India has levelled the Twenty20 series against Australia, sharing the blows with the bat for a five wicket win with nine balls to spare in Hobart.<\/p>\n
The hosts posted 6-186 on Sunday night on the back of an explosive 74 from 38 balls from Tim David batting at number four and Marcus Stoinis half-century.<\/p>\n
Australia kept itself in the hunt with regular wickets in India’s chase, before Washington Sundar’s unbeaten 49 from 23 got India home.<\/p>\n
After a washout in the series opener in Canberra, India’s win puts the five-game series at 1-1 with two fixtures remaining.<\/p>\n
On his Hurricanes home turf, quick Nathan Ellis did his best to inspire Australia with 3-36, including the scalps of openers Abhishek Sharma (25) and Shubman Gill (15).<\/p>\n
But India was able to keep on top of the run-rate to set up a crucial game four on the Gold Coast on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Australia missed elite quick Josh Hazelwood, who took 3-13 in game two but is sitting out the final three fixtures of the series with the Ashes looming.<\/p>\n
Earlier, after Australia were sent in, David whacked an impressive 74 from 38 balls featuring five sixes and eight fours.<\/p>\n
He came to the crease with his side 2-14 in the third over and made India pay for dropping him on 20.<\/p>\n
David launched two sixes from the spin of Axar Patel in the seventh over, including one straight that hit the signage on top of the roof.<\/p>\n
He fell in the 13th over, caught on the long-off boundary off the medium pace of Shivan Dube.<\/p>\n
Stoinis held Australia together somewhat with an important 64 from 39 balls, in an innings in which three of the top five fell for single digits.<\/p>\n
India spinner Varun Chakravarthy (2-33) suffered some punishment from David, but took two scalps in two balls including rattling Mitch Owen’s stumps for a duck.<\/p>\n
An inclusion after Melbourne, left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh was the pick of India’s bowlers with 3-35 and won man-of-the-match honours.<\/p>\n
India’s chase got off to a strong start before twin blows to Ellis had them 2-62 in the sixth over.<\/p>\n
The tourists lost skipper Suryakumar Yadav for an 11-ball 24 when he chipped a catch to Ellis off the bowling of Marcus Stoinis in the eighth over.<\/p>\n
Sundar was immediately aggressive and to took the long handle to Sean Abbott with back-to-back sixes.<\/p>\n
AAP<\/p>\n