IND vs AUS 3rd T20: Washington Sundar’s unbeaten 49 and Arshdeep Singh’s 3-wicket haul help India beat Australia by 5 wickets

The Indian team has won the third match of the T20 series against Australia. Suryakumar Yadav's team won by 5 wickets at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Batting first, Australia had scored 186 for 6. All Indian batsmen, led by Washington Sundar, contributed. This helped the team easily achieve the target with 9 balls to spare. With this, the 5-match series is tied at 1-1. India has become the first country to win a T20 match against Australia in Hobart. Previously, the hosts had won all 5 matches played here.

Tim David and Marcus Stoinis batted explosively for Australia. David scored 74, while Stoinis scored 64. David hit five sixes and eight fours in his 38-ball innings, while Stoinis hit two sixes and eight fours in his 39-ball innings. Arshdeep Singh (3/35) and Varun Chakravarthy (2/33) had Australia at 74 for four, but David and Stoinis played quickfire knocks to lift the hosts to a strong total.

Innings Break!

Three wickets for Arshdeep Singh, two for Varun Chakaravarthy and one for Shivam Dube as Australia post a total of 186/6 on the board.#TeamIndia chase coming up shortly. Stay tuned!

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Arshdeep Singh dismissed Head and Inglis. India won the toss and elected to bowl first, and Arshdeep gave the visitors a solid start by taking two wickets in two overs. Playing his first match of the series, India's most successful bowler in this format, Arshdeep dismissed Travis Head (6) and Josh Inglis (1) in consecutive overs to reduce Australia to 14 for two in the third over.

Effective 🤝 Economical

For his superb spell of 3⃣/3⃣5⃣, Arshdeep Singh wins the Player of the Match award 🥇

The T20I series is now levelled at 1⃣-1⃣ with 2⃣ matches to go.

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David then unleashed a blistering batting display, targeting all the Indian bowlers. He hit four of his five sixes straight down the order, including a six over the covers off Axar. Chakravarthy dismissed captain Mitchell Marsh (11) and Mitchell Owen (0) in consecutive balls to reduce Australia to 73 for four. David reached his half-century in just 23 balls. Stoinis also hit two consecutive sixes off Dube in the 13th over, but was caught by Tilak Varma at long off in the same over. Stoinis completed his half-century in 32 balls with three fours off Arshdeep in the 18th over.

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