant slip cordon for FOUR. Axar deceives Finch outside off nex ball.

Finch tries to go big off the third delivery but failed to get the desired distance. Pandya takes the skier at mid-on.

Steve Smith comes at the crease. He is at non-striker's end.

Green slog sweeps the 4th ball towards cow corner for FOUR.

Green ends the over with two more boundaries, one through covers while the second one over mid-on.

Australia: 40-0 after 3 over; Cameron Green 37(15); Aaron Finch 3(3)

To stem the run flow, Jasprit Bumrah is introduced into the attack...

Finch collects a single off the first ball.

Green hits the second ball from toe-end back to bowler. Green hits the third ball through mid-on for FOUR.

Green tries to scoop the next ball but misses it completely. Bumrah comes up with a over-pitch slow delivery, Green hammers it for GIGANTIC SIX.

A back of length delivery, Green hits it towards mid-wicket boundary for a SIX. Green is playing some powerfull innings here

Australia: 23-0 after 2 over; Cameron Green 21(10); Aaron Finch 2(2)

Axar bowls the second over and Finch taps the first towards off side for a single.

Green goes on backfoot and slaps the second ball between extra cover and mid-off for FOUR.

Green back away and hits towards long-off for a single.

Finch once again taps towards off side for a quick single.

Green cuts the fifth ball over backward point for FOUR. Green goes for a wild slog off the last ball, misses it completely. The ball was milimetres away from the top of off stump.

Ind Vs AUS LIVE:

Australia: 12-0 after 1 over; Cameron Green 12(6); Aaron Finch 0(0)

Green and Finch at the crease. Green on strike. Bhuvneshwar opens the attack.

Green shows some intent from word go and collects a couple of runs. Green smashes the second ball for a SIX towards square leg.

A short of length outside off and Green punches it through cover-point for FOUR.

Bhuvi follows up with two DOT deliveries as Green trying to hit them for biggies, but misses out.

Another swing and miss from Green to end the over.

Australia (Playing XI): Aaron Finch(c), Cameron Green, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Josh Inglis, Matthew Wade(w), Daniel Sams, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Rohit wins toss and asks Australia to bat first at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

India: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (vc), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav.

Australia: Aaron Finch (C), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa.

There are no covers on the ground and the further forecast of no rain in Hyderabad. 

In the batting department, the famed top order comprising Rohit, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli needs to be more consistent. The trio has not fired in unison for a while. Suryakumar Yadav has also been patchy in the past few games with Hardik Pandya churning out match-winning performances.

Another chink in the Indian batters' armour is leg spin. The have continued to struggle against leggies and Adam Zampa has utilised this weakness well.

Death overs specialist Harshal, who is returning from an injury, also hasn’t inspired confidence and perhaps needs a couple of matches more to find his rhythm.

The right-arm medium pacer, who relies on his variations to be effective, has conceded 81 runs in his six overs at an economy rate of 13.50 and is the most expensive bowler in the series. He has struggled to get his lengths right, remaining wicketless.

While Jasprit Bumrah is sure to carry the responsibility, senior seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s poor show at the death overs is a real concern. He struggled in the Asia Cup and in the opener against Australia.

He was dropped for the second T20, perhaps, because skipper Rohit Sharma felt he needed only four bowlers for the eight overs but Bhuvneshwar’s form is worrisome.

India will be hoping their key bowlers, Harshal Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal, are back to their best when the hosts take on Australia in the series-deciding third T20 International.

India were able to plug the gaps in Nagpur to level the three-match series with a comprehensive win in the eight-over-a-side contest. But they will need their bowlers, especially Harshal and Chahal, to overcome their struggles ahead of the T20 World Cup.

India had got off to an electric start in the last game with Axar Patel bowling a fiery two-over spell that included a couple of wickets but they are struggling at the back end of the innings.

By winning the rain-curtailed second T20 International against Australia, Team India have kept the series alive with the decider set to take place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

A high-octane clash is likely to enthrall the fans once again. However, the showers earlier in the day may play spoilsport as they did during the second T20I.

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