Team India has lost the third T20 match of Australian tour by 12 runs. India chased down a challenging target of 187 runs in Sydney on Tuesday, scoring only 174/7 runs in 20 overs. Team India named it 2–1 because of winning the first two matches. She could not make a clean sweep of the host team 3–0.
The captaincy innings of Virat Kohli (85 runs, 61 balls) did not lead Team India to victory. Apart from him, no other batsman showed in his color. Hardik Pandya (20 runs, 13 balls) was accumulating that he lost his wicket. Team India’s first wicket fell on the second ball, when Glenn Maxwell returned KL Rahul (0). Shikhar Dhawan (28) and Shreyas Iyer (0) could not handle the top order.
Mitchell Swapson, who took 3 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs, was the man of the match. Man of the series was Hardik Pandya. He scored 16, 42 * and 20 runs in the series.
