India and Australia will meet in the 3rd T20I of the 5-match series on Tuesday. India and Australia played two matches against each other in this five-match T20I series so far where India won both of those matches and is currently leading the series by 2-0.

India and Australia will play the third match of the five-match T20I series in Guwahati on Tuesday evening. So far in the series, India have won by two wickets in Visakhapatnam and by 44 runs in Thiruvananthapuram, so another win in this game will see the hosts clinch the series. The match will begin at Barsapara Cricket Stadium at 7:00 p.m. local time.

After a narrow win in the opening game of the series, India were far too strong for Australia in the second game on Sunday. Their batting line-up was particularly impressive in the last game and we expect them to emerge victorious again on Tuesday.

With two defeats in two games in the series so far, Australia knows they have to do everything they can to win this game and stay in the series. They need to improve their bowling in Guwahati but if they can do that, they could register a win.

Match Preview

India (IND) and Australia (AUS) will play the third T20I of the five-match series at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. India are in a dominant position after winning their first two games.

In the second T20I, Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad got the team off to a solid start, adding 77 runs in the powerplay. It is India's third highest Powerplay total in T20Is. Jaiswal played a devastating knock of 53 runs off 25 deliveries, including nine fours and two sixes, before being dismissed on the penultimate delivery of the powerplay.

Ishan Kishan joined Gaikwad in the middle and they had a partnership of 87 runs. Ishan scored his second half-century of the series and was dismissed for 52 runs off 32 deliveries. India collected 71 runs in the death overs with the help of Rinku Singh's 31 runs off just nine deliveries. At the end of the 20th over, they posted 235 runs for the loss of four wickets.

Nathan Ellis was the pick of the bowlers for Australia, taking three wickets for 45 runs in four overs. Marcus Stoinis picked the remaining wicket.

Australia got off to a decent start but had the first three wickets for 53 runs before the end of the Powerplay. They lost another wicket in the 8th over but the middle order ensured Australia posted a respectable total. Marcus Stoinis and Tim David had a decent partnership of 81 runs for the fifth wicket. Australia suddenly lost four wickets for just 16 runs. Matthew Wade did some tonking at the end and remained unbeaten with 42 runs off 23 deliveries. In the end, Australia managed 191 runs for the loss of nine wickets and lost the game by 44 runs.

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Match Prediction

Australia will be without most of its frontline pace bowlers in this series and that showed on Sunday when India's batters went on the attack in most of the innings. It will be a crucial battle again on Tuesday and we expect the Indian batters to make some big contributions once again. Our prediction is for a closer game on Sunday, but we are betting on India to win.

India beat Australia in 3rd T20

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Betting Tips

Australia could well be forced to play their best possible combination and that could make the competition much tighter. Follow the odds and bet on Australia.

Bet on India to win.

Probable Playing Xi

India

Australia

Steve Smith, MW Short, JP Inglis, MP Stoinis, Tim David, GJ Maxwell, MS Wade (C), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, A Zampa, Tanveer Sangha

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India Key players

Ishan Kishan – The clean-cut keeper-batsman had gone 16 T20I innings without a half-century before the start of this series, but has already hit nine sixes in the two games.

Ravi Bishnoi – The spinner has dismissed Australian opener Matthew Short in both games of the series so far and has taken at least one wicket in 16 of his 18 T20I appearances.

Prasidh Krishna – The tall right-arm pace bowler took the crucial wicket of opener Steven Smith on his way to a score of 3/41 on Sunday.

Australia Key Players 

Marcus Stoinis – The all-rounder impressed with both his defensive prowess and big hitting in Thiruvananthapuram as he contributed 45 runs off 25 balls.

Nathan Ellis – The medium-pace bowler dismissed both openers and removed skipper Suryakumar Yadav in the second T20I on Sunday.

Jason Behrendorff – It was a big surprise that the great pace bowler was left out of the team on Sunday when Matthew Wade announced that everyone was available. He was the most impressive attacker in the first T20I.