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MELBOURNE : Defending champions Australia have had a patchy buildup to their T20 World Cup defence but few would dare underestimate Aaron Finch's men when they flick the switch to tournament mode this week.
India defeated Australia by 6 runs in their first of the two warm-up matches ahead of the start of their T20 World Cup campaign. To everyone's surprise Rishabh Pant did not come out to bat for India in the game despite the side losing 7 wickets while batting first against Australia in the game in Brisbane. While it was Dinesh Karthik who kept the wickets for India during bowling, Pant was spotted in the dugout with a heavy strapping and ice pack on his right knee.
Team India had a promising day as they defeated Australia by six runs in the warm-up match of the ongoing T20 World Cup on Monday. After posting a total of 186/7 in 20.0 overs, with KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav hitting half-centuries, the Rohit Sharma-led side bundled out Australia at 180, with Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, taking three and two wickets, respectively. Apart from all these triumphs, one thing which caught everyone's attention was Virat Kohli's brilliant throw, which ended up dismissing Tim David.
Canberra on Friday. Needing 130 to win from 12 overs, Australia were 30-3 from 3.5 overs when rain forced the players from the field for the third and final time. England captain Jos Buttler said his team was building up well to the T20 World Cup, after winning the three-match series 2-0. "We made some good strides in Pakistan and we came here (Australia) and continued that form," Buttler said. It was a disappointing end to the match, the last official game for both teams before the World Cup, which starts on October 22. After being sent in by Australian captain Aaron Finch, Buttler smashed 65 from only 41 balls as England reached 112-2 in their 12 overs. Australia, already 2-0 down in the three-match series, then needed 130 to win based on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
England were denied a clean sweep of their T20 series against Australia when persistent rain forced the third match to be abandoned in Canberra on Friday.
Australia vs England 3rd T20I Live Updates:Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and opted to bowl first against England in the third and final T20I on Friday at Manuka Oval, Canberra.The visitors have already sealed the series after winning the first two games by an identical margin of 8 runs. On Friday, England will aim for a series sweep while Australia will look to register a consolation victory. Notably, this is the last T20I for both the sides ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022. Alex Hales is the top scorer in the series so far with 88 runs to his credit while Sam Curran tops the wicket-takers' chart with 5 to his name. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Aaron Finch-led Australia will look for a consolation win when they step on the field to play the third and final T20I against England on Friday at the Manuka Oval. England have already sealed the series, having won the first two matches and it would be interesting to see whether the Jos Buttler-led side makes any changes to their playing XI for the final game. All eyes would also be on Ben Stokes as he has failed to get going with the bat in the first two games. Same is the case for Australia's Glenn Maxwell and both these stars would be hoping to put on a show for their respective teams.
Glenn Maxwell remains a key member of Australia's team for their upcoming Twenty20 World Cup title defence despite a recent poor run of form with the bat, according to paceman Josh Hazlewood. Maxwell's score of eight in Australia's warm-up series loss to England in Canberra on Wednesday was his highest in his six most recent T20 innings, which have netted him only 16 runs. Hazlewood, a team mate of Maxwell's for Australia and in the Indian Premier League, had no doubt that the Victorian's value would be apparent again before too long, however.