Ahead of the important India vs South Africa multi format series, team India, the host for the series for South Africa, gained enough momentum to gain some confidence as the won the 5-match series against Australia despite repeated rain threats.
India won the five-match T20 series against Australia 2-1. Two matches of the series were abandoned due to rain. The last match played at Gabba on Saturday was also washed out due to rain. In this match, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first.
India had scored 52 runs without losing any wicket in 4.5 overs but the match could not start due to lightning and then rain. After a long wait, the umpire decided to abandon the match. India’s opening batsmen were looking in good form. Abhishek Sharma was the highest run scorer in this series, while Australia’s Nathan Ellis was the highest wicket taker.
Toss won by South Africa and elected to bat
Although the series was affected by rain, some players performed exceptionally well, playing a key role in India’s series win. During the fifth match, Abhishek Sharma set a world record for reaching 1000 runs in T20 Internationals while facing the least number of balls. Abhishek Sharma was the highest run-scorer in the five-match T20 series. He scored 163 runs in five matches at an average of 40.75. Abhishek also scored a half-century. He hit 18 fours and 6 sixes in the series.
Apart from Abhishek, Shubman Gill scored 132 runs in 5 matches at an average of 44 for India. Only Abhishek and Gill could cross the 100 mark. Australia’s bowler Nathan Ellis dominated the bowling. Nathan Ellis took 9 wickets in 5 matches. He spent 115 runs in 14.2 overs. Varun Chakravarthy took the most wickets for India. Varun, the number one bowler in the T20 format, took 5 wickets in five matches. He spent 82 runs in 12 overs in this series. Arshdeep Singh took four wickets.