Australia 4 for 158 (Maxwell46, Kuldeep 2-24) beat India 7for 169 (Dhawan 76, Zampa2-22) by four runs on DLSmethodAustralia overcame India andtheir own considerable self-doubts to claim a white-knuckleTwenty20 encounter at theGabba, having granted India alate sight of victory in a rainshortened affair. Marcus Stoinissuccessfully defended 13 offthe final over, after at onepoint India had required 70from 32 balls.Chris Lynn and Aaron Finch, thecaptain, had given Australia afair platform, but it was GlennMaxwell and Stoinis whoprovided the heft to an inningsreduced by three overs due to arain delay of more than anhour. Kuldeep Yadav bowledartfully for India, though hisspin partner Krunal Pandya wastaken for 55 damaging runs.Shikhar Dhawan kept India intouch for the bulk of theirpursuit, while the hosts faredfar better against Rohit Sharma,KL Rahul and Virat Kohli - theymanaged just 24 off 28 ballsbetween them. Left with anenormous salvage job, DineshKarthik and Rishabh Panthammered out a stand of 51from 23 balls to have everyAustralian at the ground bitingwhat was left of theirfingernails. However, Stoiniswas able to keep composed,much as he had done inAdelaide for Australia'sprevious home win of theseason, to take his side to ascr*ppy win.Skipper versus skipper,Short versus KhaleelPerhaps unsure about thesurface, certainly unsure ofthemselves given a dismal 2018,Finch and D'Arcy Short beganconservatively against thedisciplined lines ofBhuvneshwar Kumar andJasprit Bumrah; the firstboundary did not arrive untilthe final ball of the third over.From the first of the fourth,India may have gained theirreward for discipline: Finchaimed to punch Bumrahthrough cover, but crunched itstraight at his opposite numberKohli. The chance burst throughraised fingers and into his cap,demonstrating a well-struckshot but a catch that Kohliwould have backed himself toclaim.Short, nursing a run of fivescores no better than 10,seemed to be making absolutelysure of himself before startingto swing freely. But his intentto get established helpedcontribute to a sluggish startoverall. Undoubtedly, he wasfeeling a measure of pressureby the time Khaleel Ahmedcame on for the fifth over. Sowhen the first ball arrivedsomewhere in the region of ahittable length, Short did swingfor the straight boundary, butcontact with the toe of the batbrought a skier and a fine,composed catch by KuldeepYadav, and a sixth consecutivetally in the decidedlyunderwhelming zone.Kuldeep trouble andMaxwellballAustralia have struggled againstKuldeep, not least in a pivotalTest match in Dharamsala in2017. This time, he came on justas Lynn, his IPL mate at KolkataKnight Riders, was looking toaccelerate in the company ofFinch, who only managed todraw a wild swing and an edgeskewed to backward point.While Lynn had managed toconnect with a handful ofblows familiar to Gabbaspectators who watch himregularly for the Brisbane Heat,he was less decisive againstKuldeep, prodding forward tooffer a return catch.These wi