India Clinches Australia Series 3-1, Pips Pakistan To Become Most Successful Men's T20I Team

Producer: Siddarth Sriram

India registered their 126th T20I win to take the top spot as the most successful men's T201 side , overtaking Pakistan

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India started off on a high, with Jaiswal battering the Aussies for boundaries galore.

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Right after India put up their first 50 runs, Jaiswal fell victim to Aaron Hardie's tempting short delivery.

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Disaster followed as wickets kept tumbling leaving India at 63-3 before they knew what struck them.

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In came Rinku Singh, with his swashbuckling swagger, to reignite India's stand.

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Rinku and debutant Jitesh Sharma put up a fiery and valiant stand, notching a 56-run partnership, to steer India clear of danger.

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Ben Dwarshuis struck on time to remove the in-form Rinku Singh and break up the momentum.

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It was then time for Jason Behrendorff to clean up the Indian batting order, as they restricted them to a total of 174-9.

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Australia's Travis Head came through in his signature aggressive style and got the Aussies off to a fair start.

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But the dangerman was enticed by an Axar Patel delivery and skied one right to the hands of Mukesh Sharma, to leave the crease.

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A similar story to India's innings entailed, where Australia just struggled to put up a stand, losing wickets in regualr intervals.

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India's bowlers thrived as they picked away at the Aussie middle-order with ease.

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Once again, skipper Matthew Wade tried to salvage the match and came in hot to keep the Aussie hopes alive.

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At the end, India wrapped up a comfortable 20-run win, and Suryakumar Yadav registered his first series win as skipper.

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