India vs Australia 3rd T20 Live Score Updates: Mitchell Swepson Strikes As India Lose Shikhar Dhawan In Chase
IND vs AUS Live Match Score Updates: Virat Kohli will be hoping to build a partnership with Sanju Samson, and prevent Australia from grabbing a consolation win against India, in the ongoing third T20I, at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Neelav Chakravarti
- Updated:December 08, 2020 04:36 PM IST

After losing the crucial wickets of KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli will be hoping to anchor India's chase in their ongoing third T20I against Australia, at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Australia set a 187-run target for India. Initially, Kohli won the toss and elected to field. Opener Matthew Wade scored 80 runs from 53 balls to grab his third T20I half-century. Meanwhile, Maxwell smashed 54 from 36 deliveries. The hosts finished at 186 for five after 20 overs. Washington Sundar was the top bowler for India, grabbing two wickets. Meanwhile, T Natarajan and Shardul Thakur notched a dismissal each. Australia made a change to their playing XI from the second T20I. Captain Aaron Finch returned to the roster, and Marcus Stoinis was excluded. India currently lead the three-match series, 2-0. The visitors will be aiming for a second series sweep in the shortest format of the game over the past four years. India had last swept Australia 3-0 back in 2016 in a T20I series Down Under played only less than two months ahead of the T20 World Cup that year. (LIVE SCORECARD)
3rd T20I Live Updates Between Australia (AUS) vs India (IND), Straight From Sydney Cricket Ground
- 16:36 (IST)One run, India: 87/2Swepson sends a lofted delivery on the middle. Kohli drives it to long-on.India need 100 from 54 balls.
- 16:30 (IST)Three runsZampa sends a short delivery, outside off. Samson sends it to the sweeper. The overthrow from deep is too strong and bounces over the wicketkeeper. Three runs.
- 16:26 (IST)OUT! Shikhar Dhawan c Daniel Sams b Mitchell Swepson 28 (21)Brilliant recovery by Sams in the deep!Swepson sent in on the off stump line. Dhawan pulled it but sends it towards deep midwicket, where Sams runs in and dives. He somehow catches it on the rebound.In comes, Sanju Samson.
- 16:21 (IST)FOUR!Maxwell doesn't send it on length. Dhawan reverse-sweeps it to get it through Finch at slip for a four!Maxwell gets a taste of his own medicine!
- 16:20 (IST)One run, India: 61/1Swepson sends it on off stump line. Dhawan crowches and hits it through midwicket for a single.India are 61 for one after seven overs.
- 16:19 (IST)FOUR!Abbott sends a poor delivery. Dhawan slams it down the ground for a four!India are 55 for one after six overs!
- 16:14 (IST)FOUR!Not a good delivery by Tye. Kohli sends it to left of mid-off.
- 16:09 (IST)FOUR!Tye sends a short ball, too wide. Kohli upper cuts it over short third man for a four!
- 16:06 (IST)One run, India need 154 from 96 ballsSams sends a full delivery, outside off. Kohli pushes it to the gap in off side for a single.India need 154 from 96 balls.
- 16:03 (IST)FOUR!Sams sends a poor delivery. Kohli goes down the track and slams it over midwicket for a four!
- 15:59 (IST)Three runs, India: 15/1Abbott sends a good delivery. Kohli tries to chop it, but gets a thick inside edge, and it goes to fine leg. Three runs.India need 172 from 108 balls.
- 15:55 (IST)One run, India: 5/1Abbott sends a length delivery, wide of off. Dhawan sends sit to point for a single. Maxwell misses his throw with an outstretched Kohli getting saved!
- 15:51 (IST)OUT! KL Rahul c Steve Smith Glenn Maxwell 0 (2)Maxwell sends a short delivery. Rahul sends it over deep midwicket, but it goes straight to Smith, who catches it.In comes, Virat Kohli.
- 15:49 (IST)The action resumes!KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan will open the chase for India. Glenn Maxwell will bowl the first over!
- 15:31 (IST)No run, Australia set a 187-run target for India!Natarajan pulls back his length, and sends it wider. Sams sends it to outside leg. No run.Australia set a 187-run target for India.
- 15:30 (IST)FOUR!Natarajan sends a yorker. Sams sends it through the covers for a four!
- 15:29 (IST)OUT! D'Arcy Short run out KL Rahul 7 (3)Natarajan sends a full toss. Short sends it to long-on. He comes back for a second, but doesn't reach on time. Nice throw from the deep.In comes, Daniel Sams.
- 15:27 (IST)FOUR!Natarajan sent a full delivery, outside off. Short sends it right of the sweeper cover, for a four!
- 15:26 (IST)OUT! Glenn Maxwell b T Natarajan 54 (36)Natarajan sends a full toss. Maxwell tries to reverse-hit it, but misses it. The ball hits the stumps! OUT!In comes, D'Arcy Short.
- 15:23 (IST)FOUR!!Thakur sends a cross-seamer. Henriques sends it towards the sweeper-cover. Sundar tries to run in, but it goes to the boundary for a four!
- 15:22 (IST)OUT! Matthew Wade lbw b Shardul Thakur 80 (53)Thakur sends a good delivery, in line with the stumps. Wade sweeps early, but it hits him on the boot. He reviews it, but ball-tracking shows its an out!In comes, Moises Henriques.
- 15:17 (IST)FOUR! Glenn Maxwell grabs his half-century!!!Natarajan sends a mistimed yorker. Maxwell is deep in the crease and slams it to the midwicket fence for a four! He reachies his fifty in 31 balls!
- 15:12 (IST)SIX!! Australia: 157/2Thakur sends a slow length delivery, outside off. Maxwell uses his power to send it over midwicket for a six!
- 15:09 (IST)Two runsThakur sends a full and straight delivery. Wade sends it to deep midwicket for two runs.
- 15:04 (IST)Appeal for caught behind, original decision upheld!Chahal sends a good delivery. Maxwell tries to reverse-sweep it, but it goes to the wicketkeeper, who calls for an appeal. Chahal and Rahul feel the ball touched the bat. Not given out, and India ask for a review. Nothing on the review, so the original decision is upheld.
- 15:01 (IST)SIX!Chahal sends a short delivery. Maxwell jumps across off stump and slams it over shorter leg-side boundary for a six!
- 14:58 (IST)SIX!Chahal sends a legbreak. Maxwell scoops it over long-on for a six!
- 14:55 (IST)SIX!Thakur sends an offcutter, outside off. Wade opens up his hops and sends it over wide long-on for a six!
- 14:51 (IST)NOT OUT!! YUZVENDRA CHAHAL OVERSTEPS!!Chahal sends a good delivery, and its a little wider. Maxwell top-edges it to Rahul, but Chahal has overstepped. Not out! No ball!
- 14:46 (IST)FOUR!!!Chahal sends it wide of off stump. Maxwell goes for it and sends it over backward point for a four!
- 14:43 (IST)FOUR!Thakur sends a fast length delivery, angling into the pads. Maxwell flicks it over the fine leg fielder with ease, and grabs a four!
- 14:39 (IST)MASSIVE SIX!Thakur sends a length ball, on off. Wade slams it over the midwicket fence for a huge six!
- 14:37 (IST)INDIA CALL FOR A REVIEW! NOT GIVEN OUT!Natarajan sent a full delivery. Wade missed the shot, and hits his front pad. The umpire doesn't give lbw, and Kohli asks for a review. It goes in Wade's favour.
- 14:36 (IST)Two runs, Matthew Wade gets his third T20I half-century!Natarajan sends it up and it angles into the middle. Wade sends it to the leg side, towards the midwicket. Two runs. Wade gets back-to-back fifties and also his third T20I half-century.
- 14:29 (IST)OUT!!! Steve Smith b Washington Sundar 24 (23)Sundar tosses an excellent delivery! It is slow, outside off. Smith tries to loft it, but mistakes the flight, and it clips the top of off stump.In comes, Glenn Maxwell.
- 14:28 (IST)FOUR!Sundar sends a good delivery, but Smith slices it over backward point for a four!
- 14:23 (IST)One runChahal sends a full delivery, on middle. Smith slog sweeps it to deep midwicket.
- 14:17 (IST)Two runs, Australia: 59/1Chahal sends a leg break delivery, outside off. Wade uses his wrists to send it to the circle at midwicket and calls for two runs. Good batting and running!
- 14:14 (IST)Two runsChahal sends a full delivery on off. Wade hits it to the circle at mid-on. Two runs.
- 14:13 (IST)One run, Australia: 51/1Natarajan sends a low full toss. Wade sends it to mid-off on the circle for a single.