India, Nov. 6 -- India's allround depth came to the fore against Australia in the fourth T20I at Queensland on Thursday as they won by 48 runs and took an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

Axar Patel hit a 11-ball 21 before taking 2/20, Shivam Dube failed to convert a promising start at No 3 but justified his place with the wickets of Mitchell Marsh and Tim David, and Washington Sundar bowled for the first time in the series to take 3/3 in eight balls to end Australia's challenge.

Put to bat on a pitch that had something for the bowlers, India scored 167/8 after a comparatively quiet start from the openers. Abhishek Sharma was dropped second ball of the match by Xavier Bartlett but he couldn't build on that reprieve, holing ...