Mukesh Kumar clinched 3 crucial wickets & Pacer Arshdeep Singh gave just 3 runs in the final over as India secured a nail-biting victory against Australia in the 5th T20 international.
Ravi Bishnoi also displayed the magic of his spin. India won the 5-match series 4-1 against Australia.
Arshdeep Singh held his nerve under pressure in the final over .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.
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.
After Wade had won the toss and opted to bowl first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, the Indian team found it being reduced to 55 for four at one stage. It was Iyer’s resolute batting that held up one end as the Suryakumar Yadav-led team staggered past the 100-run mark in the 15th over.
India made one change to the XI as Arshdeep Singh came in for Deepak Chahar.
Australia too made one change: given the smaller boundaries they brought in pacer Nathan Ellis in place of off-spinner Chris Green.