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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>SYDNEY – India captain Virat Kohli’s breezy 85 went in vain as Australia prevailed by 12 runs in the final Twenty20 International to avoid a series whitewash at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Chasing 187 to sweep the three-match series, Kohli kept India in the hunt before falling in the penultimate over in the first full-capacity cricket match in Australia since the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

Both sides were guilty of sloppy fielding and poor catching and Kohli was one of the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

Steve Smith dropped him when Kohli was on nine, and Andrew Tye spilled a return catch when the batsman, who also survived a stumping opportunity later on, was on 19.<\/p>\n

Leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson (3-23), who dismissed Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer in his final over to hurt India’s chase, was adjudged man-of-the-match.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Matthew Wade smashed a career-best 80 as he and Glenn Maxwell powered Australia to 186-5.<\/p>\n

Skipper Aaron Finch returned from a hip injury to score a duck and Smith made 24 before becoming spinner Washington Sundar’s second victim.<\/p>\n

Maxwell joined Wade the middle and started messing with the bowlers’ line and length by repeatedly playing the trademark reverse shots.<\/p>\n

The sloppy tourists did not help their cause either.<\/p>\n

Maxwell was caught at 18 at midwicket but was recalled after a replay confirmed spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had overstepped.<\/p>\n

Deepak Chahar dropped Maxwell on 46 in the deep and Chahal spilled another chance with Shardul Thakur being the luckless bowler on both occasions.<\/p>\n

T Natarajan eventually bowled Maxwell for 54 off 36 balls.<\/p>\n

Australia had won the preceding ODI series 2-1.<\/p>\n

The teams will now lock horns in a four-test series starting on December 17 at Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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