After securing a loss in the 2nd T20i vs Australia , India bounced back this time as Washingtin sundar strikes , lead the team to win against the Hosts with 5 wickets , in the 3rd T20i on 2 November 2025.
After this match , the series is now leveled (1-1) , so this makes the next 2 matches very crucial and interesting.
: Match Summary :
India won the toss this time and the skipper chose to bowl first . Indian bowler Arshdeep singh got 2 early wickets as TRAVIS HEAD 6(4) and JOSH INGLIS 1(7) in the first 3 overs of powerplay , while JASPRIT BUMRAH , even went wicket less but his very convincing bowling economy (4-26-0) helped in creating the pressure on the Australian batters , eventually slowing them down in the powerplay , with a score of 43-2 (6.0 overs). However TIM DAVID had some other plans , he was standing tall against the indian bowlers on one end and was keeping the game in Australia’s side with his exceptional 74 of 38 with 8 fours and 5 sixes , followed by another experienced and reliable all rounder MARCUS STOINIS who also started to show some power hitting and made a fabulous 64 off 39 balls , with 8 fours and 2 sixes with some finishing touches from Matt SHORT with explosive 26 of 15 balls with 2 fours and 1 six taking AUSTRALIA to an overall total of 186 runs at the end of 20 overs losing 6 wickets.
INDIA : Second Innings
As soon as Indian openers came to bat in the second innings , to chase down a pretty decent total of 186 Runs against the hosts , they started the way they used to , Abhishek Sharma 25 (16) already went for another masterclass , carrying out the same form as last match , did some big hitting, but Nathon Ellis got him down with brilliant variance in bowling. After powerplay India was sitting at 60-2 (6.0 overs ) pretty comfortable . Then skipper came in , hitting 6 on the very second ball of his innings Suryakumar Yadav 24 (11) decided to play game his way , but could not able to make it to the end , how ever the stage was set for upcoming batters like to finish the game. Tilak verma 29(26) tried , but Australian bowlers had other plans , while Washington sundar , was not at all want to slow down in any circumstances, Washi , smashed 49 of 23 balls not out , with 3 fours and 4 sixes destroyed all the hopes for Australia for come back in this match and the winning shots came from Jitesh sharma’s bat 22 off 13 balls with 3 fours
KEY PERFORMANCES
INDIA :
| Washington Sundar 49* (23) | Nathon Ellis 3/36(4) | |
| Tilak Varma 29(26) | Marcus Stoinis 1/22(2) | |
| Abhishek sharma 25 (16) | Zavier Bartlett 1/30 (4) |
AUSTRALIA :
| Tim David 74(38) | Arshdeep Singh 3/35(4) |
| Marcus Stoinis 64(39) | Varun Chakaravarthy 2/33 (4) |
| Matt Short 26*(15) | Shivam Dube 1/43 (4) |