Two towering right-handers feasted on India’s bowling at either end of the innings, drawing grudging admiration from a crowd in excess of 35,000 which enthusiastically welcomed the return of international cricket to the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium after 33 months.

Cameron Green, only in the playing XI because David Warner is unavailable, and the exciting Tim David picked India’s bowlers off with tremendous gusto in the third and decisive T20I on Sunday with bruising half-centuries that exposed India’s vulnerabilities when the batsmen come hard at them. These two spectacular knocks propelled Australia to 186-7 after being inserted by Rohit Sharma.