India vs Australia 2nd ODI: In less than an hour of play, Aussie pacers beat India’s top order as Mitchell Starc knocked out Rohit Sharma and SuryaKumar Yadav on a golden duck on consecutive balls. While he also fired Shubman Gill as well as KL Rahul to the clubhouse within 10 overs of the match. India is currently 63/6 after 16 overs.
Virat Kohli, who was fighting a lonely battle against the Australian team, was also dropped to 15th place by Nathan Ellis. Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel are on the fold in a bid to earn a satisfying scoreline against Australia.
Earlier, Australia won the coin toss and opted to play first in the second ODI of the three-game series at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.
After winning the coin toss, Smith said fast bowler Nathan Ellis replaced Glenn Maxwell, who he said “got a little sore” while Alex Carey is back to be the wicket-keeper. of Australia in place of Josh Inglis.
“A different surface, under cover for a while, could do something. A simple partnership in the middle would have helped us. It’s a good learning curve for us to play on those surfaces,” he said.
Rohit said that with him in the XI, Ishan Kishan is absent, while left-arm all-rounder Axar Patel replaces bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur.
India currently leads the three-game series 1-0 after registering a victory in Mumbai.
Playing XIs:
India: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wicket), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami
Australia: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa
