PREVIEW
Having missed a chance to seal the collection in Guwahati, India could have one other shot to win the five-match contest when it takes on Australia within the penultimate T20 on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Friday.
The match will mark the return of designated vice-captain Shreyas Iyer who will probably be again in motion after being rested for the preliminary three T20s following India’s splendid marketing campaign within the just lately concluded 2023 World Cup.
India was poised to seal the deal in Guwahati after having received the 2 consecutive matches in Visakhapatnam and in Thiruvananthapuram.
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However, regardless of posting a mammoth 222 within the third T20, the Indian bowling assault did not defend the overall as Australia managed to drag one again, with Glenn Maxwell conjuring an impressive counter-attacking century in a spectacular last-ball end to maintain the collection alive.
Maxwell’s fourth T20 ton—104 in simply 48 balls—eclipsed Ruturaj Gaikwad’s maiden T20 century because the ‘Big Show’ blasted 21 runs within the remaining over and despatched Prasidh Krishna on a leather-based hunt thereby as soon as once more underlining his ending prowess.
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Dream 11 fantasy group
Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Matthew Wade
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Travis Head, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal (vc), Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Axar Patel, Matthew Short
Bowlers: Ravi Bishnoi, Jason Behrendorff
Team composition: IND 7:4 AUS | Credits left: 11
Predicted XI
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna/Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Australia: Matthew Short, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Tim David, Aaron Hardie, Matthew Wade (c & wk), Chris Green, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Kane Richardson
Squads
INDIA: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
AUSTRALIA: Matthew Wade (c), Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Chris Green, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Kane Richardson.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com