Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

SR Watson
SR Watson
124(71) 10x4 - 6x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 29 runs
  • 2x4 - 3x6
11 1 7 6 31 13 10 45
RG Sharma
RG Sharma
52(38) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 12 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
1 0 10 4 13 8 6 10

Best performances - Bowlers

CJ Boyce
O4
M0
R28
W2
Eco7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh
O2
M0
R19
W1
Eco9.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

India won the 3-match series 3-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19:15 start, First Session 19.15-20:30, Interval 20:30-20:50, Second Session 20:50-22:05

Match days

31 January 2016 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Sidharth Monga

END OF OVER:
20 | 19 Runs | IND: 200/3 | RR: 10.00

  • Suresh Raina49 (25b)
  • Yuvraj Singh15 (12b)
  • Andrew Tye4-0-51-0
  • Shane Watson4-0-30-1

That is the end of a hectic Indian tour of Australia. Those bowlers can rest a bit now. Batsmen have got flat pitches and good bats, but they deserve some of the credit for their ruthlessness too. It was good fun bringing it to you. Cricinfo bids goodbye now

"Lot of credit to the bowlers," says MS Dhoni. "In the ODI series the batsmen were doing well, we needed the extra 10% from the bowlers. That has changed with Bumrah coming in and others getting their act together. Yes, the batsmen have taken it up a notch, but it is the bowlers who have done their job better, which has made the difference. There might be one or two changes based on the conditions in the World T20, but this is roughly what our T20 side will look like."

"They certainly are special," says Shane Watson, Man of the Match. "They showed it to us in the one-day series as well. we put up the big score to give ourselves a big score, but couldn't get ourselves over the line. At this point of time I am loving every minute of playing for Australia. The privilege to captain the team was great although it was a bit hectic at time. I do enjoy my batting. I blocked the ball a bit too much early, but it was a pleasure to bat with Uzzie. Can't believe he got out. We have got the world-class players, there is no reason why we can't have a successful World T20. Just need to chalk out the roles..."

"Indeed, reads sweet," says Virat Kohli, Man of the Series. "We decided before Sydney one-dayer that we want to finish the tour 4-all. Just because we played so well earlier but didn't get on the board. I was disappointed when I got out because I wanted to finish the game off. I challenge myself to finish them off when I chase. The way Yuvi and Raina, both of them coming back, finished it off, credit to their character. (Rohit starts dancing midway because Kohli is asked about him). I have said this many times that I am a big fan of Rohit. The time he has got, and the miles he can hit the ball..."

Surely there are thousands of Twitter jokes about Yuvraj being deleted furiously right now? But boy did he dig himself a hole here? The wheel turned with two gentle length balls at the start of the last over, but to hit them clean out of the crews under such pressure... India have moved from No. 8 at the start of this series to No. 1 after this whitewash. So they are No. 1 in both Tests and T20Is. Credit to Bumrah too for those tight overs in the end when Australia looked like could go well past 200. Yet another first-innings centurion ends up on the losing side. Not sure you could ask Watson to do much more. Scored an unbeaten century, took a wicket in his first over, captained the side, and conceded just five in the 19th over. He also left Yuvraj on strike. At the start of the 20th over, India needed 17 runs and Yuvraj was 5 off 9 and still googling the middle of his bat. Then he got two length balls on the pads. Pressure got to Tye, but the veteran batsman produced the goods. Credit will go to Sharma and Kohli for their aggressive fifties, which provided Yuvraj the luxury of those dot balls. He will be one relieved man

19.6
4
Tye to Raina, FOUR, Raina can celebrate now. Cool as a cucumber. Yuvraj can sigh in relief. Tye goes short of a length, looks to cramp him up, but Raina makes room to punch this wristily over point for four. Raina punches the air, jumps in the air, Yuvraj lifts him on his shoulder, Raina pats his back. What is Bancroft thinking?

Boundary-riders are two-thirds now. Square leg goes back. Will we have a super over? Off-side everybody is up. Will Tye get a tie?

19.5
2
Tye to Raina, 2 runs, full toss on the pads, and for a moment it seems Raina has hit this for four. Flicks this past the diving square leg. Raina starts to celebrate already, but it doesn't go for four. Did they lose a chance to take the third because he began his celebrations prematurely?
19.4
2
Tye to Raina, 2 runs, yorker, on the pads, placed into the leg side for a couple. India on target. Australia need a dot

Fine leg goes back

19.3
1b
Tye to Yuvraj Singh, 1 bye, Bancroft misses again. Slower offcutter, beats Yuvraj's shot, but Raina steals the bye
19.2
6
Tye to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Yuvraj is back. He has done it. Gets another length ball on the pads, and he loves it. Goes over the bigger leg-side fence. Beats deep midwicket for a six

Third man and fine leg up

19.1
4
Tye to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR, Yuvraj finds the touch. Length ball, on the pads, Yuvraj loves it. Is this what lets him off the hook? Flicks it over fine leg. Not the best ball Tye has bowled

"Did Manish Pandey get any match practice? At this level, can't have any sympathy for Yuvraj." Rahul Kapoor, I agree with you mostly, but T20 is different. You get no time to play yourself in. In the first two games he could have come in under pressure and got the feel again. Now he is asked to bat only when the pressure is on. Still, no excuses perhaps at international lever

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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.