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India vs Australia takeaways: Axar Patel's impact, Suryakumar Yadav's form, death bowling worries

After being 1-0 down in the three-match series, India fought back to complete a series win against Australia that will give them much-needed confidence building towards the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

There were a number of concerns for Rohit Sharma and Co at the end of the Asia Cup, where they were the defending champions but missed out on reaching the final.

But the series win against the reigning world champions in the shortest format has provided a few more positives to take away.

KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya were among the runs even as India lost the series opener. In the second game, reduced to eight overs per side, skipper Rohit stepped up with an unbeaten whirlwind knock, saying he has been batting like this for a while but it came out really that night. And in the decider, Virat Kohli anchored the chase with a well-calculated effort after Suryakumar Yadav’s superb 69.

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