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Australia's team bus window smashed after T20 win in India

Australia's  Aaron Finch plays a shot during the ICC Champions Trophy match between Australia and Bangladesh at The Oval in London on June 5, 2017. / AFP P

A rock has been thrown through one of the windows of Australia's team bus following their T20 victory in the northern Indian town of Guwahati.

Following the tourists' comfortable eight-wicket win that levelled the three-match series at 1-1, Australia's Finch posted a message on Twitter which featured an image of a smashed bus window.

It was accompanied by the words: "Pretty scary having a rock thrown through the team bus window on the way back to the hotel!!"

It was also re-tweeted by Finch's team-mate David Warner, who opened the batting for with him in the match.

Jason Behrendorff took four wickets as India were bowled out for 118 before an unbroken third-wicket partnership of 109 from Moises Henriques (62no) and Travis Head (48no) helped Australia coast to victory. The series concludes on Friday in Hyderabad.

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Jason Behrendorff took four wickets as Australia recorded a comfortable eight-wicket win over India

The incident comes a month after something similar occurred in Bangladesh where a rock broke a window - children were blamed on that occasion.

The team and support staff were accompanied by local police and security officials back to their hotel from the ground, which has become standard practice on this tour.

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Cricket Australia declined to make an official statement ahead of their departure to Hyderabad later on Wednesday.

Cricket Australia said on its website there were no injuries but "the Australian players were understandably shaken up by the incident". It was only last month that a window on Australia's team bus was broken in Bangladesh, believed to be caused by a small rock or stone being thrown at the vehicle. The incident happened as Australia travelled back to their hotel following day one of the second Test in Chittagong.

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