IND – 264-9 (50)
AUS – 265-8 (46.2)
Player of the Match – Adam Zampa
India vs Australia, 2nd ODI, on Thursday, October 23, at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.
Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. India and toss are like the North and South poles. India lost 17 tosses in a row. India’s start was not good. The Indian batter struggled a lot. Struggled and ended early for Captain Shubman Gill, Xavier Bartlett took his wicket. Virat Kohli once again goes for a duck on Xavier’s ball.
Rohit and Shreyas built a partnership and stabilised the innings. Rohit got out on a poor ball from Starc. Rohit scored 73 on 97 balls. Shreyas Iyer got bowled out while trying to hit six to Adam Zampa. Iyer scored 61 runs on 77 balls.
Axar scored 44 runs, and at the end of the innings, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep hit some crucial runs. India posted a total of 264 runs. Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets, Xavier took 3 wickets, and Zampa picked 4 wickets.
Australia’s start was also not great. Arshdeep gave them a tough time and took Mitchell Marsh’s wicket. Head also got out on Harshit Rana’s ball. Matthew Short and Renshaw built a partnership to stabilise the innings. India dropped 2 catches of Short, which cost the match. India again came to the game with the spin, but Cooper Connolly and Mitchell Owen changed the game in just a few overs with their fine hitting.