BENGALURU: Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh produced an excelent final over to ensure India’s 6-run victory against Australia in the 5th and final T20I at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday and sealded the series with 4-1 margin.
Chasing 161 runs to win, the visitors needed 10 runs from the final over. Arshdeep gave away only 3 runs and claimed captain Matthew Wade (22). Finally the Aussies could managed 154 runs in allotted overs losing 8 wickets.
Ben McDermott scored 54 runs from 36 balls with 5 sixes while opener Travis Head added 28 runs. Mukesh Kumar took 3 wickets for 32 while spinner Ravi Bishoi and Arshdeep grabbed 2 wickets each.
Earlier, Shreyas Iyer struck a 37-ball 53 to help India post a modest 160/8.
While Shreyas Iyer struck five boundaries and two maximums, Jitesh Sharma hammered a 16-ball 24 and Axar Patel blasted a 21-ball 31 studded with two fours and one six as India recovered from an early collapse to post a modest title.
Having already sealed the series 3-1 in the fourth match at Raipur, India made a decent start of 33 before opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was sent back by Jason Behrendorff for 21 in the fourth over.
Fellow opener Ruturaj Gaikwad (10) was out in the next over, caught by Behrendorff off Ben Dwarshuis as India slumped to 33 for two after Australia skipper Matthew Wade won the toss and elected to bowl first in the inconsequential match.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav could manage only five runs while Rinku Singh, the hero of India's victory in the fourth match, failed for once, getting out for six runs, caught by Tim David off Tanveer Sangha.
Shreyas and Jitesh added 42 runs for the fifth wicket while he and Axar Patel raised 46 runs for the sixth wicket partnership as India reached 143/6 in the 19th over.
Brief scores:
India 160/8 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 53, Axar Patel 31, Jitesh Sharma 24; Jason Behrendorff 2-38, Ben Dwarshuis 2-30) beat Australia 154/8 in 19.1 overs (Ben McDermott 54, Mukesh Kumar 3/32). Agencies
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