Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

GJ Maxwell
GJ Maxwell
113(55) 7x4 - 9x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 22 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 15 9 8 19 10 20 31
V Kohli
V Kohli
72(38) 2x4 - 6x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 16 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
4 0 1 8 17 14 7 21

Best performances - Bowlers

V Shankar
V Shankar
O4
M0
R38
W2
Eco9.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
JP Behrendorff
JP Behrendorff
O3
M0
R17
W1
Eco5.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Australia won the 2-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.25, Interval 20.25-20.45, Second Session 20.45- 22.15

Match days

27 February 2019 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Match Referee

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy

10.45pm And that is that from this T20I series. Come World Cup, you'd think Australia will have assembled a pretty damn formidable 15, regardless of their poor results in the format over the last couple of years. There's still an ODI series to go before that, and it begins on March 2 in Hyderabad. Be sure to join us for that. Until then, it's goodbye from Sreshth, Chandan and me. Good night!

Aaron Finch: "Anytime you can win any kind of series against India in India is special. Outstanding innings from Maxy, and I must mention Adam Zampa as well, to bowl as he did on this wicket, end up with none for 20 (23) off his four overs. We've been on a journey for the last 10-11 months building towards the World Cup, and there has been a bit of pain as well. The great thing is we've kept improving through that period."

Glenn Maxwell is the Player of the Match and the Series: "We were just talking about how we haven't had a lot of success here. To come and perform as well as we have in these two T20s, it's a great start to this tour. I think it helps playing a big bulk of T20 in the domestic tournament back home and come here. It was a pretty good wicket, so we were able to wait for anything slightly off line or length. We just needed to get it to about 11 or 12 an over for the last four overs, and back ourselves from there. After D'Arcy's dismissal it was up to me to sit around and drive the innings forward. Pete Handscomb did a great job of getting off strike and being busy. We were able to keep consistently having good overs, and keep the [required] run rate in check."

Virat Kohli: "Australia outplayed us in both games, they were more clinical with bat, ball and on the field. We put up a decent total, 190 is a good score on any ground, but there was too much dew around, and when Maxy plays an innings like that, you can't do too much. Every team will look to fine-tune whatever they need to before the World Cup, and we'll keep doing that in the ODI series too, but we still want to win every match we play. We wanted to give everyone some game time, we've seen how these guys react in different situations, and we have a few more games to see how they keep doing under pressure. The Bangalore wicket was back to normal, you could trust your technique and game and just go for it, tonight was one night where it came off, but it doesn't matter because we lost."

VJ: "It's only February but already the best Test innings and best T20 innings awards of 2019 have been sewn up - by Kusal Perera and Maxwell respectively."

Giggity: "Maxie for MoM and MoS. Do I get an award for making an obvious prediction?" -- Yup, I'm publishing your comment.

Peter Handscomb: "I just tried to get Maxy on strike, that was the plan, and it was great to be there till the end. We wanted to make sure there's an in batter at the end, and it was the batters' job to complete the job. [Maxwell is] a freak, he can play shots other people can't, and he's really matured now. It was just a pleasure being at the other end."

It's times like these that make for a good behind-the-scenes look at a player. Here's the story of Glenn Maxwell by SB Tang for the Cricket Monthly.

Abhijato: "As I commented last match, Maxwell has had all the odds held against him for the last few months. He simply can't get into the Test side, or into the middle order of the Australian ODI team. He's the most unorthodox international batsman in the world right now. He's sent out as strong a message as a player can to the Ashes selectors, and Langer who's seemingly only doubted him. I'm an India fan, but tonight, I can just stand and applaud. Well played, and cheers, Maxi!"

Dev : "Pant + Dhawan - 15 runs off 30 balls + 1 dropped catch. Pretty much sums up where the match was lost "

Mohammed Waseem: "Maxwell claims atleast a nomination to another T20I performance of the year award"

10.26pm A big confidence boost for Australia ahead of the ODIs, and a big statement from Glenn Maxwell ahead of the World Cup. How this man isn't an ever-present in all formats will remain a mystery to me - he's just too good a player. No one in the world has hands like him. A few questions for India - I thought picking the extra batsman in Vijay Shankar was the right call, but did they score enough? Dhawan's contribution at the top will come under some scrutiny for sure.

19.4
4
Kaul to Maxwell, FOUR, and there's the win, Australia seal a 2-0 series victory. Back of a length on off stump, and Maxwell makes a bit of room and flat-bats it to the right of extra-cover. He's been simply unstoppable today
19.3
6
Kaul to Maxwell, SIX, make that one off three. What a sensational shot. Attempted yorker misses the length marginally, and the wide-ish full-toss is launched straight back over the bowler's head with an incredible bottom-handed shovel

Seven off four.

19.2
1
Kaul to Handscomb, 1 run, ooh. Backward point is right on the edge of the circle, and Handscomb has opened his bat face and squeezed this off-stump yorker straight to the fielder to get off strike
19.1
1
Kaul to Maxwell, 1 run, back of a length close to off stump, slapped to point, can't beat the diving fielder

Right then, nine to get from the last over. This has looked like an Australia canter, but Bumrah has kept India in it. Just.

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs | AUS: 182/3 (9 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.57, RRR: 9.00)

  • Glenn Maxwell102 (52b)
  • Peter Handscomb19 (17b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-30-0
  • Siddarth Kaul3-0-33-1
18.6
1
Bumrah to Maxwell, 1 run, full on off stump, Laxmaned down to long-on

JackT: "Well, this was worth the all nighter here in Aus, what a player Maxwell!!"

18.5
1
Bumrah to Handscomb, 1 run, another low-ish full-toss. More leg-stumpish this time. Punched to long-on, bat jarring on impact

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13DJM ShortMP Stoinis
2nd9AJ FinchDJM Short
3rd73DJM ShortGJ Maxwell
4th99GJ MaxwellPSP Handscomb