Former Australia captain Aaron Finch was full of praise for Axar Patel who played his all-rounder role to perfection as India’s spinners took six wickets in a stunning fight back to rout Australia by 48 runs in the fourth T20I on the Gold Coast on Thursday. Bowling for the first time in the series, Washington Sundar took 3-3 in 1.2 overs while fellow all-rounder Patel had 2-20 as Australia lost their last nine wickets for 52 runs at Carrara stadium.

Patel was named man-of-the-match, having also contributed an unbeaten 21 with the bat to push India past 160. “He’s somebody who strikes a ball so cleanly, and he gave India a real injection right at the backend of the innings,” Finch told JioHotstar. “It looked at one stage that they might only get around that 152-153 mark. But then a coupl

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