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India vs Australia third T20I HIGHLIGHTS: Virat Kohli's heroics drives India to victory, tie series 1-1

Virat Kohli guided India to victory with a well made 61 of 41 balls, studded with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli plays a shot against Australia. (Photo | Twitter/@BCCI)
Indian skipper Virat Kohli plays a shot against Australia. (Photo | Twitter/@BCCI)
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India defeated Australia by six wickets in the final T20 International to share the spoils in the three-match series here Sunday.

D'Arcy Short (33) was the top-scorer for Australia, while Krunal Pandya picked up four wickets for India.

Chasing the target, skipper Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 61 while Shikhar Dhawan made 41.

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Australia won the first T20 International by four runs via D/L method before the second match was abandoned due to rain.

Kohli, Krunal star in win

India win!

India win the match by 6 wickets and tie the series 1-1

Boundary

Kohli hits the ball straight down the ground. Just one required!

5 runs needed

5 runs required from the last over.  

16 off 12 balls

India inch closer to victory with 16 runs required off 12 deliveries 

Six!

Dinesh Karthik hits Andrew Tye over deep square leg. 

Fifty for Kohli

Indian skipper Virat kohli brings up his fifty in 34 deliveries. He hit two fours and two sixes in this much-needed innings.  

27 off 18 balls.

India require 27 runs to win 

40 from 4 overs

India need 40 runs off 24 deliveries.

Virat on fire!

Kohli hits a four and six to bring India closer to the target.

Score

India- 109/4

Overs- 14 

Duck for Pant

Rishabh Pant is out on the first ball. He tries to pull Andrew Tye but ends up edging it to Carey behind the stumps. 

KL departs

KL Rahul is out as he holes out to NCN off Maxwell.  

Fans

Score

India- 95/2

Overs- 11 

Rohit's wicket

Boundary

Kohli cuts Adam Zampa behind point for four. India are 92/2 after 10 overs. 

Score

India- 81/2

Overs- 9 

The fans are loving the chase

Six!

KL Rahuls pulls Coulter-Nile over deep mid-wicket. The flies just over McDermott at the rope.

Maiden wicket

That's a rare maiden-wicket bowled by Adam Zampa. India 67/2 after 7. Nine dot balls in a row.

Rohit is out

Rohit Sharma is bowled by Adam Zampa. The ball pitched on the middle and leg stump and straightened up to find the Indian opener off-guard. The LEDs light up.

Dot Balls

India batsmen have played seven dot balls in a row.

Spin attack

Aaron Finch introduces leg-spinner Adam Zampa in the seventh over.

Dot Balls!

Indian skipper Virat Kohli plays three dot balls up-front. India 67/1 after 6 overs.

BCCI tweets

Out!

Australia get their first breakthrough as Dhawan is trapped LBW by Mitchell Starc

DRS

Australia review for a LBW decision against Dhawan off Starc. 

Score

22 from the over

India: 62/0

Overs- 5 

Dhawan doesn't want to fall behind

Second maximum for Dhawan as India gets to 54/0 in 4.4 overs.  

Six off Stoinis

Rohit hits another maxium. This time is Marcus Stoinis on the receiving end as 'Hitman' pulls over mid-on boundary. 

20 runs from Over 4

20 runs from Coulter-Nile's second over. Both Rohit and Shikhar hitting one maximum each. 

Score

India- 40/0

Overs- 4

Six

Dhawan muscles NCN's delivery over deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum. 

Score

India- 20/0

Overs- 3

What Harsha thinks?

Wide!

First extra runs for India as Mitchell Starc bowls a wide on the off-side.

Score

India- 12/0

Overs- 2 

Dhawan gets going

After playing three dot balls, Shikhar tucks one over the square leg boundary for four. 

Boundary

Rohit Sharma welcomes Nathan Coulter-Nile with a boundary.  

Score

Just three from the over

India- 3/0 

Overs- 1 

The chase begins

Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are at the crease. Mitchell Starc to start proceedings for Australia.

Innings Break!

Krunal starred with the ball

The dive saved NCN

Ends with a boundary

Australia finish with a score of 164/6. Hope the clouds are clear today.  

Carey's shot!

Four!

Stoinis hits a boundary to start the final over of the innings.

Score

Australia- 149/6

Overs- 19 

Krunal Pandya celebrates with teammates

Wicket!

Chris Lynn is caught outside the crease as he is run-out by Jasprit Bumrah's bullet throw. 

Bumrah into the attack

Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack to bowl his third over.  

Score

9 from the over

Australia- 129/5

Overs- 17 

Bhuvi is back

Bhuvneshwar comes into attack to bowl the 17th.  

Score

Australia- 120/5

Overs- 16 

Carey gone!

Krunal gets his man after getting hit for a couple of boundaries. Caught by Kohli at deep mid-wicket

Another boundary!

Carey on song as he hits successive boundaries of Krunal Pandya. This time it's a reverse sweep which goes off the bottom of the bat. 

What a shot!

Carey lifts a Krunal delivery over extra cover for four!

100 up

Australia reach the score of 100/4 in 14.1 overs.

Wide!

Khaleel Ahmed is back in the attack and starts with a wide delivery. 

Before the start of play

Score

Australia- 98/4,

Overs- 14

Maxi departs

 Krunal Pandya gets his third wicket of the match as Maxwell holes out to Rohit Sharma in the deep.

Score

Australia- 90/3

Overs- 13

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Score

Australia- 85/3

Overs- 11

India celebrates

Score

Australia- 76/3

Overs- 10

Krunal on hattrick

Krunal gets McDermott as the new man is trapped lbw. Australia in trouble here 

Another review but unsuccesful

This time it's D'Arcy Short who reviews but is unsuccesful this time around. Krunal Pandya gets his first wicket in the match. 

Score

Australia- 73/1

Overs- 9 

Not Out

Good review by Australia as the ball was leaving the leg stump.

DRS!

Maxi given out, Australia review

Maxi in.

Glenn Maxwell comes out to bat and hits a boundary off Kuldeep to open his account.

He couldn't.

Wicket!

Australia lose their first wicket as Kuldeep Yadav has Aaron Finch caught by Krunal Pandya at short fine leg.  

Arcy strikes Krunal Pandya for a four in the fourth ball of the over as Australia end the eight over with home side sitting comfortably sitting at 64-0 at the end of the eighth over
Judged the catch well but just messed it up. Krunal would be disappointed, would have been the ideal start for him.
Rohit Sharma dropped an easy catch.
Another bowling change for India as Krunal Pandya is handed the ball

Pulled

An amazing over from Kuldeep Yadav with just three runs coming of the over
India desperately needs a wicket here and to do that job Kuldeep Yadav is into the attack

Khaleel Ahmed runs into bowl

Eight runs come of the sixth over as the scoreboard indicates Australia at 49-0
D Arcy hits the last ball of Bumrah's over to a boundary. Bumrah did everything right in the over except for the last ball
Khaleel Ahmed's over proved to be very expensive as Australia are placed at 41-0 at the end of fifth over
Australian batsman make good use of the pitch conditions and score two boundaries in the over
Khaleel Ahmed is aback into the attack again
Bumrah dosent give much room for the batsman to score much runs as the over comes to an end with Australia 28-0 in four overs
After giving away a boundary in the first ball Bumrah comes back strongly
Jasprit Bumrah has been handed the ball. After bowling brilliantly in the first two T20s the pacer is expected to deliver yet again
India have opted for a bowling change in the fourth over
At the end of third over Australia are 21 for no loss
After a bad first delivery Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back good with four dot balls
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to D'Arcy Short, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point. Boundary for the Aussies
After a bad start, Khaleel Ahmed ends the second over brilliantly with three dot balls

Australia skipper Finch smashes Khaleel Ahmed for a four in the second ball of the over

Khaleel Ahmed gets the ball to score the second over
Australia score eight runs of the first over
D'Arcy Short hits Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a boundary in the fourth delivery.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls the first delivery and its short and wide to D'Arcy Short, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman. Single

Teams Australia: D'Arcy Short, Aaron Finch (Captain), Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Alex Carey (Wicket-Keeper), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Starc, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa

Team India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicket-Keeper), Dinesh Karthik, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia is currently leading the series with 1-0.

While the Indian team remains unchanged since their last game at Melbourne, the hosts replaced Jason Behrendorff with left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc.

Australian Captain Aaron Finch won the toss and opted to bat first against India in the third and final Twenty20.

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