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<\/p>\nMatthew Wade was left frustrated after an umpiring call went against Australia <\/p>\n
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Australia captain Matthew Wade was left furious by an umpiring error as his side suffered a narrow T20 defeat to India in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n
Wade, leading the side with a number of senior players absent after Australia\u2019s World Cup win, had guided the tourists to within sight of victory in the final game of the five-match series.<\/p>\n
Seven runs off the penultimate over left 10 needed off the last, bowled by seamer Arshdeep Singh, with set batter Wade on strike.<\/p>\n
The left-armer\u2019s first ball was short and appeared to comfortably clear Wade\u2019s head, but was not signalled a wide by the square leg umpire. Wade was left incensed and gestured angrily towards the umpire after the non-call.<\/p>\n
Wade was then unable to get a yorker away and hit the third ball of the over down long-on\u2019s throat, allowing Arshdeep to close out victory and a 4-1 India series win.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to wrap my head around at the moment after not being able to get us home,\u201d Wade said after the defeat. \u201cI thought we bowled relatively well. We kept them to a total that probably should have been chased at this ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty disappointing. It would have been nice to get the result tonight. I think 3-2 would have been a reflection of where the series was at.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Suryakumar Yadav (left) captained India to a 4-1 series victory <\/p>\n
Australia had restricted India to a total of 160-8 from their 20 overs, with seam-bowling all-rounder Aaron Hardie and young leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha impressing despite a fluent half-century from Shreyas Iyer.<\/p>\n
Travis Head and Ben McDermott, who smashed five sixes in a 36-ball 54, helped the visitors get off to a strong start in the chase, but spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel put the clamps on, allowing Arshdeep and Mukesh Kumar to seal the win with some accurate death bowling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good series from day one,\u201d said Suryakumar Yadav, India\u2019s captain. \u201cThe way the boys showed their skills was commendable. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to be fearless, we wanted to enjoy when we were in the middle. I told them, \u2018do whatever is right and just enjoy your game,\u2019 and they did the same. So very happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n