IND VS AUS - 2nd T20I, Australia tour of India, 2019

A thoroughly impressive show from the Aussies and their international graph post the India series Down Under seems to be getting better and better. A T20I series in the bag for Aaron Finch - who's also the winning captain of recent Big Bash edition. India might have to look at the 5-bowler strategy going forward in the T20Is. Although Kohli mentioned that he wouldn't be too bothered with the results of this format, he did say that the guys have to make the most of the opportunities presented to them. Surely, there will be a few guys waiting to make some statement as the first of five ODIs kickstarts on Saturday, March 02. Do remember to tune in for that. Until next time, goodbye and good night from Raju Peethala, Ramakrishnan MS, Kumar Abhisekh Das and Siva. Special mention to the sub fielders Varun and Hari. Cheers!!

Finch: Anytime that you can win any kind of series against India in India is truly special. Glenn Maxwell was truly sensational tonight but I thought Adam Zampa was the difference between the two sides. To go for just 23 runs on that kind of a wicket was really remarkable. We've been on a journey for the last 10-11 months building upto the World Cup and there has been some pain during the journey. We've done well to take the blows but also have made some progress, hoping to peak at the right time for the World Cup.

Maxwell, Man of the Match and Man of the Series: It feels really good. We haven't had a lot of success here of late. To come over here and perform like we have has started it off well for us on this tour. It helps a big bulk of T20 cricket in the domestic tournament back home. Having confidence in my game also has helped a lot and it feels great to contribute to two special wins. Was a pretty good wicket and we could afford to wait for the loose balls. We knew that it could be easier against the quicks, anything around 12 rpo, we fancied to chase that down. After D'Arcy's dismissal, it was upto me to drive the rest of the innings. Handscomb did a great job in giving me the strike all the time. We had a lot of chaos in the last game but we corrected that tonight.

Kohli: Pretty short series to summarize the performances. Australia outplayed us in all departments and deserved to win. 190 is a good total on most grounds but if there is so much dew as there was tonight and when you have an innings like what Glenn Maxwell played, nothing much you can do. Every team is looking to take each game like that but it's also important to win matches. We would have liked to get across the line in at least this game but I can't be too hard on the bowlers due to the amount of dew. We wanted to give everyone some game time, we've seen how they react under pressure, there is a series coming up and we'll try more things. It's upto them to deliver the goods. The good thing was that the Bangalore wicket was back to normal and you could trust the lengths. I enjoyed myself but it didn't really matter as we lost the game.

Peter Handscomb: Happy to see Maxi bat the way he did. That was the best seat in the house to watch that and it was a privilege from my end. I've been working on that one (the shot over extra cover) so it's nice to get done in the game and I was trying to get Maxi on strike and take the game as deep as possible. This will give us a lot of confidence going into the ODIs and it's something we spoke about in the team meetings and we wanted to make sure we got in-batters at the end as it was batters job to do. Maxi stood up today and that can give the whole batting group a lot of confidence going forward. He (Maxi) is a freak. he can play all those shots that other people can't play and he's just maturing with each game.

India's bilateral series losses at home for India (T20Is):
1-0(1) vs Eng, 2011
1-0(2) vs NZ, 2012
2-0(3) vs SA, 2015
2-0(2) vs Aus, 2019

A satisfying effort from Maxwell. He looks really happy with his show and why not. This is the first series loss for Virat Kohli as captain at home across formats. 191 was a tricky target, but if you know Chinnaswamy pretty well and the way the pitch looked today, India needed probably around 210 for the bowling line-up they had tonight. Australia were off to a poor start with Stoinis and Finch falling inside 4 overs. Short hung around for a hit, but Maxwell threatened bowlers at will. Moved around in the crease to put them off their lengths. India tempted him to go for the slog from outside off stump hoping for a slice, but Maxi countered that plan well by hitting it down the ground than across the line. A very flamboyant knock and it normally is the case when he gets going. India were clearly poor with the bowling tonight. Dew did not help their case, but their lengths weren't right, which is why the batsmen were able to play freely.

S Kaul to Maxwell, FOUR, slapped wide of mid-off and there's the big roar from the Big Show. What a win for Australia. They win the series 2-0. It was a short ball from Kaul, Maxwell backed away and smashed it for four

S Kaul to Maxwell, SIX, scores level. Such excellent batting, has the audacity to walk down the pitch and take this attempted yorker on the full, just focused on timing than hitting it hard, powered over the long-on fence

S Kaul to Handscomb, 1 run, yorker outside off stump, Handscomb guides it to backward point and Maxwell skates to the other end

S Kaul to Maxwell, 1 run, wide full toss, driven hard to extra-cover, Pant takes the defensive line of getting the body behind the ball

9 runs to get for Australia.

Bumrah to Maxwell, 1 run, very sensible from Maxwell, gently drives to the right of long-on, seeing off the best bowler from the opposition

Bumrah to Handscomb, 1 run, another full toss, Handscomb not even trying to hit hard, just takes a single with a drive to long-on, Maxwell to go hard for the final ball

Bumrah to Handscomb, no run, full toss, driven straight and into the sticks at the bowler's end

Sivaguru: Moral of the story today: CATCHES WIN MATCHES.

Ashish: Chahal was a bad option for today's pitch.

Bumrah to Maxwell, 1 run, such a brilliant yorker, Maxwell had to really jump and take his left leg out of the way to prevent injury, squeezed out to square leg

Bumrah to Handscomb, 1 run, wide yorker, Handscomb guides it to backward point, shy at the bowler's end, direct-hit could have been curtains for Handscomb

Second player to score a T20I century against India in India after Colin Munro's unbeaten 109 in Rajkot in 2017.
Highest individual scores vs Ind in India (T20Is):
109*C Munro, Rajkot, 2017
100*GLENN MAXWELL
91 B McCullum, Chennai, 2012
89 A Finch, Rajkot, 2013

Bumrah to Maxwell, 1 run, edged into the ground and past the keeper, what a hundred from Maxwell. Such a talented hitter, India tried to tempt with the weakness to the slog against the away-spinning ball, but he countered that tactic well to lead Australia here. Bumrah bowls a yorker, but Maxwell managed to squeeze it out for a run

Just 14 needed off 12 balls. Unless Bumrah concedes less than 4 runs, we won't have a match