Overview
- Washington Sundar smashed an unbeaten 49 off 23 to clinch a five-wicket chase with nine balls remaining.
- Arshdeep Singh returned to the XI, took 3-35 and earned player-of-the-match honors as Australia were held to 186-6.
- Tim David (74 off 38) and Marcus Stoinis (64 off 39) rescued Australia from 14-2 to post a competitive total.
- Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl, bringing in Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and Washington Sundar for Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav.
- Sean Abbott came in for the rested Hazlewood; Code Sports has reported Travis Head may skip later T20Is, and the fourth match is on November 6 at the Gold Coast.