Momentum is a funny thing in sport. In the age of data and sports science, maybe no one can exactly define how an intangible factor like th...
Momentum is a funny thing in sport. In the age of data and sports science, maybe no one can exactly define how an intangible factor like that can influence results so much. And on India’s tour of Australia, after starting off with two convincing One Day International defeats and staring at a clean sweep late in the third match, Virat Kohli and Co are in position to potentially inflict that fate on the hosts.
When Glenn Maxwell was going berserk in the third ODI in Canberra and a 3-0 result likely when nearly 90% of the match was completed, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a yorker that changed the fate of that match. And since then, India have won three white-ball matches on the trot to salvage pride in the ODI series and clinch the T20Is. It marked the ninth consecutive win for India in the shortest format, and they are in a position to complete a Trans-Tasman whitewash after their 5-0 win in New Zealand earlier this year.
The series pocketed and their confidence restored, India would not like to let the pressure go when they take on an Australian side significantly weakened by injury blows, in the third and final T20 International at...
