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WICKET! Marsh c Arshdeep b Dube 30 (Australia 70-3)
The Australia captain pulls a gentle delivery but mis-times it just enough to pick out Arshdeep Singh on the rope. The India pacer holds onto a tricky catch on the run.
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9th over: Australia 68-2 (Marsh 30, David 1) Axar is keeping India in the contest but Marsh is going at better than a run a ball without too much effort. Tim David joins him at the crease.
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WICKET! Inglis b Patel 12 (Australia 67-2)
Axar Patel has been the pick of the bowlers but this is all Josh Inglis’s undoing. The Australia keeper steps down the track, tilts the head back and looks to lift Axar into the next suburb but instead loses his stumps.
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8th over: Australia 62-1 (Marsh 25, Inglis 12) DROPPED! Abhishek was given a life in the very first over of the game and he hands the Australia skipper one of his own as he grasses a diving catch. The India field charges in off the rope and makes up plenty of ground to reach the drop off the ball but it bounces out of his hands when his elbows hit the turf.
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7th over: Australia 55-1 (Marsh 20, Inglis 10) Axar Patel begins the over with a confident appeal for caught behind against Mitch Marsh, and ends it in much the same way with keeper Jitesh convincing the captain to send the decision in favour of Josh Inglis upstairs. Not out and India lose a review. In between, Marsh sweeps a boundary at deep square leg as Washington dives over the ball.
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6th over: Australia 48-1 (Marsh 13, Inglis 10) Bumrah returns as India look to turn the screw. But Josh Inglis is as comfortable as anyone has been against the India quick on these shores with a cut shot to the boundary and a controlled slice to the third man rope.
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5th over: Australia 39-1 (Marsh 12, Inglis 1) Axel Patel sends Matt Short on his way as Josh Inglis joins the Australia captain.
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WICKET! Short lbw b Patel 25 (Australia 37-1)
Matt Short misses with a sweep and Axar Patel is full of gusto in the appeal. The umpire gives the batter the benefit of the doubt but a review shows the ball hit Short in line with the stumps. A useful knock from 19 balls with two sixes and a couple of boundaries.
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4th over: Australia 35-0 (Short 24, Marsh 11) Matt Short hammers another SIX! This time sending a half-tracker from Varun Chakravarthy over deep square leg. Short looks much more at home at the top of the order.
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3rd over: Australia 26-0 (Short 17, Marsh 9) SIX! Short clobbers a slower but fuller delivery straight back over Arshdeep’s head. Short heads in the same direction for four over mid-off then an unconvincing pull from Marsh gets a top edge that sails over the keeper for another boundary.
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2nd over: Australia 11-0 (Short 6, Marsh 5) Jasprit Bumrah unsettles Short with his first ball as it seams away from the right-hander. An inswinging yorker leaves the opener guessing but the ball travels too far and would have missed leg stump. Short gets away from the danger with a quick single and Marsh looks much more comfortable guiding the ball to the third man boundary.
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Updated at 11.34 CET
1st over: Australia 6-0 (Short 5, Marsh 1) A fast start from Matt Short as he returns to opening alongside Mitch Marsh and guides the second ball of the innings to the rope at fine leg.
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There have only been two men’s internationals – both T20Is – at Gold Coast Stadium in Carrara. South Africa beat Australia by 21 runs in the first of those in 2018 when rain forced the game to be reduced to 10 overs a side. Fans got their money’s worth in the most recent match in late 2022 as Australia chased down West Indies 146-run target with three wickets and only one ball remaining.
But even without much data to draw on, the thinking seems to be that India have enough runs on the board to be right in this.
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Mitch Marsh and Matt Short are at the crease with Arshdeep Singh at the top of his mark. One slip in place, here we go …
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It wouldn’t be an Ashes build up without former players and parochial media types bouncing barbs and jibes and bantz back and forth. The West Australian newspaper has taken it to another level and thrown a typographical grenade into the mixer.
England’s Cocky Captain Complainer, still smarting from ‘crease-gate’, lands in Perth early thinking dopey ‘BazBall’ can take the Ashes.
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Australia have named a 15-player squad for the first Test with uncertainty around Cameron Green’s ability to bowl and play as a genuine all-rounder. If he can, Jake Weatherald is in line for a debut as an opener.
Here are my tips for how each of the 15 Australians will stare down the Bazball bravado and have an influence – or otherwise – on the Ashes series.
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While we wait for the Australia batters to pad up, and ICYMI – Pat Cummins has given another insight into his availability for the Ashes.
The Australia captain bowled close to eight overs in the nets on Wednesday, mostly at three-quarter pace as he aims to be back near full speed around the time the Ashes begin in Perth on 21 November.
But it was not all good news as the 32-year-old concedes that he might not be able to play all of the remaining Tests even he does return.
I don’t really want to commit to anything this far out. I’m pretty keen to play as much as I can. But realistically, if we have a big game and bowl 40 or 50 overs and then there’s a game that starts a few days later, it might be a bridge too far.
I’m trying to get right, and if I get right then hopefully I’ll try to play most of it as I can.
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Australia need 168 to win
A strong fightback from Australia as India lose six wickets for 47 runs in the last six overs to finish on 167-8. Shubman Gill (46) helped set up India for a much more ominous total, alongside early cameos from Abhishek Sharma (28), Shivam Dube (22) and captain Suryakumar Yadav (20). Axar Patels hammers a six and a boundary in the final over to lift India to a more defendable score.
Nathan Ellis (3-21) took wickets at critical moments to help turn the game, while Adam Zampa (3-45) recovered from an expensive start to help tie down the tourists. Australia will like their chances of chasing down a challenging target especially with Tim David in good touch and Glenn Maxwell back in the side.
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Updated at 11.10 CET
WICKET! Arshdeep c Philippe b Stoinis 0 (India 164-8)
Josh Philippe hangs on to a high ball to send Arshdeep Singh on his way without scoring.
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Updated at 11.03 CET
19th over: India 153-7 (Axar 8, Arshdeep 0) Nathan Ellis pulls out his bag of tricks – slower balls, yorkers, off-cutters and wobble seam. India lose a wicket and can only take four runs from the over as Ellis finishes with 3-21.
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WICKET! Washington c Kuhnemann (sub) b Ellis 12 (India 152-7)
Washington Sundar aims a drive straight back over Nathan Ellis’s head but mis-times the shot and it slices to Matt Kuhnemann at mid-off.
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18th over: India 149-6 (Washington 11, Axar 7) Axar Patel picks up a charitable three as a Zampa misfield gives him a couple extra from the bowling of Dwarshuis. The bowler and fielder swapped roles for a boundary a few overs ago. Washington adds a boundary through cover – feels a waste that he is coming in this late especially after a match-winning knock at his last start.
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17th over: India 137-6 (Washington 5, Axar 1) Australia are back on top with four wickets in three overs but India have quality at No 7 and 8 in Washington Sundar and Axar Patel. The hosts are running behind schedule on their overs too. Zampa finishes with 3-45.
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Updated at 10.49 CET
WICKET! Jitesh lbw b Zampa 3 (India 136-6)
Two in an over for Adam Zampa. Jitesh Sharma attempts to sweep and Australia throw up a huge appeal for lbw that the umpire waves away. A review shows it hit him in line and would have taken out leg stump.
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WICKET! Tilak c Inglis b Zampa 5 (India 131-5)
Tilak Varma reverse sweeps but the ball pops off his gloves and straight to the keeper. Zampa keeps the wickets ticking over with some smart bowling.
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16th over: India 131-4 (Tilak 5, Jitesh 3) Australia have turned this contest with a couple of quick wickets as Xavier Bartlett picks up the wicket of the India captain and ties down Tilak Varma and Jitesh Sharma. The tourists are running out of overs to post a challenging target.
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WICKET! Suryakumar c David b Bartlett 20 (India 125-4)
A quality catch from Tim David on the rope as Suryakumar Yadav swipes across his pads but can only send the ball skyhigh. This time the India skipper fails to reach the rope and that’s a huge wicket for Australia.
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Updated at 11.06 CET
15th over: India 125-3 (Suryakumar 20, Tilak 2) Nathan Ellis does the damage once again but India’s batting depth means they shouldn’t have to slow down too much with five overs remaining. A change of pace has Tilak Varma in all sorts but he survives.
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WICKET! Gill b Ellis 46 (India 121-3)
Australia get a much-needed wicket. And who else but Nathan Ellis to take it. The crafty pacer returns and bowls Gill with the first ball back as the opener fails to pick up the slower ball and is through his shot too early. That’s an important knock though, from 39 balls with four boundaries and that big six off the previous over.
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14th over: India 121-2 (Gill 46, Suryakumar 16) GILL GONE! The India opener is sent back to the pavilion after being trapped in front. But a review quickly shows that he nicked the ball on the way through. Gill rubs salt into the wound with a hyuuuge SIX over deep midwicket. That has gone into the second tier as Gill finally join Suryakumar’s big-hitting party.
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13th over: India 108-2 (Gill 37, Suryakumar 16) Suryakumar winds up with back-to-back sixes. The first sweep only just clears the fielder at deep midwicket. But no concerns with the second stroke as he again gets down on one knee and wallops Zampa into the same stand. Gill is done with hanging around as he begins the over swinging hard at a straighter ball from Zampa and almost picks out Matt Short at deep midwicket. Zampa’s third over goes for 18 runs and he has unusually expensive figures of 1 for 39.
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12th over: India 90-2 (Gill 35, Suryakumar 1) Shivam Dube was just starting to get going but is now on his way with India skipper Suryakumar Yadav joining Shubman Gill at the crease. Gill has slowed right down but India have enough wickets in hand – and a deep enough batting lineup – that the opener could get more aggressive from here.
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WICKET! Dube b Ellis 22 (India 88-2)
Nathan Ellis gets the breakthrough just as India look ready to ramp up the pressure again. A slower ball cramps up Dube as he swings and misses and loses his leg stump.
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11th over: India 88-1 (Gill 34, Dube 22) Shivam Dube hammers Adam Zampa for a huge SIX down the ground. The ball travels 106m and well beyond the sight screen as the groundstaff call for a search party.
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Updated at 10.29 CET
10th over: India 75-1 (Gill 33, Dube 11) Australia keep the brakes on with a tidy over from Xavier Bartlett. Four runs from it.
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Updated at 10.09 CET
9th over: India 71-1 (Gill 32, Dube 8) Dube punishes a loosener from Ben Dwarshuis with a straight cut between point and cover. The boundaries have dried up for Gill since the end of the powerplay but he keeps a pull shot down to pick up two behind the stumps.
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8th over: India 62-1 (Gill 29, Dube 2) India’s momentum comes to a grinding halt after Abhishek’s departure as even Gill has trouble getting Stoinis away for anything more than a single.
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7th over: India 58-1 (Gill 27, Dube 1) Zampa picks up the critical wicket of Abhishek as Bartlett breathes half a sigh of relief. Shivam Dube joins Gill at the crease.
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WICKET! Abhishek c David b Zampa 28 (India 56-1)
Abhishek crunches Adam Zampa straight down the ground for a monster six. But the Australia leg-spinner gets his revenge just two balls later as Abhishek gets under a slog aimed at long-on and picks out Tim David inside the rope.
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Updated at 10.11 CET
6th over: India 49-0 (Abhishek 22, Gill 26) Abhishek ends the powerplay in style by taking a step back and punishing a shorter ball from Marcus Stoinis. The Australia all-rounder had given him a wake up call just a ball earlier with a half-tracker that bounced sharply and caught the opener under the grille. That drop from Xavier Bartlett in the opening over is looking more costly with every Abhishek boundary.
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5th over: India 38-0 (Abhishek 13, Gill 24) Xavier Bartlett changes ends but it’s much the same story for the right-arm quick. Abhishek swings wildly but fails to make contact but Gill is making scoring look easy as he clobbers another boundary through midwicket – that’s his fourth from 16 balls without taking any risks.
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4th over: India 31-0 (Abhishek 12, Gill 18) Nathan Ellis is the first change after causing India all sorts of problems through this series with six wickets in three matches. But Gill takes a liking to him straight away with a flick off the pads for four. The right-hander picks up two more from much the same stroke then adds another boundary with a crunching straight drive.
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3rd over: India 20-0 (Abhishek 12, Gill 7) Shubman Gill has not had the most prolific tour with 100 runs from six innings across both white-ball formats before this game. The right-hander would like a big score here and gets going with a dance down the wicket and chip straight back over Dwarshuis for four.
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2nd over: India 13-0 (Abhishek 10, Gill 2) Xavier Bartlett has the opportunity to immediately make amends for the dropped catch but Abhishek only needs a little bit of width to slice the ball over cover off the back foot. That’s the first boundary of the innings. The opener whips a straighter ball down the ground and only barely clears Mitch Marsh at mid-on for an easy three.
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1st over: India 3-0 (Abhishek 2, Gill 1) DROPPED! Abhishek Sharma charges the first ball for a swing and a miss then gets under the second trying to launch it out of Gold Coast Stadium. The white ball goes up, up and up into the early evening sky as three Australia fielders run towards the drop zone. Xavier Bartlett gets there first but after a moment of hesitation he grasses the catch. A huge chance goes begging for Australia.
Xavier Bartlett drops Abhishek Sharma in the opening over of the fourth T20I on the Gold Coast. Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPAShare
Updated at 09.28 CET
Ben Dwarshuis takes the new ball on his return to the Australia XI with India opener Abhishek Sharma on strike and setting himself to make a trademark blazing start. Here we go …
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India XI
Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.
Don’t break up a winning combination. India are unchanged from the side that won the third game in the series in Hobart.
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Australia XI
Mitchell Marsh (capt), Matt Short, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Josh Philippe, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa.
Four changes for Australia as Travis Head and Sean Abbott leave the squad to prepare for the Ashes. Matt Short moves to the top of the order while Glenn Maxwell slots into the middle. Josh Philippe, Ben Dwarshuis and Adam Zampa also come into the XI.
Glenn Maxwell returns to face India in the fourth T20 at Gold Coast Stadium. Photograph: Simon Sturzaker/Getty ImagesShare
Toss
Mitchell Marsh wins the toss and elects to bowl first on the unfamiliar deck at Gold Coast Stadium. This is just the third men’s international at the venue but Australia are certainly comfortable bowling first no matter where they play.
Suryakumar Yadav says it looks similar to India conditions so they would have batted first even if they had won the toss. The India captain’s eyes are lighting up at what he thinks is a large ground with lots of space to hit the ball into.
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Preamble
Martin Pegan
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the fourth T20 international between Australia and India at Gold Coast Stadium in Carrara. The series is all up for grabs after India made it 1-1 with a five-wicket victory in Hobart on Sunday. The opening match was washed out before Australia took an early lead in Melbourne.
While the two rivals will always be out to get one over the other, there is no denying that the series is being overshadowed, at least for the hosts, by the Ashes that begin in little more than two weeks. Australia’s Test squad named yesterday includes Travis Head and Sean Abbott who have now left the T20 group to ramp up preparations for red-ball fixtures, leaving Josh Inglis as the only player to still be in both lineups. Glenn Maxwell is expected to be the player to come in for Head with Matthew Short an option to open.
India have many more players to choose from especially after Washington Sundar steered them to victory in his first game in the series on Sunday, while Nitish Kumar Reddy could return from injury.
First ball will be at 6.15pm in Gold Coast / 7.15pm AEDT / 1.45pm IST. The toss and team news will be coming up shortly. Meanwhile, let us know your thoughts and predictions – shoot me an email or find me @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
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Updated at 08.49 CET
