- India vs. Australia (3rd T20 In 2016)
India took on Australia in the last T20 match of their tour to Australia. The match was held at SCG, Sydney on 31st January 2016. Shane Watson won the toss and elected to bat first. It was a good batting pitch as the hard-hitting Watson played one of best knocks in T20 cricket remaining not out on 124 in 86 balls with 10 fours and 6 sixes. The rest of batting order failed to contribute much and Australia posted a competitive total of 197 for 5 in 20 overs.
Chasing 198 to win, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma gave the team a flying start scoring 46 in 3.2 overs. The second wicket partnership of Rohit Sharma and Kohli added 78 runs. Both players scored half-centuries. With India needing, 17 runs off 6 balls, Yuvraj Singh smashed 10 runs in 2 balls. With 2 runs required off the last ball, Suresh Raina smashed a boundary to help India win the match by 7 wickets. It was first a team whitewashed Australia in Australia.
