Bengaluru. Shreyas Iyer's half-century and a brilliant performance by the bowlers led by Mukesh Kumar helped India register a thrilling six-run win over Australia in the fifth and final T20 International cricket match here on Sunday, clinching the series 4-1. India, which had already won the series, scored 160 runs for eight wickets despite losing wickets at regular intervals on the slow pitch of Chinnaswamy Stadium. In response, the Australian team could only score 154 runs for eight wickets. Iyer, who performed brilliantly in the ODI V Cup, scored 53 runs in 37 balls, which included five fours and two sixes. Apart from him, Akshar Patel, who came to bat at number seven, made a useful contribution of 31 runs with the help of two fours and a six in 21 balls. For Australia, Ben McDermott (54 runs on 36 balls, five sixes) made the highest score of his career. For India, Mukesh Kumar took three wickets for 32 runs while Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh took two wickets each. Akshar again bowled economically and took one wicket for 14 runs in four overs. The match became exciting in the last moments. Australia needed 17 runs in the last two overs, but Mukesh and Arshdeep defended them well and gave India victory.
Travis Head (28 runs on 18 balls) expressed his intentions by hitting fours on the first three balls of Arshdeep (2 wickets for 40 runs). However, Mukesh Kumar soon gave India its first success by bowling Josh Philip (04). McDermott, who came to replace him, hit sixes on Mukesh and Avesh Khan (39 runs in four overs). Head tried to dominate the bowler Ravi Bishnoi (2 wickets for 29 runs) in the fifth over, but this leg spinner immediately scattered his wickets and showed the way to the pavilion to the new batsman Aaron Hardy (06) in his next over. Gave. Due to this, Australia could reach only 70 runs in 10 overs. Tim David welcomed Mukesh with a six in the second spell while McDermott spoiled the analysis of Bishnoi and Arshdeep by playing big shots. Akshar took the wicket of David. McDermott completed his half-century in 34 balls by hitting a six on Arshdeep, but this bowler in the same over.
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