This story is from December 06, 2020
Hardik Pandya smashed two huge sixes in the final over to give India a dramatic 6-wicket win over Australia in second T20I, sewing up the 3-match series for the tourists with a game to spare. (AFP photo)
Chasing a steep 195 for victory, India needed 14 runs from the last over and Pandya delivered with two runs off the first ball and sixes off the second and fourth deliveries, the latter flying deep into the stands at the SCG. (Getty Images)
Australia's bowling attack, making do without Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins, had kept the contest tight. But debutant Sams was unable to contain Hardik, who finished with 42 runs off 22 balls and was named Man of the Match. (AFP photo)
The victory brought delight to a crowd mostly supporting the tourists and, after Friday's 11-run victory in Canberra, secured the series ahead of Tuesday's third and final match in Sydney. (AFP photo)
Openers Shikhar Dhawan (52) and KL Rahul (30) had given the tourists a strong start, and when skipper Virat Kohli took up the mantle, it looked like India might reach their target with some ease. (AP photo)
Kohli looked in great shape as he stroked the ball around the ground, but his innings ended on 40 after he chased a high, wide delivery and was caught behind to give Sams a notable first international wicket. (AFP photo)
Earlier, with Aaron Finch ruled out by a hip injury, Matthew Wade was named Australia's 11th Twenty20 captain, and he led from the front with a typically aggressive 32-ball 58. (Reuters photo)
Opening with D'Arcy Short, the wicketkeeper-batsman smashed 10 fours and a six to lay a decent platform for Australia's innings before being run out in farcical circumstances, caught ball-watching as Kohli dropped him at cover but collected the ball and hurled it in to Rahul at the stumps. (Reuters photo)
Steve Smith, whose leadership credentials have been ignored since completing his ban for his part in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, went on to make a solid 46 before he was caught by a juggling Pandya on the boundary. (AFP photo)
Seamer T Natarajan, who impressed on debut with 3-30 in the series opener, was again the pick of the Indian bowlers with figures of 2-20 from his four overs. (AP photo)