India aim for T20I glory in Australia

The limited-overs series between Australia and India come to a conclusion with the third T20-International at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The visitors have already sealed the T20I series by 2-0. 

On Sunday, India beat Australia by 6 wickets in a high-scoring encounter and also managed to get redemption after falling prey in the ODI series. Thanks to valiant contributions from Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya and T Natarajan, Team India was able to get a much needed win against Australia.

Virat Kohli became the first captain in T20I cricket history to win a T20I series against six plus nations and that includes all SENA nations. Team India, who ranks third in the ICC T20I ranking, also looks to equal Afghanistan's all-time record of 12 consecutive wins in the shortest format of the game.

"We played really well as a team in T20 cricket. The fact that two of our established players are not playing and to win like this, makes me very proud of this team. Everyone has played 14 games recently (in the IPL) and they know their plans. Natarajan was outstanding and Shardul was good today. Hardik finishing off the game and Shikhar getting that fifty, it's a whole team effort. The reason for him (Hardik) to come into our team in 2016 was pure ability, he now realizes that this is the time to establish in that (finishing) role and play match-winning knocks for us. He plays with all his heart and he certainly got that competitive nature about him and also has the skill to execute that at the highest level. That's (next game) gonna be very exciting. In the tough moments, when so many people backing you, the next game is going to be exciting. It (scoop over fine leg) was a bit of funny moment, surprised myself there, I will send AB a text tonight and see what he thinks of it," Virat Kohli said during the post-match presentation of the second T20I.

Match Details

Date: 8th Dec 2020

Time: 1:40 PM IST

Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground

Squads

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-capt, wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan

Australia: Aaron Finch (Captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), David Warner, Adam Zampa.