Arshdeep Singh held his nerve under pressure in the final over as India won the fifth T20I against Australia at Bengaluru by six runs. Going into the final over of the match, Australia needed 10 runs to win with Matthew Wade (22 runs) and Nathan Ellis (3) at the crease with the visitors seven wickets down.
Arshdeep bowled superbly, getting Wade’s wicket and giving away just three runs to take India home.
Indian Team Made Slow Start
At one point, the Indian team was down to 55 for four after Wade won the toss and chose to bowl first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday. The team led by Suryakumar Yadav stumbled past the 100-run mark in the 15th over thanks to Iyer’s determined batting.
India Won The Series By 4-1
The hosts sealed the series 4-1 .Earlier, India had managed to score 160 runs batting first at Bengaluru with Shreyas Iyer top scoring with 53. Axar Patel (31), Jitesh Sharma (24) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (21) all got starts but they could hang on to their wickets to help Iyer. Arshdeep bowled superbly, getting Wade’s wicket and giving away just three runs to take India home.
India And Australia Both Made Changes In Team
Australia too made one change: given the smaller boundaries they brought in pacer Nathan Ellis in place of off-spinner Chris Green.
In the series apart from the Raipur game, the pitches have been good for batting. Bengaluru is another ground where batters have enjoyed historically so we can expect another high-scoring game on the cards.