31/10Result
2nd T20I (N), India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Oct 31 2025
Australia won by 4 wkts (40b rem)
Player of the Match
Josh Hazlewood
Josh HazlewoodAustralia
31/10Result
2nd T20I (N), India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Oct 31 2025
Australia won by 4 wkts (40b rem)
Player of the Match
Josh Hazlewood
Josh HazlewoodAustralia

9pm Well, that was excellent stuff from the Australian bowling, but especially Josh Hazlewood who all but finished the game in his four-over spell right at the top. Nearly had Abhishek Sharma out too, only for Marsh to not keep a slip fielder in the seventh over. But his 3 for 13 has laid the platform for this great performance. Abhishek, meanwhile, had a 56-run stand with Harshit Rana, promoted to No. 7, but the oddity was that Rana kept most of the strike, and that could end up having cost India a fair few runs. Abhishek, when he did get strike, was sensational, as he not only tried to muscle the sixes, but played the field beautifully and was innovative and also good at hitting the ball into gaps for twos. Stay tuned for the chase, which should begin in around 15 minutes.

18.4
W
Ellis to Bumrah, OUT, Full outside off, dropped to his right and Bumrah takes off. Chakravarthy walks out a few steps and just stops. Ellis runs across, and has all the time to pick up the ball, walk to the stumps and take the bails off at the striker's end with Bumrah not even bothering to try and make his ground. And just like that, India crumble for 125

JJ Bumrah run out 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Jasprit Bumrah

18.3
W
Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, OUT, That's plumb! And a fantastic knock that comes to an end. Abhishek reviews though. This was a yorker around leg, and hits him on the front toe. And ball-tracking has it crashing into middle stump. That India's score has some semblance of respectability today, is down to Abhishek Sharma. Stunning knock, but he'll feel he should have faced more deliveries

Abhishek Sharma lbw b Ellis 68 (102m 37b 8x4 2x6) SR: 183.78

18.2
0
Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, no run, Goes for the wide yorker again, this time he can squeeze it to cover's left. No single taken, again
18.1
0
Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, no run, Looks for the wide yorker, Abhishek reaches out and slices it over point. Turns down the single

Ravi Jain: "What's the lowest number of balls an opener has ever faced in a T20 after carrying the bat through out and especially the team playing full quota of overs?" -- In T20 internationals, it's 35 balls, by Prashan Kurup of Bahrain, according to our ball-by-ball data

END OF OVER:
18 | 15 Runs | IND: 125/8 | RR: 6.94

  • Abhishek Sharma68 (34b)
  • Varun Chakravarthy0 (1b)
  • Xavier Bartlett4-0-39-2
  • Marcus Stoinis4-0-24-1
17.6
1
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, Low full toss outside off, Abhishek eases this out to deep cover and retains strike with a single
17.5
2
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, Short on leg and angled across, Abhishek pulls it into the gap at square leg and they get two more
17.4
2
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, Full on the stumps, Abhishek works it into the vacant midwicket region and they push hard for two
17.3
6
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, Hooked for six! Fine leg was up and Abhishek gets across to this slower bouncer to get inside the line before helping it on very fine on the leg side
17.2
4
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, Slapped away in the gap! He's gone eight overs without a boundary but cashes in on this full toss as he backs away and goes inside out over covers
17.1
0
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, no run, Slower ball on a length on middle and angled across, Abhishek shuffles across and looks to whip it fine on the leg side but is deceived by the slowness of that

What a bizarre innings for Abhishek Sharma in terms of the balls he has faced! Surely he'll want to farm strike now!

END OF OVER:
17 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | IND: 110/8 | RR: 6.47

  • Varun Chakravarthy0 (1b)
  • Abhishek Sharma53 (28b)
  • Marcus Stoinis4-0-24-1
  • Xavier Bartlett3-0-24-2
16.6
0
Stoinis to Varun, no run, Back of length on off, blocked in front on the back foot

Varun Chakravarthy is out there ahead of Bumrah

16.5
W
Stoinis to Kuldeep Yadav, OUT, Good catch! Kuldeep went for the pull as Stoinis goes short and across and sub fielder Abbott dives in front from midwicket to pouch that. Good low catch, diving in front and getting his hands under it

Kuldeep Yadav c sub (SA Abbott) b Stoinis 0 (5m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

16.4
0
Stoinis to Kuldeep Yadav, no run, Slower ball that goes across Kuldeep. Kuldeep pressed towards it but it's too wide for him
16.3
0
Stoinis to Kuldeep Yadav, no run, Length ball outside off and going across, Kuldeep looks to steer it fine on the off side but is late on the shot

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Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st51MR MarshTM Head
2nd36MR MarshJP Inglis
3rd3JP InglisTH David
4th22JP InglisMJ Owen
5th12MP StoinisMJ Owen
6th0MP StoinisMW Short
7th2MP StoinisXC Bartlett