Indian cricket team sealed a series win with a 20-run triumph in the fourth T20I match against Australia and now seek another dominant performance to finish the home series high. Both teams are expected to make changes to their playing eleven to test their bench strength at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
"There is no doubt that Rinku Singh is a contender for inclusion in India's T20 World Cup squad. But the World Cup is still far away and the spot he's fighting for has many challengers," Ashish Nehra said ahead of India's 5th T20I game against Australia on Sunday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 117 runs, including a fifty in the IND vs AUS T20I series. He has opened the innings along with Ruturaj Gaikwad as Rohit Sharma continues to stay away from the format. Jaiswal now looks to surpass Faf du Plessis in a T20 run-scoring record.
The Men in Blue are leading the five-match T20I series 3-1 and would like to end it on a high. Suryakumar Yadav has marshalled his troops well on the field and scored runs when it has mattered.
India will take on Australia in the fifth and final match of the T20 series at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday, December 3. The weather so far has been clear through the series but it may not be the same in Bengaluru. Check out the forecast for the city on the matchday.
IND vs AUS Pitch Report: Having already secured a series win, Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian cricket team will be hosting Matthew Wade's Australia in the fifth and the last T20I game of the five-match series at Bengaluru's M Chinnanswamy Stadium.
Indian management made four changes to their playing eleven for the fourth game with Shreyas Iyer making his return and recorded a 20-run win to seal the five-match series. India are likely to make further changes to their playing XI for the last game in Bengaluru on Sunday.
After blowing hot and cold in the first three matches of the series, Axar Patel stormed back with a Player of the Match performance in the fourth T20I against Australia. It felt like Axar was motivated to perform on Friday in Raipur after being snubbed from the squad for South Africa T20 series.
India beat Australia by 20 runs in the fourth T20I of the five-match series in Raipur on Friday, December 1 to take an unassailable lead of 3-1. The win not only helped India clinch the series but also become the most successful team in men's T20Is in terms of number of wins.
Indian bowlers stormed back in style after leaking runs in the previous match as the Men in Blue defended a 174-run score in the fourth T20I to take a 3-1 unassailable lead against Australia. Rinku Singh starred with the bat while Axar Patel did the job with the ball taking three wickets.
Team India made wholesale changes to the playing XI for the fourth T20I against Australia in Raipur. With Shreyas Iyer returning and a couple of players losing form, the Men in Blue took a couple of big decisions with a series win on the horizon. Australia won the toss and chose to bowl.
India vs Australia 4th T20I Highlights: Team India took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match T20 series with a 20-run win in Raipur on Friday, December 1. Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma's quickfire 56-run stand gave India a score to defend and Axar Patel did the job with the ball.
Suryakumar Yadav has done well so far in the ongoing T20 series against Australia as a batter and as a captain but his biggest test will be in Raipur on Friday, December 1 in the fourth match given the Indian team is coming off a loss in the last game. Surya is also nearing a few records in T20Is.
India vs Australia Live Streaming: Suryakumar Yadav's India face Matthew Wade-led Australia in the fourth match of the ongoing series in Raipur. The five-match series is 2-1 in favour of the hosts. Here are all the live-streaming details for the match.
The Indian Board named three different squads for the all-format series against South Africa. Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja are among the players making a return to the T20 setup, while there have been several exclusions in India's team too.
India will take on Australia in the fourth T20I of the five-match series at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Friday, December 1. Australia stayed in the hunt with a 5-wicket win in the last game, however, they will be without their World Cup stars except Travis Head.
Australia stayed alive in the five-match T20I series against India courtesy of Glenn Maxwell who slammed the joint-fastest century (for the Aussies) off 47 balls to take his team home in the last-ball thriller in Guwahati. Australia recorded their second-highest successful chase in T20Is.
Team India gave away 43 runs in the last two overs as Australia stayed alive in the five-match T20 series in the third match in Guwahati. One of the critical moments in the penultimate over was when a stumping review by Ishan Kishan became a no-ball out of nowhere and Wade and Maxwell utilised it.
The Men in Blue are riding the crest of a wave with two consecutive wins in the ongoing T20I series. They defeated the Aussies by two wickets in a cliffhanger at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam before emerging victorious in Thiruvananthapuram in the 2nd T20I.
Australia won the World Cup for the record-extending sixth time earlier this month beating hosts India in the final in Ahmedabad. Skipper Pat Cummins was lauded for his brace decision while the Aussie captain has lavished praise on opener David Warner.
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