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Australia have lost their Twenty20 series to India after falling 20 runs short in the fourth game of the series in Raipur on Saturday morning (AEDT).<\/p>\n
The win stretched India\u2019s lead in the five-game series to an unassailable 3-1 with one game to go.<\/p>\n
In reply to India\u2019s 9-174, the visitors could only manage 7-154 after their 20 overs.<\/p>\n
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Ben McDermott in action for Australia against India at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n It was a missed opportunity for Australia, having earlier snared 5-7 from the last nine balls to limit India\u2019s final surge \u2013 and providing an attainable target and a chance to series.<\/p>\n Left-arm seamers Ben Dwarshuis (3-40) and Jason Behrendorff (2-32) produced a clatter of late wickets as Australia fashioned their best bowling performance of the series.<\/p>\n Rinku Singh (46) top-scored for India before being dismissed for the first time all series, lbw to Behrendorff to start the 20th over.<\/p>\n After being put in to bat, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (37) had been the early aggressor before miscuing a high catch to Ben McDermott and triggering a top-order tremble.<\/p>\n Shreyas Iyer (8) gave Australia debutant Chris Green his first catch before India\u2019s dangerman, captain Suryakumar Yadav, nicked off for one, presenting Dwarshuis with his maiden T20I wicket.<\/p>\n Ruturaj Gaikwad (32) was regularly starved of the strike before falling victim to legspinner Tanveer Sangha (2-30).<\/p>\n Rinku and Jitesh Sharma (35) added 56 quick runs for the fifth wicket and threatened to put India in total command.<\/p>\n But Jitesh\u2019s departure, lofting Dwarshuis to Travis Head on the boundary in the 19th over, set in motion the late collapse.<\/p>\n News, results and expert analysis from the weekend of sport sent every Monday. <\/i><\/b>Sign up for our Sport newsletter<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\nMost Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n
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