The second match of the ODI series between India and Australia was played in Adelaide on Thursday. Australia achieved the target of 265 runs given by India in 46.2 overs at the loss of 8 wickets. With this win, Australia has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series. For Australia, which came out to achieve the target of 265 runs, Matt Short played a brilliant inning of 74 runs in 78 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours. Cooper Connolly remained unbeaten after scoring 61 runs in 53 balls. Matt Renshaw scored 30 and Mitchell Owen scored 36 runs.
Indian bowlers dismissed both Australian openers, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head, at the score of 54. At this point, the Indian team had a chance to take more wickets and gain control of the match, but the Indian bowlers failed. The Australian batsmen achieved the target through small partnerships. Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, and Washington Sundar took two wickets each for India. Axar Patel and Siraj took one wicket each.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl. The Indian team scored 264 runs for the loss of 9 wickets with the help of half centuries from Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer. Rohit Sharma scored 73 runs in 97 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 7 fours. Shreyas Iyer scored 61 runs in 77 balls with the help of 7 fours. Rohit and Shreyas made a crucial partnership of 118 runs for the third wicket. Apart from this, Axar Patel scored 44 and Harshit Rana scored an unbeaten 18 runs. For Australia, Adam Zampa took 4 wickets, Xavier Bartlett took 2 wickets, and Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets.
Shubman Gill was dismissed for 10 runs in the Perth ODI and 9 runs in Adelaide . They lost the toss in both matches. Furthermore, Gill made numerous mistakes while setting up the bowling attack. In both matches, it didn’t seem like he was playing a captain’s role. However, after the loss, he admitted that the team made mistakes and lost wickets early. But he also praised Rohit and Shreyas, who batted brilliantly. Now, Team India must win the final match to avoid a clean sweep.
