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Patna : India beat Australia by 13 runs in the 3rd ODI at Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia, on December 2, 2020, in a close contest as Shardul Thakur took 3/51 in 10 overs and Jasprit Bumrah took 2/43 in 9.3 overs. Hardik Pandya was named Player Of The Match.
Bumrah clean bowled all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who was looking dangerous, for 59 in 38 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes making it 268/7. For India, debutant fast medium bowler Thangarasu Natarajan took 2/70 in 10 overs. Spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each. India had won the toss and opted to bat.
Replying go India’s 302/5 in 50 overs, Australia were all out for 289 in 49.3 overs with opener Aaron Finch (captain) scoring 75 in 82 balls hitting 7 fours and 3 sixes and Alex Carey (wk) scoring 38 in 42 balls with 4 fours while spinner Ashton Agar scored 28 in 28 balls with 2 fours. Alex Carey was run out. Steven Smith, who had scored back to back century in first two ODIs, fell to Shardul Thakur for 7. Opener Marnus Labuschagne fell to Natarajan for 7 while all-rounder Moises Henriques fell to Shardul THakur for 22. Cameron Green, 21, fell to spinner Kuldeep Yadav for 21. Australia won the three-match series 2-1.