Australia register consolation win; India clinch T20 series 2-1

Riding on wicketkeeperbatsman Matthew Wades 80 and Glenn Maxwells 54 and a combined haul of five wickets for 64 runs in 10 overs by spinners Mitchell Swepson Adam Zampa and Maxwell Australia defeated India by 12 runs in the third and final T20 International at the Sydney Cricket GroundThe win restored some pride for Australia as they had lost the series 21 after going down in the first two matchesThe Aussies had won the ODI series 21 prior to the T20IsIndia who lost KL Rahul on just the second ball of the innings as the opener holed out to deep midwicket kept losing wickets at regular intervals as the toporder caved inOnly skipper Virat Kohli kept up the fight making 85 off 61 deliveries At one point in time it seemed that Kohli and Hardik Pandya would tilt the game in Indias favour as they took 20 runs in the 16th over and 13 runs in the 17th over to bring the equation down to 43 off 18 ballsHowever Pandya was dismissed off the first ball of the 18th over for a 13ball 20 and soon after that Kohli was dismissed on the first ball of the 19th overSwepson was the star for Australia picking three for 23 in his four overs He removed Shikhar Dhawan 28 off 21 Sanju Samson 10 off 9 and Shreyas Iyer firstball duckEarlier Wades 80 and a quickfire 54 from Glenn Maxwell helped Australia set an imposing 187run target for IndiaPut into bat Australia didnt have a great start as they lost skipper Aaron Finch in the second over Finch was caught by Hardik Pandya at midoff off Washington Sundar and went back to the pavilion without troubling the scorersWade who was leading the hosts in the second T20I in the absence of injured Finch however kept scoring boundaries at the other end and carried the Australian innings forwardAustralia moved to 511 at the end of the powerplay Finch and Steve smith added 65 runs for the secondwicket before Smith was dismissed by Sundar in the 10th over at his individual score of 24But Wade who had scored a wellrounded 58 in the second T20I brought his second consecutive fifty in the 11th over bowled by leftarm pace bowler T NatarajanGlenn Maxwell who came into bat next then stitched another 50plus partnership with Wade to take Australia on course for a big scoreMaxwell in particular was at his menacing best as he clubbed two sixes in the final over of legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal who went for 41 in his four overs The righthanded batsman played plenty of reverse sweeps and switch hits during the course of his 36ball inningsThe duo added 90 runs in just 53 balls before Wade was out in the penultimate over of the innings His 53ball 80 included seven fours and two sixesMaxwell after scoring 54 with the help of three fours and three sixes was bowled by Natarajan in the final overFor India Sundar returned with figures of 234 while Natarajan picked a wicket while conceding 33 runs in his four oversBrief scores Australia 1865 wkts in 20 overs Matthew Wade 80 Glenn Maxwell 54 Washington Sundar 234 beat India 1747 wkts in 20 overs V Kohli 85 S Dhawan 28 H Pandya 20 M Swepson 323 G Maxwell 120 A Zampa 121 by 12 runsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever