Twitter reactions on India’s win in 3rd T20I: Twitter was elated at India drawing level the T20I series 1-1.
During the third T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Sydney, India defeated Australia by six wickets to draw level the three-match ODI series 1-1. India’s victory came on the back of dominating performances from their spinners and the top-order.
India started brilliantly in the 165-run chase, scoring 67-1 in the powerplay. The opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan added 67 off 33 balls to provide India with the best platforms.
While it seemed that India would cruise to victory post the powerplay, it wasn’t to be as the visitors lost three wickets within no time. While Rohit Sharma (23) yet again falling to a leg-spinner in Adam Zampa, Lokesh Rahul (12) and Rishabh Pant (0) became victims of poor shot selection.
It was a 60-run unbeaten partnership for the fifth wicket between captain Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik which sealed victory for India with a couple of balls remaining. In which another match-winning innings played by Kohli, he scored 61* (41) with the help of four fours and two sixes.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, Australia scored 164-6 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Opening batsman D’Arcy Short was the pick of the Australian batsmen, scoring 33 (29) with the help of five fours. For the visitors, with bowling figures of 4-0-36-4, all-rounder Krunal Pandya was the highest wicket-taker.
Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on the match below:
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
Aussie hopes of winning stymied by @imVkohli’s brilliance. Taste of things to come in the Tests? But that’s in the future. For now, well played under pressure to square the T20 series
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 25, 2018
Tonight’s match is the 714th T20I. Karthik played in Match#10 on 1 December 2006. https://t.co/hkY2jLbRVx
— Ric Finlay (@RicFinlay) November 25, 2018
India has NEVER lost the last T20i of a three match bilateral series… #AusvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 25, 2018
Since that Manchester hundred, KL Rahul has had a torrid time, particularly in white-ball cricket. Not even sure why. #AusvInd
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) November 25, 2018
👑 Kohli has arrived 🙌😊🙏 #AusvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 25, 2018
INDIA WIN! 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Level the three match series 1-1 #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/m5DeOC6KO2
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 25, 2018
Virat Kohli 2144* runs in T20Is, goes past Brendon McCullum (2140). He now occupies 4th position in T20I cricket!#IndvAus#AUSvIND
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 25, 2018
Shot! You could probably hear the knock from Virat Kohli’s bat in Melbourne. #AusvInd
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) November 25, 2018
Common sense must prevail over ‘This is the way I bat’ in almost every situation.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 25, 2018
FIFTY! 👏👏
Here comes the 19th T20I half-century for @imVkohli. Will he see the team through to victory?#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/udFTjYQ53m
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 25, 2018
Another day, another run chase! Virat Kohli steers India to a series-leveling win#AUSvIND https://t.co/0TSdfv1WbT pic.twitter.com/cpocBmpnmn
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) November 25, 2018
At the SCG for #AUSvIND with the kids and Aussies fans outnumbered 20-1. I am not kidding. It’s amazing here. It’s a sea of Blue for India pic.twitter.com/zwUFKTCjYV
— Neil Breen (@breenie9) November 25, 2018
Love watching Starcy bowl!#FBC #AUSvIND
— Jason Gillespie 🌱🌈 (@dizzy259) November 25, 2018
Melbourne or Mumbai? MCG crowd about 85/15 in favour of India. Huge support for the visiting team. Would be a terribly low crowd otherwise #AUSvIND
— Andrew Wu (@wutube) November 23, 2018
Wonderful innings from Kohli, great at finishing the job and a good win for India. Some of the batters though will be disappointed at not making use of the opportunities. #AusvInd
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) November 25, 2018
It’s your world @imVkohli , we’re just living in it
Team in spot of bother
Tricky pitch
Opposition Australia
And Kohli shows us a chase Masterclass
Familiar script,eh?
People, understanding the meaning of ‘anchoring’ a T20 innings?
There’s nothing like that,right?Lol#AUSvIND— Devesh arora (@Devesharora20) November 25, 2018
That match—and particularly the run chase—was a helluva lot of fun. After Dhawan’s stunning shot-making Australia fought really hard to take it deep on a tricky pitch. It was the perfect situation for Kohli though; he now averages 120.62 in successful T20I run chases. #AUSvIND
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) November 25, 2018
Virat Kohli hits the winning runs, bat in the air, running towards his co-batsman and the entire stadium going gaga over the Indian captain. PERFECT. ✨ #AUSvIND
— bhumi (@dailydramadoze) 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
Virat Kohli in successful T20I run chases:
26*
31
78*
21 – the lowest score he got dismissed
29
36*
54
57*
72*
50
49
56*
41*
55*
82*
82
22*
20*
43
61*#AUSvIND— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) November 25, 2018
Kohli’s FOUR ends it.
India wins by 6 wickets! 🙌#TeamIndia levels the score for a 1-1 3-match series! ⚡️#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/FeKfaAKuks— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 25, 2018
Easy as a Sunday evening.. The king at it again … @imVkohli 👏🏻👏🏻 #AusvInd
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) November 25, 2018
Virat batting @ 3 for the first time in 2018 in T20I and did what he does the best….. #AUSvIND
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) November 25, 2018
Kohli over long off. Wow.
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) November 25, 2018
