Updated November 2, 2025 \u2014 9.49pmfirst published at 5.32pm<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Key postsHide key posts<\/p>\n 9.49pm<\/p>\n Post-game reaction<\/p>\n Arshdeep wins the match award for his three wickets.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s always a chance when someone is coming after you,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Home skipper Marsh says Australia were 20 runs short.<\/p>\n \u201cBumrah and Arshdeep are a fire and ice combination,\u201d says India\u2019s captain Suryakumar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9.42pm<\/p>\n India win by five wickets with nine balls to spare<\/p>\n That\u2019s pretty comprehensive in the end. Washington removed any doubt for India with a sublime finishing innings.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9.36pm<\/p>\n Owen drops Dube<\/p>\n Owen has had a bit of a mixed night in the field and here he misjudges a Dube chance running back from mid-off.<\/p>\n That was surely Australia\u2019s last hope gone, and next ball Washington underlines the point by punching four down the ground. <\/p>\n Just five runs needed with two overs left.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9.31pm<\/p>\n Ellis bowls out<\/p>\n With one boundary conceded to Dube he finishes with 3-36 from four overs.<\/p>\n Ellis has bowled nicely and taken on responsibility as the senior pace bowler in the attack, but he\u2019s been let down by some big overs conceded elsewhere.<\/p>\n Nathan Ellis took three wickets.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n Next over Kuhnemann coaxes a top edge out of Dube, but Ellis can\u2019t get to it. Later a full toss goes for six.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9.21pm<\/p>\n Bartlett gets a wicket<\/p>\n Wicket!<\/p>\n There\u2019s still faint hope for Australia.<\/p>\n Tilak tries to scoop Batlett but can\u2019t clear Inglis. <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9.17pm<\/p>\n Abbott goes for more runs<\/p>\n Kuhnemann concedes seven from his third over. <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Last ball of the over disappears for an even bigger six. Hazlewood out, Abbott in has made a big difference to this game – he\u2019s gone for 50 from three overs. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9.08pm<\/p>\n Ellis strikes again<\/p>\n Wicket!<\/p>\n Kuhnemann comes back on and bowls a tight over, conceding six.<\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.58pm<\/p>\n Short punished by left-hander<\/p>\n Marsh thinks an off spinner is better for two left-handers than Kuhnemann, an accomplished Test bowler.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s thoughts after that over. <\/p>\n Bartlett comes back and Axar gets four more to square leg despite Owen\u2019s best efforts. India have taken control of this game in the past few balls. Twenty-three from the past two overs.<\/p>\n![\"Nathan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/247814c85566f6222b95e2487cbe5786a23f77bb.jpeg\")
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