Australia and India clashed in the fifth and final T20I on November 8, 2025, at the Gabba in Brisbane. India leads the series 2-1. Australia captain Mitch Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl first.

The Indian team made one change as Rinku Singh came in for Tilak Varma. On the other hand, Australia was unchanged.

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill took a bit of time but got going on a beautiful batting surface at the Gabba. Shubman Gill slammed 29* in 16 balls with six fours, while Abhishek Sharma raced off to 23* in 13 balls with one four and one six as India made 52 in 5.2 overs when the play was stopped due to a lightning warning and rain.

During his knock, Abhishek Sharma became the fastest to 1000 T20I runs, in terms of balls faced, as he achieved the feat in 528 balls, breaking Suryakumar Yadav’s record of 573 balls faced.

However, Abhishek got a lot of help from Australian fielders, as he was dropped twice in a short period of play.

Abhishek Sharma was batting on five when he attempted to take on Ben Dwarshius. The left-hander absolutely missed his shot, sending the ball straight up. Maxwell, stationed at mid-off, moved well to position himself, but he dropped an absolute sitter to give Abhishek a reprieve.

Then, when Abhishek was on 9 runs, he clipped the ball towards fine leg, where Ben Dwarshuis ran in to take the easy catch. However, the ball missed both of his hands as he hurried to get into position, and the catch was dropped.

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