AUS v IND 2nd T20: India sealed the T20I series with 27 runs win

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Published on: Jan 28, 2016

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Ravindra Jadeja stunned Shane Watson by leaping high to claim a return catch, as India sealed the T20I series with a 27-run win at the MCG

Ravindra Jadeja stunned Shane Watson by leaping high to claim a return catch, as India sealed the T20I series with a 27-run win at the Melbourne.

"It was fantastic," says MS Dhoni. "The support was very good. It has always been very good even when we are not playing well. That Jadeja catch was fantastic. That was a crucial part of the game. No wonder commentators keep saying catches win matches. Spinners did a great job, also Hardik's over with that wicket was good. Bumrah has done well at death bowling. He has bowled yorkers.

Australia's captain Aaron Finch sent india in to bat in the second Twenty20 match of the series at the Melbourne.

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Australia were without David Warner and Steven Smith, who are both departing on Saturday for the looming tour of New Zealand, while Travis Head, Cameron Boyce, Shaun Tait and Kane Richardson were dropped.

Australia Playing XI: 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 Shaun Marsh 3 Chris Lynn, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Shane Watson, 6 Matthew Wade (wk), 7 James Faulkner, 8 John Hastings, 9 Scott Boland, 10 Aaron Tye, 11 Nathan Lyon

India Playing XI: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Ashish Nehra

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