Infotainment Factory: 'Disappointing' Aussies flop after World Cup heroics

Pacers Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh shared five wickets as India beat Australia by six runs in their fifth Twenty20 cricket international to win the series 4-1.

Kumar took 3-32 in four overs, while Singh (2-40) overturned an expensive spell with a fine last over as India restricted Australia to 8-154 in reply to 8-160.

Shreyas Iyer hit 53 runs off 37 balls for India.

India already had an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series after it won the fourth game in Raipur by 20 runs.

It also won the first two T20s in Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram by two wickets and 44 runs, respectively.

India's players celebrate beating Australia in the fifth Twenty20.

Australia’s sole victory came in the third match in Guwahati where the tourists won by five wickets, thanks to Glenn Maxwell’s fourth international T20 hundred.

Skipper Matthew Wade won a fourth consecutive toss and Australia chose to bowl first.

Both sides made one change each. Left-arm pacer Singh came in for Deepak Chahar for India while Australia selected Nathan Ellis for Chris Green, who made his debut in Raipur.

India entered the series after losing the Cricket World Cup final at home to Australia.

"I thought we bowled relatively well, we kept them to a total that probably should have been chased," Wade said after the fifth game.

"A disappointing last five or six overs. If we had had a couple of batters in it might have been a different story, but pretty disappointing."

Australia's focus now turns to the first Test of the summer, against Pakistan in Perth from December 14.