Matthew Wade left fuming after crucial umpire call leaves Australia stranded in fifth T20 thriller against India<\/h1>\n

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• Wade furious at umpire’s call in the final over\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
• Umpire didn’t call a wide after bouncer delivery<\/strong><\/li>\n
• India secured a dramatic six-run victory<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Australia captain Matthew Wade has been left fuming at a late umpiring blunder as India secured a dramatic six-run victory in the fifth and final T20 clash in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

  Allrounder Aaron Hardie (1-21) and spinner Tanveer Sangha (1-26) had produced strong displays with the ball as Australia restricted India to 8-160 on Sunday night (Monday AEDT).<\/p>\n

  In reply, Ben McDermott (54 off 36 balls) provided the early fireworks before Australia fell in a hole, needing 32 runs off 17 balls and with only three wickets in hand.<\/p>\n

  Wade (22 off 15) changed the equation in the blink of an eye with three consecutive boundaries off the bowling of Avesh Khan.<\/p>\n

  Australia needed 10 runs off the final over – bowled by paceman Arshdeep Singh.<\/p>\n

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  Matthew Wade has been left fuming after the umpire didn’t call a wide in the final over<\/p>\n

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  India finished off their T20 series victory with a six-run victory against the Aussies<\/p>\n

  It was from there that the wheels fell off completely for Australia – in some instances through no fault of their own.<\/p>\n

  Singh’s first delivery was a bouncer that clearly sailed over Wade’s head.<\/p>\n

  Wade was left incredulous – and incensed – when no wide was called by the square leg umpire, with the veteran gesturing angrily at the non-call.<\/p>\n

  The next ball was a yorker that Wade could only bunt for no run, and he holed out on the third delivery of the over when he was caught in the deep.<\/p>\n

  A Jason Behrendorff single meant Australia needed nine runs off the final two balls.<\/p>\n

  But their victory hopes were ended when the central umpire couldn’t get out of the way in time when Nathan Ellis bludgeoned the fifth delivery straight back down the ground.<\/p>\n

  It meant instead of a registering a boundary, Australia could only scamper through for a single, their hopes over as they went on to finish at 8-154.<\/p>\n

  The result enabled India to wrap up a 4-1 series win.<\/p>\n

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  Wade said after the match that it was hard to get his head around the umpiring blunder<\/p>\n

  ‘It’s hard to wrap my head around at the moment after not being able to get us home,’ Wade said of the loss.<\/p>\n

  ‘I thought we bowled relatively well. We kept them to a total that probably should have been chased at this ground. It’s pretty disappointing.<\/p>\n

  ‘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.<\/p>\n

  ‘It would’ve been nice to get the result, but we keep learning, and I thought Ben McDermott bounced back, and Behrendorff, Dwarshuis and Sangha all made an impact in tough conditions.’<\/p>\n

  India slumped to 4-55 after 9.1 overs before handy knocks from Shreyas Iyer (53 off 37 balls) and Axar Patel (31 off 21) lifted the home side to a defendable total.<\/p>\n

  Australian paceman Ben Dwarshuis snared 2-5 from his first two overs, but he copped some punishment from that point on to finish with 2-30.<\/p>\n

  Australia’s run chase started off strongly, with Travis Head (28 off 18 balls) and McDermott in the thick of the action.<\/p>\n

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  India won seven of their ten matches against the Aussies on this tour<\/p>\n

  McDermott struck five sixes during his blistering knock – one of which he launched 98 metres and out of the stadium.<\/p>\n

  But each time Australia looked like they had the game in their control, a clump of wickets would follow.<\/p>\n

  Mukesh Kumar snared the scalps of Matt Short (16) and Dwarshuis (0) in consecutive deliveries as Australia crumpled to 7-129, and Wade was unable to lift the team over the line despite producing some clutch boundaries.<\/p>\n

  Axar Patel was the pick of India’s bowlers with 1-14 off four overs, but Singh was the hero after conceding just three runs from the final over.<\/p>\n

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