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India create history with their win against Australia

Saturday, 02-Dec-2023, 04:18 AM
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Team India beat Australia in the fourth T20I match on Friday in Raipur to seal the series victory in the five-match series. India thrashed Australia by (20) runs to bag the series win under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav. India had controlled Australia from reaching the target after restricting them to (154) in (20) overs. Earlier, India had scored (174) from (20) overs after being asked to bat. Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored (37) and (32) runs respectively to put India on top. Rinku Singh’s career-best knock of (46) gave India a major impetus to propel them to (174). Defending the total, Indian spinners didn’t allow Australia to make themselves get back into the game with Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi bowling in tandem. Axar Patel returned with three wickets after giving away (16) runs from his four overs whereas Ravi Bishnoi took one wicket after giving away (17) runs from his four overs. With this win, India have created a massive record as they have become the only team to have most wins in the T20I format. India are now carrying (136) T20I wins as they have gone past Pakistan who have (135) T20I wins. India have also been unbeaten in fourteen straight bilateral T20I series at home.

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