Australia tour of India, 2023: India vs Australia, 2nd ODI, Preview

India is leading the series by 1-0 and started their campaign with a nail-biting match. Hardik Pandya led the team in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma in the first ODI and Rohit Sharma is all set to lead the Men in Blue in the second ODI. India got a great start as Siraj sent Travis Head to the pavilion. Mitchell Marsh opened the batting attack in the absence of Warner and played a wonderful inning of 81 runs in 65 balls.

When Australia was looking great, Jadeja dismissed Mitchell Marsh. Australian middle-order batter struggled to score runs after a great start and got out for 188 runs.

India also lost the wickets very early and was in trouble. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja made a partnership and chased the score. India won the match after a long time.

Alex Carey missed the first ODI due to illness and is all set to return to the squad. David Warner was sidelined from the squad.

Date & Time – March 19, 2023, 1:30 PM IST

Venue – Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Pitch Report 

It is a high-scoring ground, and fans will get to see the rainy boundaries. Toss will not provide many advantages as results are equally distributed to both teams: batting and bowling first. The average run for the first innings is 241 runs and 211 for the second inning.

Squads

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat

Australia Squad: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, David Warner, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis

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