{"id":1338,"date":"2025-11-06T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:50:53","slug":"india-beat-australia-by-48-runs-for-2-1-lead-in-t20-series-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"India beat Australia by 48 runs for 2-1 lead in T20 series | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Australia were all out for 119 in chase of 168 as Sundar took three wickets, while Chakravarthy and Patel chipped in.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>India\u2019s spinners led the way with the ball as the visitors took a 2-1 lead in their Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series against Australia with a 48-run demolition of the home side on Queensland\u2019s Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>After losing the toss and being sent in to bat on Thursday, India reached 167-8 thanks to a well-made 46 from Shubman Gill and useful contributions from Abhishek Sharma (28) and Shivam Dube (22).<\/p>\n<p>The world champions\u2019 spin bowlers then took centre stage, bundling Australia out for 119, with off-spinner Washington Sundar taking 3-3 in just eight balls to finish off the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought 167 was par on that wicket,\u201d Australian captain Mitchell Marsh said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut batting was pretty hard \u2013 we had a few partnerships, but we just couldn\u2019t get the big one that would give us momentum going into the back end of the innings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India would have gone into the innings break hoping for a bigger score than 167, but the total proved too much for the Australians, who started brightly but fell away alarmingly after reaching 67-1 in the ninth over.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors will now head to Brisbane on Sunday, hoping to clinch the five-match series after the opening game in Canberra was washed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the bowlers did really well,\u201d India\u2019s captain Suryakumar Yadav said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a little bit of dew, but they adapted really quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the combination [of our bowlers] suits us really well and bowling a side out is what we want from them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>India had looked like reaching an imposing score when openers Abhishek and Gill took on the Australian attack in the early overs.<\/p>\n<p>The pair put on 56 off just 6.4 overs with little trouble before Abhishek, who had smashed a huge six off leg-spinner Adam Zampa two balls earlier, tried a second time only to be caught by Tim David on the long-on boundary.<\/p>\n<p>Dube joined Gill and continued to score freely against Zampa, but he found the pace bowling harder to handle and was bowled by Nathan Ellis to leave India 88-2.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis claimed his second when he bowled Gill, with India 121-3.<\/p>\n<p>Any chance of a really big score disappeared four runs later when Yadav was caught on the boundary for 20, and the rest of the batting fell away.<\/p>\n<p>Australian openers Marsh (30) and Matthew Short (25) made a bright start, but Indian bowlers kept chipping away, snaring wickets at key moments to take control.<\/p>\n<p>India won the third T20I by five wickets, and Australia won the second by four wickets, while the opening match of the series was abandoned due to rain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia were all out for 119 in chase of 168 as Sundar took three wickets, while Chakravarthy and Patel chipped in. 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