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29-Jan-2016 12:32:00 GMT
Australia v India, 2nd T20I, Melbourne

Brilliant India Take T20 Series

Melbourne: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and the spinners helped India beat Australia by 27 runs and take the series 2-0 in the second

Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh put on 94 for the first wicket, but the dismissal of Marsh opened the doors for India's spinners to take charge once again.

Marsh could score only a run-a-ball 23 out of that, but the next two batsmen - Chris Lynn and Glenn Maxwell - were dismissed for single-digit scores.

Shane Watson was dismissed for 15, and was followed almost immediately by Finch.

The way Australia started off it looked like the chase was very much on the cards. Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah were taken for 59 off the first six overs before Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin kept things quiet.

Earlier, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan laid the platform while Virat Kohli put on the finishing touches, as the visitors piled on 184 for 3 - the highest T20I total at the MCG.

However, things did not go as Finch would have wanted, with the Indian openers hammering 97 for the first wicket.

Australia opened bowling with Shane Watson and John Hastings, but by the ninth over seven bowlers had already been used. Finch's decision to keep rotating his bowlers backfired, with the Indian batsmen cashing on almost every new bowler introduced.

Brief scores
India -
3 for 184 (Sharma 60, Kohli 59*, Dhawan 42)
Australia - 8 for 157 (Finch 74, Jadeja 2-32)
Result - India won by 27 runs
MOM - Virat Kohli (India)


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