01/31Result
3rd T20I (N), India tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 31 2016
India won by 7 wkts (0b rem)
Player of the Match
Shane Watson
Shane WatsonAustralia
01/31Result
3rd T20I (N), India tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 31 2016
India won by 7 wkts (0b rem)
Player of the Match
Shane Watson
Shane WatsonAustralia

Match Day

3294dDaniel Brettig

Haddin critical of Bancroft selection

Brad Haddin has questioned the selectors' decision to expose the part-time wicketkeeper Cameron Bancroft by choosing him for the final Twenty20 match against India at the SCG

3295dSidharth Monga

'Bumrah the find of the tour' - Dhoni

India's limited-overs captain MS Dhoni is pleased with the positives that have come out of the tour of Australia where the visitors lost the first four ODIs before coming back to win the final ODI and all three Twenty20 internationals

Unique

0

No. of batsmen who scored more than two fifty-plus scores in a bilateral T20I series. Kohli became the first to achieve this with scores of 90*, 59* and 50 in this series.

Expensive powerplays

131

Runs scored in the first six overs by both sides in this match, most in a T20I match in Australia. Previous highest: 126 Eng v Aus, also at SCG, 2006-07.

Expensive

24

Runs conceded in Tait's over is the 3rd-expensive against Ind in T20Is. Broad's 36 (Durban, 2007) and Kleinveldt's 25 (Gros Islet, 2010) are the top two expensive.

Captain leading from front

119

Previous highest score by a captain in T20Is, 119 by Faf du Plessis. Watson has gone past that in this innings. Dilshan is the only other captain to score a T20I century.

First Aussie

0

No. of Aus batsmen who had scored centuries in all three formats, before Watson who achieved it in this match. He is the 10th overal to do so.

Late, but gets his best

81

Previous highest score for Watson in T20Is, 81 vs Pak, Gros Islet, 2010. He has surpassed that in this innings.

Back on track

16

No. of T20I innings without a 50-plus score for Watson, before this innings. His last fifty was 70 vs SL, Colombo (RPS), 2012.