India 235 for 4 (Gaikwad 58, Jaiswal 53, Kishan 52, Ellis 3-45) beat Australia 191 for 9 (Stoinis 45, Wade 42*, Bishnoi 3-32, Prasidh 3-41) by 44 runs
India hammered as many as 111 runs in their last seven overs – at nearly 16 runs an over – to post a mammoth total of 235, their fifth-highest in T20Is. During that phase, Ishan Kishan, Rinku Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Varma combined to clobber ten sixes and five fours, after India had managed only three sixes in the first 12 overs of their innings.
In reply, the only time Australia threatened India during the steep chase was when Marcus Stoinis and Tim David together belted 81 off 38 deliveries for the fifth wicket after Australia were 58 for 4 in the eighth over. But Ravi Bishnoi had David caught for 37 off 22 balls in the 14th over, and when Stoinis fell to Mukesh Kumar for 45 from 25 in the next over, it was all but a formality for India.
Australia’s middle and lower order crumbled to lose 5 for 16, as the 44-run win secured a 2-0 lead for India in the five-match series.