Preview: Skipper Rohit Sharma returns to the nationwide set-up after a brief break, as hosts India tackle Australia within the second ODI at Vishakapatnam on Sunday.
The Males in Blue, underneath Hardik Pandya, clinched the primary ODI by 5 wickets in Mumbai, after an unbeaten 108-run stand between KL Rahul (75*) and Ravindra Jadeja (45*), however so much shall be anticipated from the Indian top-order within the second match.
Ishan Kishan opened for India together with Shubman Gill in Rohit’s absence within the first ODI, however didn’t make an affect, being dismissed for simply three. It stays to be seen if Kishan will get one other go after a poor efficiency with the bat within the first ODI. Not solely that, KL Rahul had stored the wickets in Mumbai, and had claimed a few catches.
There’s a little bit of a climate concern as effectively, with scattered thunderstorms forecast for the afternoon, so rain may play spoilsport in Vizag.
It was as if Australia, too, had been, over-dependent in a single particular person, in Travis Head (81), as they had been bundled out for 188. Steve Smith (22) and Josh Inglis acquired begins however didn’t capitalise on it.
So far as sequence victories are involved, India have been unbeaten at dwelling this yr, and can look to clinch one more sequence in Vizag, hoping that the rain Gods keep away.
Squads:
Australia: Steve Smith (Captain), Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Cameron Inexperienced, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, David Warner, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat
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