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India vs Australia 2019, 2nd T20I, IN PICS: Glenn Maxwell’s blitz hands Australia historic series win
Maxwell scored his third Twenty20 International century as Australia clinched their maiden T20I bilateral series on Indian soil.
Last Published on - February 28, 2019 1:16 PM IST
Maxwell fired at the other end, scoring all across the park and brought up his third T20I hundred in just 50 balls. He became only the third batsman to achieve the feat. (Photo: PTI)
Shikhar Dhawan struggled to get going and was dismissed in the 10th over after scoring just 14 off 24 ball. (Photo: AFP)
The partnership ended after Dhoni (40) miscued a shot off Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch at long-off. (Photo: PTI)
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Skipper Aaron Finch’s woeful form continued as Vijay Shankar dismissed him for just 8 in the fourth over. (Photo: AFP)
Bruised after going down by three wickets in a cliffhanger match in the series opener at Vizag, India travelled to Bengaluru in a bid to level the series and maintain their 11-year undefeated streak against Australia in T20Is. (Photo: AFP)
Chasing 191, Australia were off to a shaky start. Opener Marcus Stoinis was castled by Siddharth Kaul in the third over for 7. (Photo: PTI)
Put into bat, KL Rahul continued his fine form and smashed four sixes and three boundaries for his 26-ball 47. The local boy looked set to notch up to a consecutive half-century but was caught at deep third man playing an upper cut to Nathan Coulter-Nile. (Photo: Twitter)
Kohli (72*) and Dinesh Karthik added 16 off the last five as India finished with 190/4 after 20 overs. (Photo: PTI)
Captain Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni then took control of the innings. Kohli brought up his 20th T20I fifty in the 17th over off just 29 balls. The duo stitched a 100-run partnership that came in 50 balls to put the innings back on track. (Photo: PTI)
The match went down to the wire as the tourists needed 9 off the last over. Maxwell smashed a six and a boundary off the third and fourth ball to seal the match and a historic series. (Photo: AFP)
Maxwell and Short then forged a 73-run partnership before Short had to make the long walk back after mistiming a shot off Shankar. (Photo: PTI)
Rishabh Pant’s horrible form in T20Is continued as he was dismissed by D’Arcy Short for just 1 before Jhye Richardson took a stunner, diving to his left to take a catch airborne at long-off. (Photo: Twitter)
Australia created history in Bengaluru on Wednesday night as they pocketed their maiden bilateral Twenty20 International series win against India after a clinical seven-wicket win in the second T20I at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. (Photo: PTI)
