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Post-match reaction
Arshdeep won the match award with his three wickets.
“There’s always a chance someone might come after you,” he says.
Home captain Marsh said Australia were 20 runs short.
“Bumrah and Arshdeep are a combination of fire and ice,” says India captain Suryakumar.
India won by five wickets with nine balls to spare
This is pretty comprehensive after all. Washington removed all doubts for India with a magnificent finishing strike.
Australia lost a lot with Hazlewood and his replacement, Abbott, had a particularly bad night with the ball; That can’t help his chances of quickly breaking into the Ashes squad as a substitute.
The rest of the series will be tough for Australia as attention increasingly turns to the Ashes. Travis Head is another player who should probably step down from the game and focus on red-ball preparation after seeing himself not playing to his best.
Quitting Owen Dube
Owen had a bit of a mixed night on the pitch, where he misjudges Dube’s chance to run back from half-back.
This was surely Australia’s last hope gone, and the next ball Washington underlines the point by hitting the ground for a four.
Only five runs are needed with two overs remaining.
Ellis goes out
He finished with 3-36 from four overs, with Dube credited with a boundary.
Ellis bowled beautifully and took charge as the top order bowler in attack, but was let down by some big overs conceded elsewhere.
Nathan Ellis took three wickets.Credit: Getty Images
Kuhnemann then convinces Dube to step forward, but Ellis fails to do so. Then a full roll is made for six.
Kuhnemann finished with 0-31 from his four overs but Short should not have been dismissed after his first over. Sixteen were needed in the last three overs.
Bartlett takes wicket
Wicket!
There is still faint hope for Australia.
Tilak tries to capture Batlett but cannot clear Inglis.
Marsh slips to try another wicket but Dube lobs his first ball towards the cover rope. Thirty-five runs are needed from the last five overs.
Abbott goes for more runs
Kuhnemann conceded seven goals from his third.
Abbott bounced back after scoring 31 from his first two overs. After three singles, Washington takes a short ball to cover to the boundary, then spins another ball to square leg for six.
The last ball of the over disappears for an even bigger six. Hazlewood left, Abbott came and made a big difference in this match; He scored 50 from three overs.
Ellis attacked again
Wicket!
Kuhnemann came back and struck hard, scoring six goals.
With the advantage of this pressure, Ellis steps in and surprises Axar with another sharp bouncer – Bartlett takes an excellent catch at mid-wicket.
Washington comes in and Ellis tries another short ball but this time the striker waits for the ball and hits a big six. Eight in total.
Short is punished by the southpaw
Marsh feels that for the two left-handers, an off-spinner is better than Kuhnemann, a successful Test bowler.
Short starts with three wides and the last ball of the over is forced by Tilak for six with minimal trouble. From now on, a penny for Kuhnemann’s thoughts.
Bartlett comes back and despite Owen’s best efforts, Axar gets four more square legs. India took control of this game in the last few balls. Twenty-three from the last two overs.
Stoinis strikes the ball slower
Wicket!
Stoinis finds an excellent, slower ball for Suryakumar, who stays on the field and misplays it. Stoinis is pleased with this deception, and rightly so; Ellis had just been called to the catching position in the trenches.
The game ends somewhat raggedly as Stoinis bowls two to Tilak down the leg side and concedes five runs in a few overs.
Important spell for Kuhnemann
He started well, beating Tilak a few overs and taking three singles from five balls.
However, Kuhnemann’s final ball over the top comes over the wicket and Suryakumar crosses the boundary from cover point.
Stoinis comes in from the other end and first ball Tilak delivers a strike at mid-on for four.
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