{"id":297051,"date":"2023-12-03T18:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297051"},"modified":"2023-12-03T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:24:54","slug":"shreyas-iyer-guides-india-to-win-over-australia-in-dead-t20-rubber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/shreyas-iyer-guides-india-to-win-over-australia-in-dead-t20-rubber\/","title":{"rendered":"Shreyas Iyer guides India to win over Australia in dead T20 rubber"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India\u2019s Shreyas Iyer scored a half-century and fast bowlers Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh took a combined five wickets as the home side beat Australia by six runs in the final Twenty20 International to deny the visitors a consolation win on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Australia, chasing 160 in Bangalore, looked on course for victory as Ben McDermott hit a knock of 54, but the chase was derailed when the 28-year-old tried to hammer Arshdeep (2-40) for six and ended up holing out to long-off.<\/p>\n
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Jitesh Sharma of India plays a shot during game five of the T20 International series between India and Australia.<\/span>Credit: <\/span> <\/cite><\/p>\n Once McDermott departed, Kumar (3-32) struck twice in quick succession to leave Australia reeling on 129-7 before Arshdeep bowled an excellent final over in which he gave away just three runs and picked up the wicket of visiting captain Matthew Wade.<\/p>\n After being put in to bat earlier, India needed a half-century from Iyer (53) to post a defencible total, with Axar Patel (31) also contributing runs. Australia\u2019s Jason Behrendorff and Ben Dwarshuis picked up two wickets apiece.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m elated to be honest to see everyone chipping in and contributing for the team,\u201d Iyer said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Matthew Wade breaks the stumps to run out India\u2019s Ravi Bishnoi during the fifth T20 match.<\/span>Credit: <\/span> <\/cite><\/p>\n \u201cThe shots, innovation have been on point and I could see Arshdeep\u2019s calmness when he was bowling the last over.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy wicket to bat on. I feel 160 was the right total, which we got eventually. To defend it was a brilliant performance from the team.\u201d<\/p>\n India, who won the series 4-1, next travel to South Africa for a multi-format series including three T20Is, three one-day internationals and two tests, while Australia head home for a three-test series against Pakistan.<\/p>\n Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. India\u2019s Shreyas Iyer scored a half-century and fast […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMost Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n