Tags: Australia tour of India 2023.,
India vs Australia, 4th T20I at Nagpur, Dec 01, 2023,
India,
Australia,
Axar Rajeshbhai Patel
Revealed on: Dec 02, 2023
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India beat Australia by 20 runs within the 4th T20I on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Worldwide Stadium in Raipur on Friday, December 1. With the triumph, the Males in Blue clinched the five-match collection 3-1. Batting first after dropping the toss, India put up 174/9 on the board after which restricted Australia to 154/7.
The hosts bought off to a fantastic begin with the willow because the openers added 50 within the powerplay. Yashasvi Jaiswal (37 off 28) dominated the opening partnership. He was additionally the primary wicket to fall, mistiming an tried pull stroke off Aaron Hardie.
India misplaced a few fast wickets after Jaiswal’s dismissal. Shreyas Iyer (8) was caught within the deep, making an attempt to tackle Tanveer Sangha (2/30). Captain Suryakumar Yadav (1) was then caught behind off Ben Dwarshuis (3/40). Ruturaj Gaikwad’s keep on the crease additionally ended for 32 off 28 as he too fell to Sangha.
Rinku Singh (46 off 29) and Jitesh Sharma (35 off 19) lifted India, including 56 runs for the fifth wicket. The previous carried on his nice kind, putting 4 fours and two sixes. Jitesh additionally impressed together with his big-hitting, clubbing three sixes and a 4.
Within the chase, Australia bought off to a blazing begin, reaching 40/0 after three overs. Deepak Chahar went for 22 runs within the third over as Travis Head took a liking to his bowling. Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi (1/17), nonetheless, broke the stand, cleansing up Josh Philippe (8) together with his first supply because the batter went for an ill-advised sweep.
Axar Patel (3/16) then took heart stage. He dismissed the harmful Head for 31 off 16 because the World Cup hero bought a vanguard to a slog sweep. Axar then cleaned up Hardie (8) and Ben McDermott (19) to go away Australia in hassle at 87/4.
Chahar returned to say the wickets of Tim David (19) and Matthew Brief (22). Australian skipper Matthew Wade remained unbeaten on 36 off 23 because the guests decreased the margin of defeat to some extent.
Talking after being named Participant of the Match, Axar commented, “I used to be making an attempt a variety of issues once I was at dwelling and it got here out effectively immediately. I attempted to stay to my strengths and wasn’t actually bothered even once I had gotten hit. Bowling stump-to-stump was the important thing to negate the dew issue. To remain attacking and be mentally robust is necessary as there may be each likelihood to get hit on this format.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent
