Shivam Dube's unique record broken as Josh Hazlewood rattles India in Melbourne T20

Australia clinch four-wicket win on Friday after fast bowler picks up three wickets

Australia's Josh Hazlewood picked up three wickets against India in the Melbourne T20. AP

A stunning opening spell from Josh Hazlewood gave Australia a comfortable win over world champions India in the second T20 in Melbourne, even though they made heavy weather of the run chase in the end.

Hazlewood took 3-13 and proved almost unplayable with the new ball as he helped restrict India to 125 all out in 18.4 overs.

In reply, captain Mitchell Marsh smashed 46 runs to guide Australia to a four-wicket win.

Australia reached 126-6 in 13.2 overs with Jasprit Bumrah reducing the margin by taking two wickets with consecutive deliveries in the penultimate over when the home team were just two runs from victory.

Sent in at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground, India slumped to 32-4. Only opener Abhishek Sharma (68) and all-rounder Harshit Rana (35) made it into double figures on a pitch that offered help to all bowlers.

Marsh then led the reply with 46 off 26 deliveries, putting on 51 with Travis Head (28 off 15) for the opening wicket.

With the first match of the T20 series washed out, Australia took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

The result also ended one of the most incredible runs in the format. Prior to Friday, India had never lost with all-rounder Shivam Dube in the team. The run of 37 matches without defeat, with Dube in the team, came to end in Melbourne.

"The ball feels like it's coming out really nicely at the moment in whatever format I'm turning up and playing," said man-of-the-match Hazlewood.

"It was just put the ball in the right areas, don't try too much and see what happens."

India captain Suryakumar Yadav, who edged Hazlewood behind for just one, said the team could not recover from the early blows.

"The way he (Hazlewood) bowled in the powerplay, if you're four down in the powerplay it's difficult to recover from that," said Suryakumar.

Only opener Abhishek kept up the attack, going after all bowlers even as his partners struggled at the other end.

"Abhishek has been doing this for quite some time now," the captain said of the opener.

"He knows his game and his identity and he is not changing it anymore and hopefully he sticks to it and plays many more knocks like this for us.

"I think we need to do what we did in the first game," Suryakumar said of the next clash in Hobart. "Bat well when batting first and then come out and defend."