India vs Australia 2nd T20I Highlights: Hardik Pandya's Cameo Seals Series Win for Visitors
Catch India vs Australia live cricket score updates, commentary and other details. With Jadeja ruled out of the series, India will now add Chahal to the Playing XI. No other change is expected in Indian line-up. Australia will miss Mitchell Starc as he has left the squad for personal reasons. The hosts are likely to make some changes with few injury concerns around.
India win by six wickets! Hardik Pandya finishes it in style. He smashes two sixes to seal the match and series for India. The Men in Blue now take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
India need 14 runs from the last over. Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya have kept India in the hunt. Matthew Wade has few options to go for in the last over. It will be interesting to see who bowls the final over.
Big wicket this for Australia. Debutant Daniel Sams strikes! Virat Kohli has to go. He was looking to go hard but gets an edge. V Kohli c Wade b Daniel Sams 40(24)
Sanju Samson departs while looking to go big. Samson's cameo comes to an end, he is caught at long-off. Swepson gets the wicket. India were looking good but this wicket will put brake on the scoring. S Samson c Smith b Swepson 15(10)
Adam Zampa has struck for India. It is half-centurion Shikhar Dhawan who departs. Skies one high into the air and Swepson takes a good catch near the boundary rope. S Dhawan c Swepson b Zampa 52(36)
Halfway through and India have done well thus far with Shikhar Dhawan looking in good touch. He needs five more to complete his half-century. In last ten overs, India need 109 runs more.
Virat Kohli is the new batsman in for India. Shikhar Dhawan is looking in fine touch, he is batting on 42 off 26 balls. Meanwhile, India need 114 more runs to win off 66 balls.
Andrew Tye strikes for Australia. End of a fine opening partnership this. KL Rahul was looking good but picks a fielder in the deep while going for a big shot. KL Rahul c Swepson b Tye 30(22)
Some luck running India's way. Both the batsmen survived some close lbw calls. Meanwhile, Australia's search for first wicket continues as India look for a solid start.
Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul open the batting for India. Watchful start this for both the Indian openers, no boundaries yet for for them thus far. Meanwhile, the required run-rate is slightly over ten runs per over.
17 runs from the last over and that takes Australia to a good total. Deepak Chahar bowled the final over and went from too many for India's liking. Good total on board eventually for Australia. Do join us back for India's response!
T Natarajan finishes his spell. Just 20 runs from his four-over spell and he picked two wickets as well. Last over coming up and Australia would love to finish big.
Steve Smith perishes while going big against Yuzvendra Chahal. Smith was looking good and was looking for the final onslaught. He is caught at the boundary rope after a fumble by Hardik Pandya. S Smith c Hardik Pandya b Chahal 46(38)
Five more overs to go now and Australia really need few big overs here. Steve Smith is trying hard to play some big shots but he has largely struggled to get going. Meanwhile, superb over by T Natarajan, he concedes just five runs from it.
Shardul Thakur has struck at the right time for India. Glenn Maxwell while looking to go for a big shot perishes in the process. He is caught at point, undone by the slower ball. G Maxwell c Washington Sundar b Thakur 22(13)
Glenn Maxwell has joined Steve Smith in the middle now. Meanwhile, Smith is struggling to get going and is batting on eight off 11 balls. Australia need qucik runs from his bat now.
What a lucky breakthrough this for India! Virat Kohli once again drops a catch, he drops Matthew Wade. And lucky enough for the Indian captain, there is a misunderstanding between Wade and Steve Smith and the former is run-out. Wade run out (Kohli/Rahul) 58(32)
That's half-century up for Mathew Wade. Excellent batting this by Wade and he continues to attack the Indian bowling. Important for Australia that Wade stays for some more time and help hosts post a big total.
End of powerplay overs and Australia have done well. Just that they lost D'Arcy Short but Mathew Wade has been largely good. He has singlehandedly attacked the Indian bowling thus far. He is batting on 47 off 24 balls.
Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal made sure India took a lead in the T20I series with their respective performances. While Jadeja turned things with his bat, Chahal, who was not originally part of the playing XI, stole the show with the ball. The spinner, interestingly, replaced Jadeja as a concussion substitute and played a vital role.
Australia Squad: D Arcy Short, Aaron Finch(c), Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade(w), Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Alex Carey, Daniel Sams, Andrew Tye, Marnus Labuschagne, Marcus Stoinis.
India Squad: KL Rahul(w), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, T Natarajan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Mayank Agarwal, Navdeep Saini.
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