Australia vs India, 4th T20I, India tour of Australia, 2025 - CommentaryAUS vs IND, 4th T20I, India tour of Australia, 2025 - Commentary

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Washington Sundar to Zampa, out Caught by Gill!! Again it goes to Gill at long-on and this time he makes no mistake. India go ahead in the series with a 2-1 lead and they can't lose the series now. Fired in on a good length, Zampa slogs, doesn't make great contact and gives Washington his third wicket in eight balls. Zampa c Gill b Washington Sundar 0(1)

Bumrah to Dwarshuis, out Bowled!! Four slower balls in a row, and the last of them dips perfectly under Dwarshuis's attempted slog. Crashes into the base of middle and leg. Bumrah finishes with 1/27. Dwarshuis b Bumrah 5(7)

Washington Sundar to Bartlett, out Caught&Bowled!! Two in two! Darted in on a good length, he looks to work across the line but the ball holds up on him perhaps. Takes the leading edge back to Washington who is now on a hattrick... Bartlett c and b Washington Sundar 0(1)

Washington Sundar to Stoinis, out Lbw!! Review taken by Stoinis after being given out LBW! That looked out as he missed the reverse-sweep. And ball-tracking confirms the same. Pushed through flat on a good length, zips through off the surface and he's late on the shot. Gets pinned on the back leg in front of off and it would've crashed into the top of the stumps. Stoinis lbw b Washington Sundar 17(19) [4s-2]

Bumrah to Stoinis, FOUR, nicely struck by Stoinis! Bumrah tries a surprise bumper but Stoinis gets into position nicely as he pulls well in front of square. Nearly went all the way!

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Varun Chakaravarthy to Maxwell, out Bowled!! Just about clips the top of off stump and Maxwell is gone! Another brilliant over for India who are taking control of this game now. Googly that lands on a good length outside off, Maxwell makes room to slap it through the off-side but misses completely. It shaves the top of off stump before nestling in the keeper's gloves. Maxwell b Varun Chakaravarthy 2(4)

Arshdeep Singh to Philippe, out Caught by Varun Chakaravarthy!! Clipped in the air and gone! Straight to short midwicket! Some spongy bounce perhaps? Or maybe it held up on Philippe. Whatever it might be, Australia have lost their fifth as Arshdeep strikes with his first ball of a new spell. Good length on leg stump, over the wicket, Philippe's not in control as he plays across the line and offers a simple catch to Chakaravarthy. Philippe c Varun Chakaravarthy b Arshdeep Singh 10(10) [4s-1]

Shivam Dube to Stoinis, FOUR, absolute filth to finish the over! Short and wide, sits up for Stoinis and he reaches out to slap it over backward point

Shivam Dube to Tim David, out Caught by Suryakumar Yadav!! Dube has bounced David out! He pumps his fist in delight after being nearly hit out of the stadium the previous ball. First Marsh, now David, what an impact it has been with the ball already. 122kph, dug in short, and David is very late on the pull shot for some reason. Maybe the length took him by surprise, or the way it zipped through off the surface. Gets it high on the bat and it balloons up to extra cover, simple catch. Tim David c Suryakumar Yadav b Shivam Dube 14(9) [4s-1 6s-1]M

Shivam Dube to Tim David, SIX, how big is that?! Gigantic hit from David! Slower one off the back of the hand, lands right in the slot and David picks the bones out of it. He swings hard and it goes into orbit over midwicket

Varun Chakaravarthy to Tim David, FOUR, slightly on the shorter side and that's enough for David who winds up and smashes the pull shot through square leg

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Shivam Dube to Philippe, FOUR, shot! What a shot to get off the mark. Short of length delivery and it seemed like Philippe was expecting that, quickly gets into position and nails the pull in front of square

Shivam Dube to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Arshdeep Singh!! Wickets in successive overs. Inspired bowling change by SKY. He could have continued with Chakravarthy or brought back one of his pacers but he went with Dube and has sent the well-set batter back. Another slower ball bowles into the surface, no pace for Marsh as he attempts the pull, skies it backward of square and Arshdeep runs around the rope to take a good catch. Mitchell Marsh c Arshdeep Singh b Shivam Dube 30(24) [4s-4]

Axar to Josh Inglis, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Second wicket for Axar. He has been at his miserly best. This is flatter and attacking the stumps, Inglis comes down the track and swings through the line, misses and allows the ball to sneak past the inside edge before smashing into the stumps. Inglis could not get going after those two fours off Bumrah and wanted a release shot, didn't get it and he loses his wicket. Josh Inglis b Axar 12(11) [4s-2]

Axar to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, shot! 94.2ks flatter delivery, angling in and Marsh kneels down to play the sweep, smashes it square and gives the fielder in the deep no chance of making the stop

Axar to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, shot! 94.2ks flatter delivery, angling in and Marsh kneels down to play the sweep, smashes it square and gives the fielder in the deep no chance of making the stop

Axar to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, poor from Sundar. Flighted delivery, Marsh kneels down and belts the sweep to deep square leg. Sundar gets around and dives, but ends up falling over the ball, conceding couple more

Bumrah to Josh Inglis, FOUR, neatly done! Not much wrong with the delivery but it is the field for Bumrah. Short of length around off, Inglis allows the ball to arrive and opens the bat face, guides it between backward point and short third

Bumrah to Josh Inglis, FOUR, poor from Bumrah. No third man or deep backward point. Short and outside off, easy pickings with no fielders in the deep, Inglis cracks it behind square and does not bother to run

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Axar to Matthew Short, out Lbw!! Excellent review! Jitesh Sharma was pointing at the stumps to the umpire when appealing. Axar too was confident. But the umpire wasn't. SKY does not take too much convincing to challenge the onfield call. Short misses the sweep and is struck on the pad. The only question - where was the impact? Ball-tracking showed it to be in-line and hitting the leg-stump. India have their first wicket.. Matthew Short lbw b Axar 25(19) [4s-2 6s-2]

Varun Chakaravarthy to Matthew Short, SIX, dragged down and Short does not miss out on the freebie, he transfers his weight back and pulls it towards deep square. Second six for him in the last 2 overs..

Arshdeep Singh to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, big over. 15 runs. Arshdeep goes short and into the wicket, the ball gets big on Marsh as he takes it on, the pull comes off the top-edge and goes fine, one bounce and over the ropes

Arshdeep Singh to Matthew Short, FOUR, very little margin for error! Arshdeep once again angles it across and gives Short the space to free his hands, he lofts through the line and clears mid-off with ease

Arshdeep Singh to Matthew Short, SIX, lovely shot! 116.6ks slower ball from Arshdeep and he lands it right in the slot, Short delays his bat swing and sends it sailing straight back down the ground

Bumrah to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, neatly done! On a length and outside off, no third man in place, Marsh allows the ball to come and steers it behind square on the off-side. No need to run for that..

Arshdeep Singh to Matthew Short, FOUR, poor delivery and Short gets off the mark with a boundary. Swinging down leg, Short gets plenty of bat on the glance and the ball races away to fine leg

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Stoinis to Arshdeep Singh, out Caught by Philippe!! That has gone sooo high. Slower length ball, Arshdeep is early through the slog and skies it off the leading edge. Goes a mile in the night sky and Philippe has to have his wits about him with the ball swirling around. Does well and pouches it safely. Arshdeep Singh c Philippe b Stoinis 0(3)

Stoinis to Axar, SIX, oh superb hit across the line! Steps across the stumps, gets a full one on middle and absolutely nails it over square leg. 10 off the first two balls!

Stoinis to Axar, FOUR, swung away across the line, finds the gap and the boundary too! Was perhaps deceived by the slower one, having to reach out well in front of the boundary. But he went through with the shot and got it right off the middle, dragging it wide of long-on

Nathan Ellis to Washington Sundar, out Caught by (sub)Kuhnemann!! Fails to get under this and picks out mid-off. Very full from Ellis, pace on, and Washington slices it off the outside half as he looks to loft down the ground. Main issue for him was that the length was so full that it was hard to find elevation. Ellis's evening continues to get better. Has been a brilliant spell from him. Washington Sundar c (sub)Kuhnemann b Nathan Ellis 12(7) [4s-2]

Dwarshuis to Washington Sundar, FOUR, such a great flourish on the drive from Washington! Good length just outside off, he hits it on the up and smokes it through extra cover

Zampa to Jitesh Sharma, out Lbw!! Big shout for LBW as Jitesh misses the sweep. Not out given and Australia have gone for the review! Oh ball-tracking says it's crashing into leg stump - three reds - and India lose another one. From 121/2 to 136/6. Fizzed through on a good length, he gets across to sweep but misses and is struck on the thigh. Key was that the ball gripped and straightened a touch, which ensured that it wouldn't slip down leg. Jitesh Sharma lbw b Zampa 3(4)

Zampa to Washington Sundar, FOUR, Dwarshuis has made a meal of this. Swept behind square, he runs across in the deep and is undone by the spin. Overruns it and doesn't even get a hand

Zampa to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Josh Inglis!! Australia are celebrating and Tilak walks off too. Yep, a bit of glove on it. Tries the reverse-sweep, and it takes a deflection on its way to the keeper. Inglis fails with the first attempt but the rebound sits up nicely for him. India losing their way here. Tilak Varma c Josh Inglis b Zampa 5(6)

Bartlett to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Tim David!! The ball nearly pops out but David hangs on with his fingertips! Another quickfire 20 from Surya. It's back of a length, he swings hard across the line and gets a lot of height but not much distance. David ambles across to his left at the square leg boundary and has it covered. Suryakumar Yadav c Tim David b Bartlett 20(10) [6s-2]

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Nathan Ellis to Gill, out Bowled!! Cleaned up by the slower ball! Terrific execution from Ellis with the back-of-the-hand release. Lands on a good length, Gill tries hacking across the line but it sneaks under the bat before crashing into off stump. Stayed low perhaps as he missed it by a long way. A knock where he got off to a good start against the new ball but then struggled to raise the tempo once it got older. Gill b Nathan Ellis 46(39) [4s-4 6s-1]

Stoinis to Gill, SIX, not only has he cleared the longest part of the ground, he has also put it in the top tier there. Enormous hit. Breaks the shackles as he was going at only a run a ball. Good length from Stoinis, Gill swings across the line, generates great power while also keeping his shape. Flies off the middle of his bat

Zampa to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, now this time the connection is much better, made a great crack off the bat and it has flown over the midwicket boundary. Full and wide outside off, Surya reaches out and nails the slog-sweep

Zampa to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, big slog-sweep from Surya, doesn't quite get hold of it but has found the gap in the deep. Has that hit the cushions on the full? Yes, looks like it. The sweep is his go-to shot against spin and he gets a good result here

Nathan Ellis to Shivam Dube, out Bowled!! Dube gets in a tangle and loses his leg stump! The line from over the wicket tucked him up there. Slower off-cutter, back of a length, he looks to clip it away but his balance isn't great at the crease. Misses it completely and it goes through the gate to hit the top of leg. Shivam Dube b Nathan Ellis 22(18) [4s-1 6s-1]

Zampa to Shivam Dube, SIX, has the reputation of tearing spinners apart, and here he goes! It's a massive hit! Tossed up wide of off, probably the googly which takes it further away, but it can't escape the long reach of Dube. He swings hard and launches it down the ground. The ball seems to have been lost, and Gill checks the one that they're using now

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Dwarshuis to Shivam Dube, FOUR, 128.8ks short and outside off, Dube does not overhit the cut, he opens the bat face and carves it behind square, beats the diving sweeper near the rope

Zampa to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Tim David!! Zampa strikes! He breaks the partnership and Abhishek holes out in the deep. He never got going today and wanted to take on Zampa straightaway. But this is smartly bowled. Slows it up, 82.2ks tossed up delivery and Abhishek manages to get under it, but does not generate enough power or distance, David takes it low near long-on. Abhishek Sharma c Tim David b Zampa 28(21) [4s-3 6s-1]

Zampa to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, first ball against Zampa and he sends it over the rope. Excellent use of the feet, does not quite get to the pitch but uses his long reach, lofts it straight down the ground and there's no problem clearing the fence

Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, Abhishek ends the powerplay with a boundary. He charges out, gives himself room and thumps this over extra cover region, couple of bounces and over the ropes. This is a good start for India..

Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, finally Abhishek connects with the pull. He has mistimed a couple but this was right off the middle. Short and banged into the surface, Abhishek pulls it in front of square and sends the ball racing to the vacant deep mid-wicket region

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Bartlett to Gill, FOUR, what timing! Just a gentle clip and the ball races away. Gill comes down the track and the ball angles into him, he plays the clip late in front of square and there's no stopping that

Nathan Ellis to Gill, FOUR, nicely adjusted! Gill comes down the track and is met by a shortened length, he hops to get on top of the bounce and flat-bats it wide of mid-off. Marsh dives to his left but is unable to stop the ball from beating him

Nathan Ellis to Gill, FOUR, loosener from Ellis and he's been made to pay. Drifting down leg, easy pickings for Gill as he glances it to fine leg and does not bother to run. The fielder in the deep was square

Dwarshuis to Gill, FOUR, will that get him going? 131.9ks good length ball and Gill shimmies down, lofts it straight back over Dwarshuis and the ball has enough to roll into the rope. He didn't quite middle it but managed to get the boundary

Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, smashed! That's where he likes them - length and outside off, width to free his hands and Abhishek does not hold back, thumps it flat over extra cover and the ball bounces just inside the rope

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