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India\u2019s Shreyas Iyer scored a half-century and fast bowlers Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh took a combined five wickets as the home side beat Australia by six runs in the final Twenty20 International to deny the visitors a consolation win on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Australia, chasing 160 in Bangalore, looked on course for victory as Ben McDermott hit a knock of 54, but the chase was derailed when the 28-year-old tried to hammer Arshdeep (2-40) for six and ended up holing out to long-off.<\/p>\n
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Jitesh Sharma of India plays a shot during game five of the T20 International series between India and Australia.<\/span>Credit: <\/span> <\/cite><\/p>\n Once McDermott departed, Kumar (3-32) struck twice in quick succession to leave Australia reeling on 129-7 before Arshdeep bowled an excellent final over in which he gave away just three runs and picked up the wicket of visiting captain Matthew Wade.<\/p>\n After being put in to bat earlier, India needed a half-century from Iyer (53) to post a defencible total, with Axar Patel (31) also contributing runs. Australia\u2019s Jason Behrendorff and Ben Dwarshuis picked up two wickets apiece.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m elated to be honest to see everyone chipping in and contributing for the team,\u201d Iyer said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n