India’s most successful fast bowler in T20 cricket, Arshdeep Singh, delivered a brilliant performance by taking the wickets of both Australian openers and Stoinis, making a significant contribution to the team’s victory.
SNPNEWS.IN News (Gurmail Kamboj) Indian left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh, who now has 104 wickets in T20s—including 3 in today’s match—making him India’s most successful bowler in the format, often finds himself struggling to secure a permanent spot in the team.
In the ongoing 5-match T20 series against Australia, the team management and coach Gautam Gambhir faced criticism for preferring Harshit Rana over Singh in the first two matches. Following India’s heavy defeat in the second match, Singh was included in the team for the 3rd match, where he proved himself with an outstanding performance.
Today at Ninja Stadium, the Indian captain won the toss and elected to bowl first—a decision justified by Arshdeep Singh, who dismissed T Head (4 off 6) and J Inglis (7 off 1). Thereafter, a 59-run partnership in 35 balls between T David (38 off 74) and M Marsh (14 off 11) was broken by Varun Chakravarthy, who took wickets on consecutive deliveries.
For Australia, M Stoinis (39 off 64) and M Short (15 off 26) made notable contributions. Australia posted 186 runs for 6 wickets in their 20 overs. Indian bowlers Arshdeep Singh (4-35-3), Varun Chakravarthy (4-33-2), and S Dube (3-43-1) were successful in taking wickets.
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Indian batsmen Abhishek Sharma (15 off 25), Shubman Gill (12 off 15), Suryakumar Yadav (11 off 24), Tilak Varma (26 off 29), Axar Patel (12 off 17), Washington Sundar (23 off 49), and Jitesh Sharma (13 off 22) contributed with the bat. With this, the Indian team scored 188 runs for 5 wickets in 18.3 overs to register the victory.
Australian bowlers Nathan Ellis (4-36-3), Xavier Bartlett (4-30-1), and Marcus Stoinis (2-22-1) managed to take wickets.Both teams are now level at 1-1 in the series. The next match will be played on November 6 at Heritage Bank Stadium.