Overview
- Sent in to bat, India posted 167/8 before dismissing Australia for 119 to win the fourth T20I at Carrara Oval.
- Washington Sundar ripped through the tail with 3-3 in 1.2 overs as India’s spinners took six wickets, with Axar Patel claiming 2-20 and the player-of-the-match award after a vital 21 not out.
- Shubman Gill top-scored with 46, Abhishek Sharma made 28 and Shivam Dube added 22, while Nathan Ellis (3-21) and Adam Zampa (3-45) led Australia’s fightback with the ball.
- Australia slid from 67-1 to all out for 119, losing their last nine wickets for 52 as Varun Chakravarthy bowled the returning Glenn Maxwell for 2 and Dube removed Mitchell Marsh and Tim David.
- Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to field with four changes including Maxwell, Zampa, Josh Philippe and Ben Dwarshuis, as Travis Head and Sean Abbott were released for Sheffield Shield and Ashes preparation; the decider is at the Gabba.