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9.49pm

Post-game reaction

Arshdeep wins the match award for his three wickets.

“There’s always a chance when someone is coming after you,” he says.

Home skipper Marsh says Australia were 20 runs short.

“Bumrah and Arshdeep are a fire and ice combination,” says India’s captain Suryakumar.

9.42pm

India win by five wickets with nine balls to spare

That’s pretty comprehensive in the end. Washington removed any doubt for India with a sublime finishing innings.

Australia lost a lot with Hazlewood, and his replacement Abbott had a particularly poor night with the ball – a night that cannot have helped his chances of making the Ashes squad as a backup quick.

The rest of the series will be tricky for Australia as more and more attention turns towards the Ashes. Travis Head is another player likely to need to drop out and focus on red ball preparation after looking short of his best.

9.36pm

Owen drops Dube

Owen has had a bit of a mixed night in the field and here he misjudges a Dube chance running back from mid-off.

That was surely Australia’s last hope gone, and next ball Washington underlines the point by punching four down the ground.

Just five runs needed with two overs left.

9.31pm

Ellis bowls out

With one boundary conceded to Dube he finishes with 3-36 from four overs.

Ellis has bowled nicely and taken on responsibility as the senior pace bowler in the attack, but he’s been let down by some big overs conceded elsewhere.

Nathan Ellis took three wickets.Credit: Getty Images

Next over Kuhnemann coaxes a top edge out of Dube, but Ellis can’t get to it. Later a full toss goes for six.

Kuhnemann finishes with 0-31 from his four overs but should not have been taken off for Short after his first over. Sixteen needed off the last three overs.

9.21pm

Bartlett gets a wicket

Wicket!

There’s still faint hope for Australia.

Tilak tries to scoop Batlett but can’t clear Inglis.

Marsh puts in a slip to try for another wicket but Dube punches his first ball to the cover rope. Thirty-five runs needed from the last five overs.

9.17pm

Abbott goes for more runs

Kuhnemann concedes seven from his third over.

Abbott comes back on after costing 31 from his first two overs. After three singles, Washington clumps a short ball over cover to the boundary, then swivels another for six to square leg.

Last ball of the over disappears for an even bigger six. Hazlewood out, Abbott in has made a big difference to this game – he’s gone for 50 from three overs.

9.08pm

Ellis strikes again

Wicket!

Kuhnemann comes back on and bowls a tight over, conceding six.

With the benefit of that pressure, Ellis comes on and surprises Axar with another sharp bouncer – Bartlett takes an excellent catch running in at midwicket.

Washington comes in and Ellis tries another short ball, but this time the striker is waiting for it and hooks a big six. Eight from the over in all.

8.58pm

Short punished by left-hander

Marsh thinks an off spinner is better for two left-handers than Kuhnemann, an accomplished Test bowler.

Short starts with three wides and last ball of the over he is slogged away for six by Tilak with minimal trouble. A penny for Kuhnemann’s thoughts after that over.

Bartlett comes back and Axar gets four more to square leg despite Owen’s best efforts. India have taken control of this game in the past few balls. Twenty-three from the past two overs.

8.50pm

Stoinis strikes with slower ball

Wicket!

Stoinis finds an excellent slower ball for Suryakumar, which holds in the pitch and draws a miscue to cover. Stoinis is happy with that deception and rightly so – Ellis had just been called into a catching position at cover.

The over finishes a bit untidily as Stoinis bowls two deliveries down the leg side to Tilak and concedes five runs from a couple of glances.

8.47pm

Important spell for Kuhnemann

He starts well, beating Tilak a couple of times and conceding three singles off five balls.

But the last ball of the over Kuhnemann comes over the wicket and Suryakumar slices a boundary through cover point.

Stoinis comes on at the other end and first ball Tilak lofts a drive over mid-off for four.

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