It all came down to the final over, with the tourists needing 11 runs to win with two wickets in hand. But Shankar struck twice in the first three balls of the over and Australia were all out for 242. Australia employed spin from both ends after six overs, and soon Maxwell trapped Shikhar Dhawan lbw while Nathan Lyon dismissed Ambati Rayudu. Kohli and Shankar combined in a breezy 81-run stand to arrest the slide and take India past the 150-mark. Kohli needed 55 balls to bring up his half-century but Shankar missed his fifty as Adam Zampa triggered a mini-collapse.

Source: bd News24 March 05, 2019 16:41 UTC