IND vs AUS Match Preview– 2nd ODI, Australia tour of India 2023

IND vs AUS Match Preview– 2nd ODI, Australia tour of India 2023. India and Australia are set to collide with each other in the 2nd ODI of Australia tour of India 2023. IND vs AUS 2nd ODI is scheduled to be played on Sunday, September 24.

The venue of the IND vs AUS 2nd ODI is Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. India won the 1st ODI by 5 wickets to gain a 1-0 lead in the series. Now, the men-in-blue need to win the 2nd ODI to capture the series in their favor.

On the other hand, Australia need to win IND vs AUS 2nd ODI to keep their chances alive for series victory. However, in short of their key pacers like Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, Australia has a big challenge in the bowling department.

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However, Australia’s batting is quite powerful. In the opening game, batters like David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, and Josh Inglis showed decent performances. However, they failed to convert their start into big knocks.

For India, their batters did a good job in the 1st ODI as four of them namely Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, and KL Rahul slammed centuries. With home conditions and the absence of key Australian players, the Indian team has a good advantage in the series.

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If we talk about IND vs AUS stats in ODIs, both teams have faced each other in 68 ODI games on Indian soil. Out of these, India has won 31 matches while Australia has won 32 games. In the last 5 ODI clashes, India won 3 times while Australia won on 2 occasions. Both teams faced each other once at Holkar Cricket Stadium and India won that encounter.

IND vs AUS Match Preview– 2nd ODI, Australia tour of India 2023

India

KL Rahul leads India in the IND vs AUS ODI series in the absence of Rohit Sharma. In the 1st ODI, four Indian batsmen scored half-centuries. Shubman Gill (74), Ruturaj Gaikwad (71), KL Rahul (58), and Suryakumar Yadav (50) slammed brilliant knocks to bring the team home.

In bowling, Mohammed Shami grabbed a 5-wicket haul to win the player of the match award. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja picked 1 wicket each.

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IND Squad: KL Rahul (C & WK), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Tilak Varma, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar

Australia

Pat Cummins is the captain of Australia and will lead the team in IND vs AUS 2nd ODI. In the opening game, David Warner (52) scored a half-century. Josh Inglis (45), Steve Smith (41), and Marnus Labuschagne (39) slammed decent knocks.

In bowling, spinner Adam Zampa picked the most 2 wickets for the team. Pat Cummins and Sean Abbot got 1 wicket each. The rest of the bowlers failed to get any scalps.

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AUS Squad: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Pat Cummins (C), Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Ellis, Spencer Johnson, Tanveer Sangha