Match Day

Report

2189dThe Report by Andrew McGlashan in Sydney

Australia fall short as Kohli, Krunal level series

In front of a record SCG T20I crowd of 37,339, India levelled the series on the back of a fine performance by their spinners and another chasing masterclass from Virat Kohli

2189dAndrew McGlashan at the SCG

Pressure created by Kuldeep helped me get wickets - Krunal Pandya

The left-arm spinner spoke of needing to dig deep after being collared for 55 runs in Brisbane, and the satisfaction of bouncing back against the same opponents

Preview

2190dThe Preview by Andrew McGlashan

Starc replaces injured Stanlake for series decider

Starc, who has not played a T20I since 2016, has been drafted into the side as India look to level the T20I series in Sydney

Videos

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India's four Ks, #EliteMateship: How the 3rd T20I unfolded on social media
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'I want to improve every day, every game' - Krunal Pandya
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'Would have loved to put up 15 more runs' - Carey
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India INNINGS		R	B
RG Sharma	bowled	23	16
S Dhawan	lbw	41	22
V Kohli	not out	61	41
KL Rahul	caught	14	20
RR Pant	caught wk	0	1
KD Karthik	not out	22	18
KH Pandya
Kuldeep Yadav
B Kumar
JJ Bumrah
KK Ahmed
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 6)
TOTAL	168 (4 wkts; 19.4 ovs)

Australia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	4.0	0	26	1	6.50	(1w)
NM Coulter-Nile	3.0	0	40	0	13.33	(1w)
MP Stoinis	1.0	0	22	0	22.00	(1w)
A Zampa	4.0	1	22	1	5.50	(1w)
GJ Maxwell	4.0	0	25	1	6.25
AJ Tye	3.4	0	32	1	8.72	(1w)

India 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	67	S Dhawan	RG Sharma
2nd	0	RG Sharma	V Kohli
3rd	41	V Kohli	KL Rahul
4th	0	V Kohli	RR Pant
5th	60	KD Karthik	V Kohli

Australia fall short as Kohli, Krunal level series

Pressure created by Kuldeep helped me get wickets - Krunal Pandya

Starc replaces injured Stanlake for series decider

India's four Ks, #EliteMateship: How the 3rd T20I unfolded on social media

'I want to improve every day, every game' - Krunal Pandya

'Would have loved to put up 15 more runs' - Carey