In the final T20I of the series, young spinner Ravi Bishnoi achieved the feat of matching Ravichandran Ashwin's record for claiming the most wickets for India in a bilateral T20I home series. Bishnoi played a crucial role in the series, impressing with his right-arm legbreak bowling and consistently taking wickets whenever needed. With two more wickets in the final T20I, he reached a total of nine wickets in the five-match series, equaling Ashwin's record set against Sri Lanka in 2016. Bishnoi's contributions with the ball played a key role in India securing victory in the series.

After the game, Bishnoi talked about his bowling plan and said, "The first match, I didn't bowl. I just focused on my execution. My plan is simple - bowl stump-to-stump. (On South Africa series) Different wicket, different challenge, will try to adapt as quickly as I can."

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Coming to the match, Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer's 46-run partnership played a crucial role in India propelling to a score of 160/8.

Jitesh Sharma was also influential (24 off 16 balls) as he came in and played his usual style of play. Before walking back to the pavilion he struck three boundaries and a maximum.

Australia once again got off to a flying start but the wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals.

Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh led the Indian bowling attack after they bagged three and two wickets respectively. Ravi Bishnoi picked up two wickets in his four-over spell. While Axar Patel took one wicket.

It all came down to the final over when Australia needed 10 runs in six balls.

Arshdeep displayed a stellar performance in the last over of the game and dismissed Aussie skipper Matthew Wade for 22 runs for 15 runs in the 19.3 overs

The left-armer defended the total and guided India to a remarkable six-run victory.

 

Inputs from ANI