- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR29.3 holes out to fine leg! Starc is giggling. Rohit can't believe it. That was a poor delivery, 135kph, short on the hip, Rohit swivels on a pull but hits it relatively flat to fine leg and Hazlewood takes the catch easily. Rohit didn't middle it. He was trying to hit that for six 135/36.1 Dances down, looks to take Bartlett over mid-off first ball of the over. Doesn't get to the pitch of the fullish ball on off, plinks a towie straight to mid-off 17/16.5 That is O-U-T!!! Oh my god, has there been a more plumb lbw. There's a 15-second chat with Rohit before Kohli leaves. For most other batters, that'd have been a two-second decision. The pitch, that has been spicy with the bounce, decides this is the time to skid one through off a length. Bartlett the beneficiary after landing it around off. Across-the-line flick, Kohli's Kulche-Chole shot, beaten. Front pad hit. Goodnight nurse! Kohli gets applauded off the field still, acknowledges the crowd close to the boundary 17/232.4 dragged on! Zampa wins the battle! Leg break tossed up outside off, 85kph, he tries to launch again and gets a thick inside edge onto the stumps! Huge breakthrough. Shreyas lost his shape 160/444.1 A routine boundary catch with tall elegance. Starc, on the long-off boundary, took it a few feet inside. His chest was facing the left and the feet were shuffling sideways. Took a couple of controlled crab-crawls, tossed the ball high before momentum took him over the ropes. Then came back in, gobbled the newly manufactured dolly. Was a full ball around fifth, Axar played the lofted off drive, got a decent connection 223/736.2 Rahul's proactivity isn't enough to hit his way out of trouble. Knew there'll be an adjustment in length after dancing down and clearing extra cover. But this shortish ball was flat and stump-to-stump. Finished on off stump. Rahul had his weight back and his hand speed was good as he went square-on and tried to pull square. Beaten all ends up. Ball goes under bat, crashes off. Zampa pumps his fist. Ravi Shastri on comms calls it a flipper. Was bowled from beyond the perpendicular 174/541.5 Talk about an unfair game. Hazlewood bowled jaffas for fun, got nothing. Bartlett goes leg-stump half-volley and times the pants off the flick. Ball goes slowly and flat to deep square leg. It was like the ball and the fielder were meant to find each other 213/644.6 Must be fun being Zampa. Knows exactly where to land the ball and how to force a hand in the batter's shot selection. Got Reddy dancing down with the width but there was little flight to work with. 226/849.5 Arshdeep gets beaten by length and the reverse swing in. Trimmed leg bail. Length ball on fourth stump, Arshdeep made too much room. This time he didn't close to touching it 263/9Extras9 (b 2, lb 2, w 5)TOTAL264/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.28)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Shubman Gill, 6.1 ov), 2-17 (Virat Kohli, 6.5 ov), 3-135 (Rohit Sharma, 29.3 ov), 4-160 (Shreyas Iyer, 32.4 ov), 5-174 (KL Rahul, 36.2 ov), 6-213 (Washington Sundar, 41.5 ov), 7-223 (Axar Patel, 44.1 ov), 8-226 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 44.6 ov), 9-263 (Arshdeep Singh, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 10 0 62 2 6.2 27 8 0 3 0 JR Hazlewood 10 2 29 0 2.9 43 3 0 0 0 XC Bartlett 10 1 39 3 3.9 37 3 0 1 0 MJ Owen 2 0 20 0 10 5 1 2 0 0 A Zampa 10 0 60 4 6 25 7 0 0 0 C Connolly 3 0 11 0 3.66 10 1 0 0 0 MW Short 3 0 23 0 7.66 4 3 0 0 0 TM Head 2 0 16 0 8 0 1 0 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 Surprisingly tame dismissal given the wild swipe. Marsh dances down while making room and looked to launch the length ball, angling away from him, over mid-off. Got a thin edge to the keeper 30/112.2 Should be out. Yeah, dolly for Kohli coming in from mid-on. Was standing close. Was a length ball around leg and middle. Head's feet were sliding back in the crease as he tried to flick the ball square. Played well in front of the body as the ball may have stuck in the pitch. Ballooned right up for a simple catch 54/235.6 holes out to deep square! Good bouncer, hurries Short as he takes on the pull shot, he gets a top edge as he can't control it trying to pull from high to low and it carries all the way to Siraj on the deep square rope. He holds onto this one 187/521.4 bowled him! Renshaw runs past one! 84kph, lovely loop and drop, Renshaw skips out and shuffles leg side to launch over mid-off and it slides on past the edge and crashes into middle and leg 109/326.6 bowled trying to sweep! Great bowling. Poor shot selection. Carey had been itching to sweep and India's spinners never left the stumps to him, he premeditated a sweep with deep midwicket vacant and Washington fires through a full 95kph ball that skids on through the gate and crashes into middle and leg 132/442.3 Long-on in play, long-on taketh catch. Owen looks to take on a ball that was there to be hit - shortish outside off. But the contact wasn't good enough as he tried to pull it against the angle. Basically drag it from outside off. Floats a top edge to long-on 246/644.3 Toed... and t-a-k-e-n! Gill runs back from mid-off, watches the ball coming down from over the shoulder... (like that James Acaster song) and times his deceleration to perfection. India still in with a slight outside chance. Was a shortish ball outside off. Bartlett opened his stance and had a swipe with the flat bat. Not in his reach 255/745.5 Outsidest of outside chances remain for India as Australia's future No. 3 gives catching practice to backward point (crying face emoji). Slower one into the pitch. Chandan not sure. Maybe it was just a pace-on ball into the pitch that didn't come off the pitch at pace. Looks like scramble-seam on replay. Hard length, just outside off, Starc wanted to use the pace and go up and over third with a upper cut/ramp. Got no pace to work with 260/8Extras9 (lb 3, w 6)TOTAL265/8 (46.2 Overs, RR: 5.71)Did not bat: JR HazlewoodFall of wickets: 1-30 (Mitchell Marsh, 7.2 ov), 2-54 (Travis Head, 12.2 ov), 3-109 (Matt Renshaw, 21.4 ov), 4-132 (Alex Carey, 26.6 ov), 5-187 (Matthew Short, 35.6 ov), 6-246 (Mitchell Owen, 42.3 ov), 7-255 (Xavier Bartlett, 44.3 ov), 8-260 (Mitchell Starc, 45.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 10 0 49 1 4.9 34 2 2 0 0 Arshdeep Singh 8.2 0 41 2 4.92 29 2 1 3 0 Harshit Rana 8 0 59 2 7.37 18 5 2 2 0 Washington Sundar 7 0 37 2 5.28 16 1 1 1 0 K Nitish Kumar Reddy 3 0 24 0 8 7 2 1 0 0 AR Patel 10 0 52 1 5.2 26 3 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.10, Second Session 18.10-21.40
Match days
23 October 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 5.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Paleker, Batter - RG Sharma (Struck down)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 169 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 11.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Paleker, Batter - RG Sharma (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 46/2 in 14.0 overs (RG Sharma 25, SS Iyer 11)
- India: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (RG Sharma 28, SS Iyer 25, Ex 2)
- RG Sharma: 50 off 74 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 23.1 overs (139 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 121 balls (RG Sharma 55, SS Iyer 43, Ex 2)
- SS Iyer: 50 off 67 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 143/3 in 31.0 overs (SS Iyer 56, AR Patel 2)
- India: 150 runs in 31.5 overs (191 balls), Extras 3
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 4 wickets)
- India: 200 runs in 40.2 overs (242 balls), Extras 5
- India: 250 runs in 47.3 overs (285 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: India - 264/9 in 50.0 overs (Harshit Rana 24, Mohammed Siraj 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 174 runs, 4 wickets)
- Australia: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Australia - 71/2 in 15.0 overs (MW Short 23, MT Renshaw 8)
- Australia: 100 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (MW Short 21, MT Renshaw 27, Ex 2)
- MW Short: 50 off 48 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Australia - 141/4 in 30.0 overs (MW Short 56, C Connolly 4)
- Drinks: Australia - 143/4 in 30.3 overs (MW Short 57, C Connolly 5)
- Australia: 150 runs in 31.4 overs (190 balls), Extras 3
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (MW Short 22, C Connolly 30, Ex 1)
- Australia: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (226 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 3 wickets)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (C Connolly 13, MJ Owen 35, Ex 2)
- C Connolly: 50 off 42 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia: 250 runs in 43.2 overs (260 balls), Extras 7
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