AUS vs IND | Lightning strikes out India's thundering start but Gabba washout hands them series 2-1
Only 29 balls of play was possible at the Gabba in the fifth and final T20I of the series between Australia and India before lightning followed by heavy showers forced a call off. The tourists had got off to a brilliant start as they raced to 52/0, but will have to settle for a 2-1 scoreline.
Australia won the toss once again on Saturday and opted to field first on a bouncy deck typical of the Down Under repertoire. The extra carry nearly spelled Abhishek Sharma's demise in the first over itself when his attempted hoick after a resounding four soared into the night sky, only for floodlights to play spoil as Glenn Maxwell let slip a sitter. At the other end, Shubman Gill appearred undettered, as he got the innings rolling with a gorgeous clip through midwicket the very next ball, followed by an even more exquisite slap through the covers off Xavier Bartlett. However, the vice-captain had reserved his best for Ben Dwarshius as he took the left-armer for four boundaries in his second effort, finely distributed from point to square leg.
Dwarshius' day got worse when he dropped Abhishek the next over off Nathan Ellis' bowling, and the southpaw added salt to wounds by smashing the first six of the innings soon after. The frenzy of boundaries meant India had raced to 49/0 after 4.5 overs with both Gill (29* off 16) and Abhishek (23* off 13) looking in fine fettle, when a threat of lightning forced players of the field while the crowd sought sheds. Within a few minutes, the heavens opened up too and never relented thereafter, forcing a second match the series to be abandoned as India took the honours 2-1.
Strong
Australia have a T20I series ahead of the WC next year, in Pakistan close to the tournament. This looks to be their starting XI as of now.
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Marsh
Head
Inglis
Green
David
Stoinis
Maxwell/Owen
Dwarshius
Ellis
Zampa
Hazlewood
Strong contenders to challenge India's for the title.
Lovely
Vice Captain Shubman Gill giving Autograph to fans. ❤️
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Mr. POTS
ABHISHEK SHARMA WON POTS AWARD. 💯
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Excited
Was excited for this Australia tour but what a crap tour it turned out to be, both ODIs and T20Is mehhh
— arfan (@Im__Arfan)
Called off
Game to be called off shortly. Still pouring down heavily
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan)
Sad
20-ball 37* - Match called off (1st T20I)
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
16-ball 29* - Match called off (5th T20I)
So Shubman Gill was sacrificing himself in other games to ensure the game gets complete. 💔
Back to back
Back-to-back Player-of-the-Series awards for Abhishek 🙌
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
LOL
Team Australia on field today:
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket)
Domination
Australia's 🇦🇺 T20I series defeats since 2022 ;
— Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07)
🇮🇳 2-1 🇦🇺 (2025) - Home
🇮🇳 4-1 🇦🇺 (2023) - Away
🏴 2-0 🇦🇺 (2022) - Home
🇮🇳 2-1 🇦🇺 (2022) - Away
- Team India 🇮🇳 has dominated Australia in T20Is since 2022 👏🏻
- What's your take 🤔
What a win
2-1 series loss where India were on top in the washed out matches as well. Plenty of work for this Australia team required against spin ahead of the T20 World Cup.
— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog)
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