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Rohit Sharma keeping the faith in Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel

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Rohit Sharma has backed pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel to hit form ahead of the T20 World Cup. Following a disappointing Asia Cup campaign, the Indian team had something to cheer as it won the three-match series against Australia 2-1 after clinching a six-wicket win in the third game here on Sunday.

However, both Bhuvneshwar and Harshal, who made a comeback from injury, leaked runs in the series, ending with an economy rate of 12 plus.

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Both Harshal Patel and Jasprit Bumrah are returning after a long injury lay-off, while Bhuvneshwar “It's important that we give him (Bhuvi) that space because when you have a guy like him in in the team and the quality that he brings, we know that he's had more good days than the bad days in the last so many years.” 1/163rd T20I: India beat Australia to win series 2-1Show Captions<p>India won the third and deciding Twenty20 against Australia in the last over after fifties by Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav in Hyderabad on Sunday.</p><p>India won by six wickets with one ball remaining after Hardik Pandya, unbeaten on 25, hit the winning boundary. </p><p>Asked to bat first, impressive fifties by Tim David and Cameron Green took Australia to a formidable score.</p><p>Rookie opener Green hit a 21-ball 52, with seven fours and three sixes, to put the hosts on the defensive.</p><p>But Green received little support from other top-order batters as Axar Patel chipped away at the other end.</p><p>Patel

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