Ignored for the upcoming assignment in South Africa, left-arm spinner Axar Patel responded with excellent figures of 3-16 as India got the better of Australia by 20 runs in the fourth T20I to win the five-match series here on Friday.

Rinku Singh blazed away to a 29-ball 46, while Jitesh Sharma smashed 35 in 19 balls before Australia pulled things back to stop India at 174 for nine after the visitors opted to bowl first.