Overview
- India posted 167 for 8 and bowled out Australia for 119, with spinners sharing six wickets as Washington Sundar took 3 for 3 and Axar Patel earned Player of the Match with 2 for 20.
- Shivam Dube contributed 22 at No. 3 and removed Mitchell Marsh and Tim David in a pivotal two-wicket burst that turned Australia’s chase.
- Dube said specific plans from head coach Gautam Gambhir and bowling coach Morne Morkel improved his bowling, emphasizing lines toward the larger boundaries at Carrara.
- Suryakumar Yadav was seen shouting at Dube after a short, wide delivery went for four to Marcus Stoinis in the 12th over, a moment that did not prevent India from closing out a dominant win.
- Ravichandran Ashwin argued opponents must ‘master’ Abhishek Sharma and Varun Chakravarthy to trouble India at the 2026 T20 World Cup, as reports in India also cite a BCCI shortlist of Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai with Pakistan fixtures likely in Sri Lanka.