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Best performances - Batsmen

MS Wade
MS Wade
58(32) 10x4 - 1x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 20 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 0 0 12 27 1 6 8
S Dhawan
S Dhawan
52(36) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 10 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
3 5 15 1 23 0 2 3

Best performances - Bowlers

T Natarajan
T Natarajan
O4
M0
R20
W2
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
MJ Swepson
MJ Swepson
O4
M0
R25
W1
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India led the 3-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.10 start, First Session 19.10-20.40, Interval 20.40-21.00, Second Session 21.00-22.30

Match days

06 December 2020 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Varun Shetty

11:08pm And that is all from our coverage of the second match. Good night, and catch you soon!

Kohli: Yeah meant a great deal. We've played as a team in T20 cricket. The fact that we don't have Rohit and Bumrah, our established white ball players, in and still doing well makes me happy. Everyone has played 14 games at least, recently - so they know what their plans are. We just kept them down to a total which we thought was quite chaseable with the short boundary. It's contributions from the whole team that make you feel better because young players are taking their opportunities. The reason was Hardik coming into the team in 2016 was pure ability. He has raw talent. And now he realises that this is his time, the next 4-5 years, to be that bankable player that can win you games from anywhere. His plans are right and I'm glad to see that. We had a word before the game to ride the atmosphere, and the energy from the fans. [The scoop] there was indeed an AB shot! I told Hardik Tye wasn'texpecting it and he said he didn't either. I'll text AB tonight, see what he thinks of it.

Wade: It was good fun [to be captain], a lot more fun till Hardik came out. I think we might have been a little short - not a lot, but then it doesn't matter when Hardik is in [this sort of form]. All in all we played some good cricket, we just mis-executed in some places and that was it. Was great to see Sweppo and Zamps. These guys have played a lot of T20. Unfortunately we couldn't execute in the end.

Hardik: It's pretty simple. I really like to see the scorecard and play. It lets you know the kind of shots and options you have. All my matches, I've realised you always have more time than you realise in T20 matches. No matter the target - we've got 80-90-100 in the last five before, and I take confidence from that. As a unit we believe in playing positive, it gives everyone a chance as well. I thought Matarajan would have been Man of the Match, he gave us a target about 10 runs lower than it would have been.

Hardik Pandya is the Man of the Match.


AussieBren: "Gutsy call to give the debutant the 20th over! I know Sams is more than capable but the pressure on the young man!"

Vignesh: "Natarajan should be player of the match today. On a batting track he was brilliant today"

Lucky: "Henriques given only 1 over is a crime on this pitch. We already saw in the ODIs that the medium pacers at SCG are hard to hit that well. "

Abdul Pak: "Unbelievable...Pandya...wow...he was so clear in his mind what to do. I love his attitude."

Surprised: "Superb strokeplay from Hardik. But why did Sams bowl around the wicket when he was bowling very well over the wicket and making batmen reach for the wide off side deliveries...?!!"


WATCH: Sanju Samson's wicket (Indian subcontinent only) WATCH: Virat Kohli falls while chasing a wide one (Indian subcontinent only)

10:45pm Birthday boy Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya walk off the winners tonight. Rusty for the most part, Pandya but he's shown up right at the end with two crisp hits to seal it. Iyer did his part too, a neat little cameo from him. That's 2-0 to India, who bounce back from the ODI series loss.

19.4
6
Sams to Pandya, SIX, slogs it well over deep midwicket! Full and angled into the arc once again from around the wicket. He set up for it, picked that it was back of the hand, and swung cleanly through it. Wins India the series
19.3
0
Sams to Pandya, no run, beaten with a smart bouncer. Follows him down leg side. He looks to improvise with the upper cut but that's past him
19.2
6
Sams to Pandya, SIX, pumps that wide of long-on! He continues to stay around the wicket. And slides this length ball into Pandya's arc. He nails it on the up
19.1
2
Sams to Pandya, 2 runs, slower ball, sliding into the body. Swishes across it, gets a thick inside edge to deep square leg's right

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | IND: 181/4 (14 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.52, RRR: 14.00)

  • Hardik Pandya28 (18b)
  • Shreyas Iyer12 (5b)
  • Andrew Tye4-0-47-1
  • Adam Zampa4-0-36-1

It was Tye's over halfway through, but those last three balls have gone India's way. 11 off it. They need 14 off the last one. Sams will bowl it, around the wicket.

18.6
1
Tye to Pandya, 1 run, short of a length and wide outside off. Cut straight to backward point, who might have got Pandya at the non-strikers with a direct hit
18.5
4
Tye to Pandya, FOUR, drilled to sweeper's right. Good length and wide outside off, backs away and throws his hands at it again. Bat turns in the hands again, but this time he's in more control as he gets it in front of sweeper

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India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st56S DhawanKL Rahul
2nd39S DhawanV Kohli
3rd25V KohliSV Samson
4th29V KohliHH Pandya
5th46HH PandyaSS Iyer