IND vs AUS 2nd ODI: India and Australia (IND vs AUS )A three-match ODI series is being played between them. The second match of the series was played in Adele. Australia defeated India by 2 wickets in this match. With this win, Australia have won the three-match series 2-0. Australia has completed the target of 264 runs given by India by losing 8 wickets. Matthew Short top scored for Australia with 74 runs. Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for India.
Before the match Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first and invited India to bat. Marsh’s decision proved correct and India lost skipper Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli early. Then Rohit Sharma scored 73 runs off 97 balls and Shreyas Iyer scored 61 runs off 77 balls with seven fours to save the team’s innings. Akshar Patel also batted as expected scoring 44 off 41 balls. Harshit Rana 24, Arshdeep Singh 13 made important contributions and took India to 264 runs. For Australia, Adam Zampa picked up four wickets, while Xavier Bartlett took three wickets and Mitchell Starc took two wickets.
Australia did not get off to a good start in chasing down 265 runs set by India. Australia lost their first wicket in the form of Mitchell Marsh on 30 runs. He was sent back by Arshdeep Singh for 11 runs. Travis Head was then dismissed by Harshit Rana on 28 runs. Matthew Short then scored a brilliant half-century in charge of the innings. He fell victim to Harshit Rana with 74 off 78 balls. After Matthew Renshaw 30, Alex Carey 9, Cooper Connolly took charge of Australia’s innings and scored 61 not out. Mitchell Owen also played an important knock of 36 runs.
At the end it was thought that India would win the match but Australia did not give India a deal. Xavier Bartlett 3, Mitchell Starc 4, Cooper Connolly 61 and Adam Zampa 0 not out helped the team win. Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took 2 wickets each for India. Akshar Patel and Mohammad Siraj took one wicket each.
India’s playing eleven
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj.
Australia team playing eleven
Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Josh Phillippe (wicketkeeper), Matthew Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper) and Xavier Bartlett.
