Team India is all set to take on Australia in the fifth and final T20I on Sunday, December 3 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The hosts have an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the ongoing series, with an emphatic win in the fourth T20I by 20 runs in Raipur to clinch the trophy.
Batting first, India put on 174 runs on the back of Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma’s blazing knocks in the middle order. Yashasvi Jaiswal also played a brilliant innings at the top. In response, Travis Head started off well for Australia. However, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They fell 20 runs short of the target. Axar Patel won the Player of the Match, picking three wickets for 16 runs.
Heading into the upcoming match, India will be keen to finish the series on a good note. However, Australia is a team that they would not take lightly. The upcoming game will be interesting as the players will eye several milestones to achieve. Let’s take a look at the records and milestones that can be achieved in the fifth T20I match between India and Australia:
Records and milestones that can be achieved in the fifth T20I between India and Australia
– Deepak Chahar has taken 47 wickets so far in International cricket. He needs three more in the upcoming game to reach the 50-wickets milestone in international cricket.
– Skipper Suryakumar Yadav has been impressive in T20I cricket for Team India. He has score 1980 runs and needs 20 more to complete 2000 T20I runs.
– Tim David will be eyeing the 4000-runs landmark in T20s. He has scored 3928 runs and needs 72 more to achieve the feat.
– Indian all-rounder Axar Patel needs five scalps to complete 200 wickets in T20s.
– Australia cricketer Travis Head has been in great form in recent times. He has slammed 95 sixes in International cricket. Heed needs five sixes to complete 100 sixes across all the formats.
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