For the second time this month, Glenn Maxwell played an innings to rank among the greatest in its format’s history to rescue a dead chase from nowhere, this time pulling off a heist to keep Australia’s T20I series against India alive.
India won the first two matches of the five-match series and looked set to claim their third win of the series after Australia were succumbed to 134-5 in 14 overs chasing 223 .
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Maxwell conceded 30 runs in the final over of India’s innings, contributing to a very high total, while Ruturaj Gaikwad finished with an unbeaten 123 runs. But even if he had to concede, as he proved once again, the game is not decided until Maxwell is out.
Although this innings fell short of Afghanistan’s epic where he scored a double century to save his team from a score of 92-7 while suffering from severe cramps, this result earned him a spot in the semi-finals. It was an important result to get – the final was extremely important for the World Cup. But it was still something special.
He timed his attack perfectly. Arshdeep Singh produced a six, then Avesh Khan produced a six and a four, and Arshdeep again produced two sixes. Odds remained high and got even higher when Prasidh Krishna, who ended the day with an unwanted record of being India’s most expensive T20I, sneaked a six-run over that required 43 from the last two. Ta.
Another awe-inspiring knock from Glenn Maxwell. He scores 104 off 48 balls as Australia sensationally chase 223 against India to get back into the T20 series. When Maxwell is on it, there is noone in the world who matches him for logic-defying chases. Incredible!!! #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/Z1c2yLNCMb
– Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) 28. 2023 年 11 月
Unlike against Afghanistan, Maxwell had run-scoring support, with stand-in captain Matthew Wade hitting two fours and a six in the first four balls of the next over, giving Australia four byes. helped the performance. He started the final with four, and singled Maxwell for a strike. He had four balls left and he needed 16 balls for Australia to win and Maxwell was 14 balls short. He controlled both, scoring breathtaking victories in the sixth and his third in his fourth.
This century was Maxwell’s fourth in this format and equaled Rohit Sharma’s world record. Also worth mentioning is Jason Behrendorff, who almost scored 450 runs on this day and finished his 4 overs with figures of 1-12.
