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Patna : Australia scored a competitive 186/6 in 20 overs against India in the 3rd T20I at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, on December 8, 2020, as opener Matthew Wade ( wk) scored 80 in 53 balls hitting 7 fours and 2 sixes while all-rounder Glenn Maxwell scored 54 in 36 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes. India, who lead the three-match series 2-0, had won the tosstoss but opted to bowl..
Steven Smith fell to spinner Washington Sunday for 24 in 23 balls hitting 1 four. Opener Aaron Finch (captain) fell Washington Sundar for a duck. D Arcy Short was run out for 7. Sundar took 2/34 in 4 overs while yorker specialist Thangarasu Natararajn took 1/33 in 4 overs. Shardul Thakur took 1/43 in 4 overs taking the wicket of Matthew Wade.
Wade hit Thakur for 2 sixes. Maxwell fell to Thangarasu Natarajan. He hit spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for 2 sixes in his 4th over, the 15th over of the innings. He also hit Thakur for a six.
Australia were 157/2 after 17 overs but could add only 29 runs in the last 3 overs losing three wickets.