Updated November 2, 2025 \u2014 9.14pmfirst published at 6.32pm<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Key postsHide key posts<\/p>\n 9.14pm<\/p>\n Abbott into the attack<\/p>\n Abbott\u2019s first ball of the series is a slower ball that swings a little and Gill edges it away for a couple.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9.10pm<\/p>\n Bartlett starts – with a no ball<\/p>\n Bartlett\u2019s opening no ball gives Abhishek a look at a free hit but beats the big swing from India\u2019s explosive left-hander.<\/p>\n Third ball is on a good length and disappears for six over point. Nine from the opening over.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.45pm<\/p>\n Stoinis out for 64, India set 187 to win<\/p>\n Wicket!<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a fine innings by Stoinis, but with four balls left he can\u2019t clear long-on. That\u2019s three wickets for Arshdeep. <\/p>\n Marcus Stoinis.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n Arshdeep concedes 10 off the last over of the innings and India need 187 to win. <\/p>\n That\u2019s going to make for a fascinating chase – Australia don\u2019t have Hazlewood, but India know they can\u2019t afford too many hiccups or they cannot win the series with two games left. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.41pm<\/p>\n Bumrah\u2019s 19th over is tight<\/p>\n Bumrah bowls the penultimate over.<\/p>\n A couple of quick singles and then a two – Bumrah is trying to land everything on a Yorker length. <\/p>\n Stoinis is confounded by a slower ball Yorker that just misses off stump. Just six from the over. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.34pm<\/p>\n Stoinis reprieved after catch overturned then gets to 50<\/p>\n India celebrate a catch to get Stoinis at long-on but the replays show the sub fielder hasn\u2019t got his hands under the ball. That\u2019s a big moment. <\/p>\n Stoinis capitalises by crunching a pair of boundaries to backward point – Stoinis\u2019 50 comes up from 32 balls. Well played. <\/p>\n He finishes the over by cuffing a short ball over the wicketkeeper for four to make it 14 from the over. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.26pm<\/p>\n Short swings for the fence and just makes it<\/p>\n Short doesn\u2019t get all of his swipe at Abhishek, but it carries just enough so that Arshdeep spills the ball over the boundary for six.<\/p>\n Short gets another boundary when Gill fumbles a straight drive over the rope thanks to a little bobble off the grass. <\/p>\n Dube comes back for his third over and Stoinis smacks the first ball to the cover fence with real contempt. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.20pm<\/p>\n Stoinis takes up the senior role<\/p>\n Australia are now relying on Stoinis and Short to make sure they don\u2019t fall shy of a competitive total.<\/p>\n Varun\u2019s last over is handled respectfully, but when he drifts wide, Stoinis crunches a boundary behind point. Varun finishes with 2-33, very good figures. Five overs to go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.14pm<\/p>\n Stoinis puts Dube onto the hill, twice, but David can\u2019t clear long-off<\/p>\n Wicket!<\/p>\n Stoinis has played himself in a little, but when Dube drops short at medium pace, he crushes a six onto the hill.<\/p>\n Next ball is a full toss and Stoinis flicks another six, this time further around towards square leg. <\/p>\n When David gets on strike, he makes good contact again but can\u2019t quite clear long-off. That\u2019s 74 from 38 balls for David. <\/p>\n![\"Marcus](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762078693_948_7ebb0e4162f353ed3be31517f638834daa3228b2.jpeg\")
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