Australia chased down 191 with seven wickets to spare as Glenn Maxwell hit a brilliant ton in reply to Virat Kohli’s first innings rampage during the second T20I at M Chinnaswamy stadiu𒈔m in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The victory also help🌳ed Australia complete a 2-0 sweep of India as the hosts lost their first bilateral T20I series at home since 2016.
Maxwell (113 n♔ot out off 55 balls) went on a rampage, smashing as many as nine sixes on way to his third century in the shortest format.
“Australia outplayed us in all departments and deserved to win the series,” India captain Virat Kohli said at the post-match presentation.
“(Scoring) 190 is a good total on most grounds but if there is so much dew as there was tonight, and when you have an innings like what Glenn Maxwell played, nothing much you can do.”
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Big Showwwwww 😍😍😍, u r a superstar Maxi
An absolute treat watch 💯 🙌🏽👏🏽 #💛💚— Fawad Ahmed (@bachaji23)
Glenn Maxwell goes 2 nil up in his International T20 clashes aga😼inst India. I hope he can find some oxygen with all the fans that will want a piece of him.
— Rodney Hogg (@RMHogg)
Wow… at his genius best, Australia upset India in Bangalore!
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
Truly remarkable century by Maxwell. Among the best in T20 internationals surely, pull his side out of the de💮ep woods to the doorstep of victory
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
What a ton Maxwell. Too good an🦋d India will be happy to know th🗹ey need more depth in bowling.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
All was WELL with MAX in that inning
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Jeez… sure is a master class today
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
When you wake up & see that was on 🔥 last night. What an amazing innings by Australia’s biggest Xꦗ-꧃Factor
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Brilliant from Australia. I would say it was an even contest with both sides not playing to their bowling strength but eventually Maxwell made the 'Max' difference. Scintillating 100 from him
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
First series defeat under Virat Kohli's captaincy at home for India in International cricket.
Thi🍒s is also the first bilateral series defeat for India at home in any format since the start of 2016.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Great stuff brilliant follow up♑ from game one, tw🐟o match winning performances.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
Most runs by a player in a 2-match T20I series:
211 runs – Glenn Maxwell vs SL, 2016
169 runs – GLENN MAXWELL vs IND, This series— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Congratulations, Australia
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
