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After being bowled out for 209 runs in the first match of the 3-match T20 series against Australia at home, India responded by winning the 2nd match in 8 overs to level the series. So Australia scored 186/7 in the allotted 20 overs after India won the toss and declared to bowl first in the 3rd match at Hyderabad on September 25 to decide the winner.
Captain Aaron Finch 7, Steve Smith 6, Glenn Maxwell 6 were out for few runs but the young opener Cameron Green scored 52 (21) with 7 fours and 3 sixes. In the end, Tim David scored an impressive 54 (27) with 2 fours and 4 sixes and Daniel Sams scored 28* (20) with 1 four and 2 sixes. Akshar Patel took maximum 3 wickets for India. Chasing 187 runs again, KL Rahul and captain Rohit Sharma were dismissed for 1 (4) and captain Rohit Sharma for 15 (17).
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Sobriety wins:
So, after getting a modest start of 30/2, India stumbled in the 4th over, Suryakumar Yadav – Virat Kohli faced the Australian bowlers very well till the 14th over and set up a mega partnership of 104 runs for the 3rd wicket and confirmed the victory. In this, Suryakumar Yadav, who showed action from the beginning, scored a fifty with 5 fours and 5 sixes and scored an impressive 69 (36) runs. Star of faith Virat Kohli, who batted calmly with him, scored a half-century with 3 fours and 4 sixes and was dismissed in the last over after accumulating 63 (48) runs.
In the end, Hardik Pandya finished with 25* (16) runs with 2 fours and 1 six to score 187/4 in 19.5 overs and won by 6 wickets. We always proved to be the killer at home and won the trophy 2 – 1 (3). Suryakumar Yadav, who played a major role in this victory by scoring 69 runs, bagged the man of the match award.
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Achievements of King Kohli:
On the other hand, Virat Kohli, who showed experience and composure in this life-and-death match, was the unheralded man of the match and played a vital role in India’s victory. In the last 10 years, he has scored a lot of runs in all 3 formats of the Indian team and achieved a lot of historic victories. He smashed the criticism he faced for not scoring a century after 2019 in the recent Asia Cup.
1. He continued his superb form while being applauded by the same former players who criticized him and he broke the all-time record of the legend Rahul Dravid as the second highest run scorer in international cricket with 63 runs in this match. He started his international tour in 2008 and after 15 years, he has overtaken Dravid, who is the current coach, and shines next to Sachin. That list:
1. Sachin Tendulkar : 34357
2. Virat Kohli : 24078*
3. Rahul Dravid : 24064
4. Sourav Ganguly : 18432
5. MS Dhoni : 17092
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2. He also smashed David Warner’s world record for most centuries against a specific team in T20 International cricket by scoring his 8th half-century against Australia yesterday. That list:
1. Virat Kohli : 8*, against Australia
2. David Warner : 7, against Sri Lanka
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3. To top it off, he also created the historic record of being the first batsman to cross 1500 runs while chasing in T20 International cricket. That list:
1. Virat Kohli : 1536*
2. David Warner : 1195
3. Rohit Sharma : 1193
4. Babur Assam : 1080
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