Shane Watson hammers 120 no, Australia put up 197/5
Watson, who is captaining the match for Australia, came out in a destructive mood and hammered 10 boundaries and six sixes in his knock.
Travis Head contributed 26 runs with his willow and joined in a 93 runs fourth wicket partnership with Watson.
Watson and Shaun Marsh (9) had paired up for a 53 runs second wicket partnership.
Indian bowlers struggled in the match with all of them giving away runs.
Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Yuvraj Singh picked up a wicket each.
India will need to score 198 runs in 20 overs. Australia had earlier won the toss and elected to bat first.
India have already won the three-match series.
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