H’lights Ind vs Aus, 3rd T20I Score: Maxwell Blitzkrieg steers Australia to 5-wicket win
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India vs Australia, 3rd T20I cricket score, commentary: Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten 47-ball hundred to lead Australia to victory chasing 223 in the third T20I against India.
AS IT HAPPENED – Ind vs Aus, 3rd T20I: Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten 47-ball hundred to lead Australia to a run-chase victory of 223 in the third T20I against India here on Tuesday.
Maxwell came in to bat in the final over of the Powerplay, with Travis Head getting the side off to a good start in the chase, but with Marcus Stoinis struggling to get the ball in the middle, it was up to him to accelerate, according to ICC.
The all-rounder, who hit the fastest Cricket World Cup hundred last month, was on 42 off 22 balls when Stoinis departed with Australia needing 95 runs from seven overs.
Ravi Bishnoi next struck for a second time to dismiss Tim David to further dent the Aussies but Maxwell was unnerved as he brought up his half-century with a six off Arshdeep Singh.
With 78 needed off five overs, India were clear favorites and remained so when Prasidh Krishna produced a run-over of six in the 18th over of the innings. Australia’s equation had become quite tough with 43 runs needed in the last two overs.
Matthew Wade eased the pressure on Maxwell with two fours and a six off Axar Patel in the penultimate over, but the Aussies still needed 21 runs in the final over.
Wade started the over with a boundary before handing the reins to the well-set Maxwell. The all-rounder smashed Prasidh with a six, followed by a hat-trick of four, to propel Australia to a stunning win, completing a record-breaking ton in the process.
With the 47-ball hundred, Maxwell equaled Aaron Finch and Josh Inglis’ record (earlier in the series) for the fastest ton by an Australian in men’s T20Is.
Maxwell also equaled Rohit Sharma’s record for most centuries in men’s T20Is with his fourth hundred in the format.
Maxwell’s previous T20I ton had also come against India in Bengaluru in 2019 in another long chase that Australia successfully completed.
With the win, the series is still alive with two T20Is to go. The next match of the series will be played in Raipur on December 1.