With this win, India leads the five-match T20 series 2-1. Australia fell well short of the target on a pitch that wasn't the easiest to play shots on. The spin trio of Sunda, Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy combined to grab six wickets.

While chasing 168 runs, Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Short opened the innings for Australia. After a quiet first two overs, Short and Marsh took on Arshdeep Singh, 15 runs off the third over.

Axar Patel in the 5th over, removed Short after his decent innings of 25 runs off 19 balls and Josh Inglis. Inglis, in the final over of the power play, slammed two fours off Jasprit Bumrah to power Australia at 48-1 after six overs.

In the 8th over, Marsh escaped a lucky chance as dropped by Abhishek Sharma. Flighted delivery and Marsh's mistimed towards long-off,

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