4th T20: India beat Australia by 48 runs, go 2-1 up in the series

The fifth T20 will be held at Brisbane on Saturday. With first match in Canberra having been washed out, Australia can only hope to draw the series 2-2.

India beat Australia by 48 runs in the fourth T20 at Carrara (Gold Coast) to go 2-1 up in the five-match series.

Put into bat, India scored a respectable 167 for eight with skipper Shubman Gill top scoring with 46.

Abhishek Sharma (28), Shivam Dube (22) and skipper Suryakumar Yadav (20) also made useful contributions.

In reply, Australia were rolled out for 119 in 18.2 overs with Mitchell Marsh top-scoring with a 24-ball 30.

India would have gone into the innings break hoping for a bigger score than 167, but the total proved too much for the Australians, who started brightly but fell away alarmingly after reaching 67 for one in the ninth over.

For India, Washington Sundar (3/3) snapped three wickets, Axar Patel (2/20) and Shivam Dube (2/20) claimed two each, while Varun Chakaravarthy (1/26) and Jasprit Bumrah (1/27) accounted for one each.

Patel was named man-of-the-match, having also contributed an unbeaten 21 with the bat to push India past 160.

Earlier, Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to field .

The hosts made four changes, bringing in Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Phillipe and Ben Dwarshius.

India, on the other hand, played the same XI.

The fifth and final T20 will be held at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on Saturday (November 8).

With the first match in Canberra having been washed out by rain, Australia can only hope to draw the series 2-2 in Brisbane.

(with inputs from agencies)