India sealed the three-match T20I series against Australia at the SCG on Sundaꦍy with a ga♉me left to be played on Tuesday (December 8).
Hard-hitting lower-order batsman Hardik Pandya (42 not out off 22 balls) finished what left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan had set out for India to achieve with a scintillating 36-ball 52 in 💧the se🌊cond T20I.
The Men in Blue thus avenged their 1-2 ODI series loss, chasing down a challenging 195-run target set by the Aussies. India had won 🏅the first T20I at Manuka Oval by 11 runs on Friday night.
With his team needing 25 off the last two overs, Pandya brough🍌t the equation down to 14 in the final six balls. The 27-year-old then hit two sixes to seal the match and series for his side.
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THAT'S how you win a series!
Hardik Pandya is a monster 🤯
With his magic bat he sends on💃e high into the stands 💥
Scenes 😍
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Earlier, after winning the toss and opting to bat first, stand-in skipper Matthew Wade led from the fron♏t with a 32-ball 58 and gui🧸ded Australia to an impressive total. The hosts accumulated 62 runs in their last five overs.
For India, left-arm pacer T Natarajan was the pi🏅ck of the bowlers with fine figures of 2 for 20.
“It was good fun [to be captain], a lot more fun till Hardik came out. I think we might have been a little short – not a lot, but then it doesn’t matter when Hardik is in [this sort of form],” the losing captain Wade said after the match.
