The fifth T20 match between India and Australia has been canceled due to rain. Only 4.5 overs were played in the match, in which Team India had scored 52 runs. After that the match could not be started again. With this, the Indian team has won the five-match series 2-1. As head coach, Gautam Gambhir has continued the streak of not losing the T20 series.

In the fifth T20 match played at the historic Gabba ground in Brisbane, Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first. When Shubhman Gill and Abhishek Sharma came to start the Indian innings, both of them started swinging the bat from the very beginning. Team India scored 19 runs in the first 2 overs, but within no time the score had reached 47 runs in 4 overs.

The fifth ball of the fifth over was bowled, after which the game was stopped due to heavy rain. After that, when the match could not start for about 2 hours and 15 minutes, the match was declared cancelled. Earlier, the first match of the series was also lost due to rain.

India won the series 2-1

The first match was washed out due to rain, whereas in the second T20 match played in Melbourne, the Australian team won by 4 wickets. But in the third match, Team India made a comeback and won by 5 wickets. In this match, India won due to the lethal bowling of Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty. After that, Team India won the fourth match and took a 2-1 lead in the series.

India was leading 2-1 in the series, so the cancellation of the Brisbane T20 match went in favor of the Indian team. As a result, they have won the series 2-1.

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Australia has defeated India by 4 wickets in the second T20 match. Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty tried their best to stop Australia, but could not stop Australia from winning by 4 wickets. India had scored only 125 runs while playing first, Kangaroo team won the small target with 40 balls remaining.

Australia had a small target of 126 runs. The opening pair of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh together took Australia’s score beyond 50 in just 4 overs. Head was out after scoring 28 runs in 15 balls, on the other hand, captain Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant inning of 46 runs in 26 balls. During this, Marsh hit 2 fours and four skyscraper sixes.

Bumrah-Chakraborty’s efforts failed

Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty tried their best to restrict Australia to a small score. Bumrah took 2 wickets giving only 26 runs in 4 overs, at the other end Chakraborty gave only 23 runs in 4 overs and took two wickets. Other bowlers could not leave much impact. Kuldeep Yadav did take 2 wickets, but proved to be very expensive.

When the Indian team came to bat first, only Abhishek Sharma and Harshit Rana were able to score big. Abhishek played an inning of 68 runs in a stormy manner, on the other hand, Harshit Rana, batting at seventh position, played an inning of 35 runs, but he was very expensive in bowling. Harshit had given away 27 runs in just 2 overs.

Australia won after four years

This has happened after five years when Australia has defeated the Indian team in a T20 match on its home ground. Australia last defeated India on its home ground in Sydney in December 2020. This is Australia’s 12th overall win against Team India in T20 International.

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