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Disregarded for the impending task in South Africa, left-arm spinner Axar Patel answered with great figures of 3/16 as India got the better of Australia by 20 runs in the fourth T20I to seal their five-match series here today.

Rinku Singh's 46 off 29 balls was the most elevated score for India.
This was India's fifth continuous T20I series on run.

Rinku Singh blasted away to a 29-ball 46 while Jitesh Sharma crushed 35 of every 19 balls before Australia pulled things back to stop India at 174/9 after the guests selected to bowl first.

Cruising at 167/4 in 18.3 overs, India lost five wickets for just seven runs in the last two overs, because of Ben Dwarshuis (3/40) and Jason Behrendorff (2/32).

In answer, Australia were limited to 154/7 of every 20 overs as India took an unassailable 3-1 lead with a match to go. Matthew Swim stayed not out on 36 off 23 balls.

Axar and Ravi Bishnoi (1/17) were sublime, bowling eight overs for just 33 runs with four scalps shockingly. There was no dew and subsequently the objective of 175 became defendable, not at all like in Guwahati. The two spinners hit perfect lengths and generally bowled stump to stump which turned into Australia's demise.

Set an objective of 175, Australia were set for a flyer with Travis Head (31 off 16 balls) gathering a whirlwind of limits to lift his group to 42/1 out of four overs, including 22 runs off seamer Deepak Chahar.

Prepared spinner Axar, nonetheless, had the legend of Australia's Reality Cup last got after the hitter got a main edge while endeavoring a trudge clear.

It was an enormous leap forward for India, coming 10 balls after leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi pushed over Josh Philippe's stumps with the one that fixed.

Across the line, Aaron Hardie's stumps were upset by Axar as he set India in a place of solidarity by leaving Australia at 55/3 toward the finish of the seventh over.

Captain Suryakumar Yadav brought Avesh Khan into the assault and the seamer got off to a promising start, surrendering six runs in his first finished.

Ben McDermott (19) and Tim David (19) steadied the Australian innings with a 35-run organization before Axar got his third wicket to leave the guests in an undeniably challenging circumstance at 87/4 in the twelfth over the run-rate pressure heaped on. Axar hit McDermott's stumps as the player went for a hotshot.

Brief scores: India: 174/9 (Rinku 46, Jaiswal 37, Jitesh 35; Dwarshuis 3/40, Sangha 2/30); Australia: 154/7 (Swim 36*; Axar 3/16).