In a dominant chase by Virat Kohli in the 3rd T20 match against Australia, where he scored a 61* from 41 deliveries, India beat Australia by six wickets in the third T20I at the Sydney Cricket ground to level the series 1-1.
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma managed to provide a decent start for the successful run chase as Dhawan scored 41 in 22 deliveries before Mitchell Starch dismissed him, while Sharma scored 23 in 16 deliveries before getting dismissed by Adam Zampa. While Kohli reached his 19th T20I half-century off 34 balls and took India to victory with two balls to spare.
Kunal Pandya dominated from the bowling side as the all-rounder managed to get four wickets while giving away 36 runs in his 4-overs.
Twitter went frenzy over a dominant run chase by the Indian side and showered praise on their star Virat Kohli.
What a photo! #AUSvIND@RyanPierse | @GettySport pic.twitter.com/RwwHgpgNi5
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 25, 2018
India won cuz Australia was playing without their two most important players Duckworth & Lewis.#INDvAUS
— PhD in Bakchodi (@Atheist_Krishna) November 25, 2018
Media: Nice win
Virat Kohli: Credit goes to Dhoni
Media: But he was not even in the team 🤔
Virat: Exactly 😆#INDvAUS— DR. GILL (@ikpsgill1) November 25, 2018
Indian fans right now – #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/XRhlruwg65
— शिvam (@Oye_Protein) November 25, 2018
Kohli racks up another T20I fifty #INDvAUS
Most 50+ scores in T20Is
19 Rohit Sharma/ V KOHLI
16 M Guptill
15 B McCullum/ C Gayle
14 T Dilshan— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) November 25, 2018
Well done team India on levelling the t20 series. King @imVkohli at it yet again and sheraa @SDhawan25 really good inning #AUSvsIND
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 25, 2018
Virat Kohli has remained Not Out 14 times when chasing in T20Is and India won the match every time. #IndvAus
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 25, 2018
Superb innings from @SDhawan25 at the top and @imVkohli remains unbeaten in a run-chase, and when that happens India invariably wins. Congratulations India on the win today #AUSvIND
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 25, 2018
Kangaroo Curry For Dinner.#IndvAus
— PhD in Bakchodi (@Atheist_Krishna) November 25, 2018
You get the feeling @imVkohli is going to be the difference between the 2 teams over the new few weeks ….. #AusvInd
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 25, 2018
India go on to square the series in the final T20I and it's captain Virat Kohli once again to the rescue. Quite excited for the Test series which is going to be the real battle. 🇮🇳 #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/GIejpqhvhX
— R P Singh (@rpsingh) November 25, 2018
India level the T20I series against Australia!
Virat 'The Chaser' Kohli does it again, ending 61* from 41 balls as India chase down 165 with just two balls remaining. What a knock from the skipper!#AUSvIND SCORE 👇https://t.co/vuuqcrYXlw pic.twitter.com/0IlDYZRdZ2
— ICC (@ICC) November 25, 2018
Mitchell Johnson after watching Kohli Masterclass !!!#INDvAUS #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/o4DR7yshf4
— CricfreakZ (@cricfreakz) November 25, 2018
In T20Is,
No. of times Kohli remained unbeaten in chases – 12 times
No. of times India won – 12 timesNo. of Dinesh Karthik remained unbeaten in chases – 9 times
No. of times India won – 9 times#INDvAUS— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) November 25, 2018
Thank you MSD, you were not there otherwise this win was almost impossible !!#INDvAUS
— Arnab Goswami (@JusticeArnabG) November 25, 2018
Dinesh Karthik is by far the most improved/adaptive player in Indian Cricket in recent times. Massive finishing skills.#INDvAUS
— Chandan Ram (@Chandan_ram94) November 25, 2018
That is the very reason why @DineshKarthik is in the side. Played with such calmness and took the pressure off so easily batting at the other end. Excellent Knock. No surprises to the way @imVkohli played today. Signs of what's to come from the King this tour #INDvAUS
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) November 25, 2018
Great to see this guy and everyone else stepping up together. 💪🏼 On to the Tests now! ✌🏼 @imkuldeep18 pic.twitter.com/OES174LSvk
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 25, 2018
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