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IND vs AUS Live Score 5th T20I: India are taking on Australia in the fifth and final match of the T20I series. Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. Stay tuned here for all the latest updates.
Updated Nov 8, 2025, 14:58 IST
UPDATE – 2.50 pm IST (9.20 am GMT) – The rain has been steady for 15-20 minutes now and seems to have picked up in intensity as well. Hopefully, it is a heavy shower that flies away soon and the skies clear out a bit so that we can have some hope about any sort of resumption in play. Meanwhile, on-air, Matthew Hayden is discussing the prowess of Gabba’s drainage system and mentions that since the surface was relayed, the water just slides off the covers the moment rain stops and it all gets cleared out pretty soon. This is the reason just the pitch is under covers and nothing else.
Game stopped due to : Rain Stoppage
UPDATE – 2.30 pm IST (9 am GMT) – The visuals from The Gabba now indicate that it has started raining as well. It doesn’t seem heavy for now but it does seem persistent. The wait goes on and in all likelihood, it will go on for a fair while more. Fingers crossed, folks, fingers crossed.
UPDATE – 2.20 pm IST (8.50 am GMT) – Wow, things are starting to look pretty gloomy as there is a warning on the big screen at the ground. The message warns that the weather conditions are severe and asks everyone to take shelter and not stay in open areas for now. Even the players are asked to go indoors and a few of the stands are emptying up as people move further inside. Hopefully, the clouds along with the lightning move quickly and pass soon, because if things stay like this, we might be in for a long delay. Stick around as we bring you the latest news from the ground.
Game stopped due to : Bad Weather Condition
UPDATE – 2.10 pm IST (8.40 am GMT) – A halt in play and that’s due to lightning, which is dangerous enough for the umpires to stop the game. Also, there is a large and angry bank of clouds coming in towards The Gabba, which means we might see rain pretty soon, and according to the radar, it could be heavy showers. The umpires take the players off the field and the ground staff make their way onto the field of play, gearing up to cover things up in case it does rain. Let’s hope that it does not rain and conditions are soon fit for play again. Stay tuned for further updates.
4.5: Xavier Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, Short ball, on the leg stump line. Abhishek Sharma stands tall and pulls it over mid-wicket. The ball slows down on the way to the ropes and is chased by Tim David from the inner ring, keeping the batters down to a couple of runs only. 
4.4: Xavier Bartlett to Shubman Gill, Tap and run! Length-delivery, around off, Gill gets half forward and taps it between mid off and extra cover for a quick single. 50 UP FOR INDIA IN JUST 4.4 OVERS!
4.3: Xavier Bartlett to Shubman Gill, BEATEN! On a hard length, jagging back in a touch, on top of middle. Shubman Gill shapes to pull it across but misses. 
4.2: Xavier Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, An attempted yorker from Bartlett, on middle, Abhishek Sharma shimmies down the track and takes it on the full as he smashes it to mid off for a single. 
4.1: Xavier Bartlett to Shubman Gill, Back of a length, on the pads, Shubman Gill wrists it away to deep backward square leg for a single. 
Xavier Bartlett comes back into the attack but from the other end.
3.6: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! BANG! Ellis goes short into the pitch, around off, Abhishek Sharma transfers the weight on the back foot and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a cracking six. 12 runs off Ellis’ first over. 28 runs from the last 2 overs for India. 
3.5: Nathan Ellis to Shubman Gill, On a hard length, on middle, Shubman Gill waits back and nudges it wide of mid-wicket for a single. 
3.4: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, Short of a length, outside off, slashed hard off the back foot to deep backward point for a single. 
3.3: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, HIGH UP AND DROPPED! Abhishek Sharma survives for the second time inside the Powerplay! Ellis hits the back of a length, on the stumps. Abhishek Sharma shapes to pull, but gets a thick top edge that flies behind square on the leg side. Ben Dwarshuis from deep fine leg runs forward to settle under it, but puts down a straightforward chance as he tries to take it while crouching a bit. Probably, he had a bit of a concentration lapse with the fielder converging from the inner ring. But another sitter shelled. Two runs taken. 
3.2: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, Slower one again, on a good length, just outside off, Abhishek Sharma weighs on the back foot and punches it to backward point. 
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