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The Aussie bowlers are taking full advantage of the pitch, not needing to try anything fancy. Shreyas closes the 18th over with a terrific shot over the head of the fielders at mid-on, and it races away for four. A big confidence booster, this, for the batters.
Fifty up for India in the 15th over. It has been a grind, really, with the run rate standing a touch below three-and-half. Either Rohit, or more likely, Shreyas, have to try some riskier shots to keep the scorecard ticking.
Shreyas Iyer frees his arms, hitting it in the slightest bit of gaps between backward point and cover for a boundary. India can’t afford to let the run rate drop even further in the second Powerplay, especially with Rohit yet to fire at the other end. Time for refreshments!
Rohit Sharma is living on the edge. After a caught behind appeal is reviewed unsuccessfully by Australia, Hazlewood has another big shout – this time for LBW. The umpire is not satisfied, and the Aussies don’t have any reviews left. Ball-tracking shows that it would have gone over the stumps anyway. The Indian batters, at the moment, are bereft of confidence.
Rohit Sharma has been supremely patient, allowing himself the time to settle down and find his rhythm. Fans got a sight of vintage Rohit as he lifts Hazlewood over over mid-off for a superb shot that ran away for four. The shackles might be coming off soon.
The end of the first Powerplay, and the run rate is below three at the moment.
Annd it’s given!! Bartlett gets another big wicket, and it’s two ducks in two matches for Kohli. A bit of movement, and it hits the batter straight on the middle of the pads. A lengthy chat with Rohit later, Kohli departs with disappointment.
Bowling change by Marsh draws first blood for Australia. Bartlett invites Gill into playing that shot towards the offside, but the captain takes a terrific catch at mid-off. Gill departs cheaply.
Unlike Gill at the other end, Rohit is really struggling to get going. He has been itching to hit a big one for some time, but is unable to pick the line and length of the seamers.
Hazlewood completely beats his swing and hits him on the pads, and there is a big LBW shout. Australia take the review after umpire says no, but UltraEdge shows a spike – an inside edge that saved the opener.
That was TIGHT! A bit of a nudge from Gill towards the offside. Rohit was already half-way through the crease before being sent back by his partner. The veteran rushed back and put in desperate dive as there was a direct hit. It was close, but not close enough.
Rohit Sharma gets off the mark in the first over, but Starc has been getting a lot of movement off the ball in the early stages at Adelaide – something that the Indian openers will need to be wary about.
Players are out in the middle and it’s bright and super sunny in Adelaide as we get ready for some action with Diwali season around.
Shubman Gill: We would have bowled first as well. Happy to bat first. Never easy when it rains, starting and stopping. The weather looks good today, hopefully no stoppages today. Batting first, hopefully we’ll get plenty of runs on the board. And then get some movement under lights when we have the ball in our hand. We are going with the same team.
Mitchell Marsh: We are gonna bowl first. It was really pleasing (win in the 1st ODI). A lot of positives from last year. One of the better pitchers in the country this year. Everyone loves coming to play here. We always get amazing crowds, and hopefully both teams put on a great show for the big crowd today. Any time you get a chance to win a series in game two, it’s an awesome opportunity. We’ve got a lot of young guys, so I look forward to it. Alex Carey comes in for Philippe. Xavier Bartlett comes in for Ellis.
Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey(w), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
Another toss that does not go India’s way as Australia elect to bowl at the Adelaide Oval.
Virat Kohli loves batting at the Adelaide Oval especially in the ODIs. In 4 ODIs at Adelaide, Kohli has accumulated 244 runs at an average of 61.00, including 2 centuries.
Total matches: 159
Australia won: 85
India won: 58
Tie/No result: 10
“I do and and they’ve sort of moved him around. I think he’s nearly batted in all 11 positions at some stage. It must be tough for him to adapt. But I guess, you know, he’s one of those versatile players. You know, he top-scored for India last night in fairly tough conditions. So he’s from opening down to I’m not sure where how low he’s got, but they’ve sometimes that can mess your confidence up, but I think for him I I maybe he’s just used to it and just adapts. Um, obviously keeps as well. So uh, he’s a very versatile,” said McGrath.
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel
Australia: Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Alex Carey(w), Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis, Marnus Labuschagne, Xavier Bartlett
Greetings and welcome to everyone joining us this Thursday. After the setback in the first ODI, India are eager to bounce back against Australia today and we will bring to you the build-up, pre-match info, toss, playing XIs and live updates from the encounter in Adelaide.
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