India Beat Australia by 36 runs in 2nd ODI

Highlights Of The Win

Australia Won the Toss & Choose to Bowl First & therefore Indian Openers came to Bat at the ground.  A must win game for India as the 3 ODI Series was AUS 1-0 IND

Rohit Sharma & Shikhar Dhawan gave an excellent start with an Opening Partnership of 81 Runs off 81 balls.

Rohit also became the World's Fastest to 7000 ODI Runs as an Opener. Later, Rohit Sharma Got out at 42 (44) but it didn't stop Dhawan from scoring 96 Runs off 90 balls which was just 4 runs short of a Century.

Then the World's No.1 Batsman Virat Kohli took up the responsibility of a Captain & scored a magnificent 78 Runs off 76 balls.

All the finishing job was performed by KL Rahul with his much needed 80 Runs off just 52 balls with a high Strike-rate of 154 & 3 Sixes.

India Batting's Scorecard:

Batsmen	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Rohit Sharma lbw Adam Zampa	42	44	95.45	6	0
Shikhar Dhawan c Mitchell Starc b Kane Richardson	96	90	106.66	13	1
Virat Kohli CPT c Mitchell Starc b Adam Zampa	78	76	102.63	6	0
Shreyas Iyer b Adam Zampa	7	17	41.17	1	0
KL Rahul WKT run out (Alex Carey)	80	52	153.84	6	3
Manish Pandey c Ashton Agar b Kane Richardson	2	4	50.00	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja NOT OUT	20	16	125.00	1	0
Mohammad Shami NOT OUT	1	1	100.00	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav	-	-	-	-	-
Navdeep Saini	-	-	-	-	-
Jasprit Bumrah	-	-	-	-	-

INDIA: 340-6 (50) Run Rate 6.80

Australia Bowling Scorecard:

Bowlers	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Dots
Pat Cummins	10	53	0	5.30	35
Mitchell Starc	10	78	0	7.80	22
Kane Richardson	10	73	2	7.30	17
Adam Zampa	10	50	3	5.00	21
Ashton Agar	8	63	0	7.87	13
Marnus Labuschagne	2	14	0	7.00	4

Fall of Wickets:

1-81, (Rohit Sharma, 13.3) 2-184, (Shikhar Dhawan, 28.4) 3-198, (Shreyas Iyer, 32.4) 4-276, (Virat Kohli, 43.1) 5-280, (Manish Pandey, 44.1) 6-338, (KL Rahul, 49.4) 

Extras (w 5, b 5, lb 4)

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Australia then came up to chase the total of 341 Runs & opener David Warner lost his wicket at 15 runs.

Pressure on Australian team was sky high when Steven Smith & Aaron Finch made a Crucial partnership to control the game. But then Aaron Finch's wicket at 33 Runs, Marnus Labuschagne continued the partnership but he too got out at 46 Runs off 47 balls. Then Kuldeep Yadav took his 100th ODI Wicket of Steven Smith at 98 Runs off 102 balls. Kuldeep Yadav became the 2nd Fastest Indian To Take 100 ODI Wickets!

Later Mohammed Shami's double Yorker strike just made the decision of the match a formality.

As a result,

INDIA Beat AUSTRALIA By 36 Runs & Level The ODI Series 1-1

Australia Batting Scorecard:

Batsmen	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
David Warner c Manish Pandey b Mohammad Shami	15	12	125.00	2	0
Aaron Finch CPT st KL Rahul b Ravindra Jadeja	33	48	68.75	3	0
Steve Smith b Kuldeep Yadav	98	102	96.07	9	1
Marnus Labuschagne c Mohammad Shami b Ravindra Jadeja	46	47	97.87	4	0
Alex Carey WKT c Virat Kohli b Kuldeep Yadav	18	17	105.88	0	1
Ashton Turner b Mohammad Shami	13	15	86.66	0	0
Ashton Agar lbw Navdeep Saini	25	25	100.00	3	0
Pat Cummins b Mohammad Shami	0	1	0.00	0	0
Mitchell Starc c KL Rahul b Navdeep Saini	6	11	54.54	0	0
Kane Richardson NOT OUT	24	11	218.18	4	1
Adam Zampa c KL Rahul b Jasprit Bumrah	6	6	100.00	1	0

AUSTRALIA: 304-10 (49.1) Run Rate 6.18

India Bowling Scorecard:

Bowlers	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Dots
Jasprit Bumrah	9.1	32	1	3.49	37
Mohammad Shami	10	77	3	7.70	24
Navdeep Saini	10	62	2	6.20	24
Ravindra Jadeja	10	58	2	5.80	22
Kuldeep Yadav	10	65	2	6.50	19
Bowlers	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Dots
Jasprit Bumrah	9.1	32	1	3.49	37
Mohammad Shami	10	77	3	7.70	24
Navdeep Saini	10	62	2	6.20	24
Ravindra Jadeja	10	58	2	5.80	22
Kuldeep Yadav	10	65	2	6.50	19

Fall of Wickets:

1-20, (David Warner, 3.2) 2-82, (Aaron Finch, 15.1) 3-178, (Marnus Labuschagne, 30.5) 4-220, (Alex Carey, 37.2) 5-221, (Steve Smith, 37.5) 6-259, (Ashton Turner, 43.1) 7-259, (Pat Cummins, 43.2) 8-274, (Ashton Agar, 46.1) 9-275, (Mitchell Starc, 46.3) 10-304, (Adam Zampa, 49.1)

Extras (wd 10,  lb 10)

Player Of The Match: KL Rahul for his 80 Runs off 52 balls

 #INDvsAUS 2nd ODI Post-Match Presentation:

 

Stats of the match:

Rohit became the World's Fastest Opener to reach 7000 ODI Run

Kuldeep Yadav became 2nd Fastest Indian to take 100 ODI Wickets.

Most runs in an ODI in India without an individual 100

644 India (340) v Australia (304) Rajkot 2020

643 Asia (337) v South Africa (306) Chennai 2007

641 England (325) v India (316) Rajkot 2013

637 England (321) v India (316) Kolkata 2017

INDIA Beat AUSTRALIA By 36 Runs
& Level The ODI Series 1-1

Now the Sunday is set to become a Super Sunday as the Final of the ODI Series is on January 17, 2020

Full Match Highlights of 2nd ODI:



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