IND vs AUS 5th T20I: India emerge triumphant by six runs in closely fought contest; win series by 4-1

Shreyas Iyer played a key role for India in the fifth T20I with a brilliant knock of 53 while Axar Patel also contributed in India's total of 160 with his exploits in the middle. India's bowling unit dished out a clinical bowling effort to ensure a six-run win.

Bengaluru: India won the five-match bilateral series against Australia by 4-1 as they emerged victorious in a closely fought contest on Sunday. The Indian side first piled up a total of 160/8 and defended the target subsequently as the bowlers kept taking wickets at regular intervals.

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  Arshdeep Singh defends 10 in the final over as #TeamIndia win the final T20I and clinch the series 4⃣-1⃣ 👏👏
  
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  WHAT. A. MATCH! 🙌
  
  Arshdeep Singh defends 10 in the final over as #TeamIndia win the final T20I and clinch the series 4⃣-1⃣ 👏👏
  
  Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/CZtLulpqqM#INDvAUS | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/c132ytok8M

  — BCCI (@BCCI) December 3, 2023

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  WHAT. A. MATCH! 🙌
  
  Arshdeep Singh defends 10 in the final over as #TeamIndia win the final T20I and clinch the series 4⃣-1⃣ 👏👏
  
  Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/CZtLulpqqM#INDvAUS | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/c132ytok8M

  — BCCI (@BCCI) December 3, 2023

Ben McDermott was the lone warrior for the visitors with his knock of 54 runs from 36 deliveries which was laced with five sixes. Travis Head and Matthew Wade played cameos but their exploits were not enough to steal a win in a game that went down to the wire. Arshdeep Singh was handed the tough task of defending 10 runs from the last six deliveries and he fulfilled his responsibility by conceding only three runs.

Earlier in the day, Australian skipper Matthew Wade elected to bowl after winning the toss in the fifth T20I game of the bilateral series.

The Indian openers added 33 runs for the first wicket but their partnership was put to an end by Jason Behrendorff who dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal on 21. As soon as India lost their first wicket, the Australian bowlers scripted some more damage to the opposition reducing the hosts to 55/4. However, Shreyas Iyer and Jitesh Sharma formed a solid partnership of 42 runs for the fifth wicket. Jitesh was dismissed on 24 and Axar Patel walked in to join Shreyas in the middle.

Shreyas Iyer led the charge for the Indian batting unit with a knock of 53 runs while Axar scored 31 runs during his stay at the crease. Thanks to Shreyas' pivotal knock helped India post 160/8 on the scoreboard.

Jason Behrendorff and Ben Dwarshuis picked a couple of wickets each for the Australian team.

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