IND vs AUS Match Preview- 2nd T20I, India Tour of Australia 2025

India will take on Australia in the second of the five-match T20I series. The IND vs AUS Match Preview provides today's match details for the second T20I of the India tour of Australia 2025.

IND vs AUS Match Preview- 2nd T20I, India Tour of Australia 2025:

Date and Venue:

The IND vs AUS match will be played on October 31 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. The game will start at 1:45 PM IST.

Squads:

India

Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar

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Australia

Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott (games 1-3), Xavier Bartlett, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis (games 4-5), Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood (games 1-2), Mahli Beardman (games 3-5), Travis Head, Josh Philippe, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Tanveer Sangha

IND vs AUS Key battles:

Abhishek Sharma vs Josh Hazlewood

Abhishek Sharma, who has been the talk of the town in T20 cricket courtesy of his breathtaking performances, would look to do more of the same in the upcoming game.

Abhishek will have to tackle the bowling of Josh Hazlewood, who will be entrusted to pick wickets in the first six overs for Australia.

Shubman Gill vs Nathan Ellis

Shubman Gill, who got off to a good start in the previous match, would like to build on it and play a match-winning knock for the team.

Gill will go head-to-head against Nathan Ellis, who is known for his variations in white ball cricket and would hope to use them to Australia's advantage.

Mitchell Marsh vs Jasprit Bumrah

Australian captain, Mitchell Marsh, would wish to lead from the front and get his team off to a good start in the second outing against India.

Marsh will be up against Jasprit Bumrah, who, in all likelihood, will take the new ball for India.

Tim David vs Harshit Rana

Tim David, who has seen a promotion in his batting position after a few impressive performances in the recent past, will play an integral part in controlling things in the middle phase of the Australian batting innings.

David will face the challenge of Harshit Rana, who would want to continue the form that he showed in the final ODI.

IND vs AUS Key Players:

IND- Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav

AUS- Mitchell Marsh, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood

IND vs AUS Weather Report:

There is a 93% chance of rain during the game in Melbourne with a maximum temperature of 20°C and a minimum of 12°C.

Conclusion

India would want to put on a strong performance in all three disciplines of the game to increase their chances of registering a win in the second of the five T20Is against Australia.

As far as Australia is concerned, the home team would like to do the opposite of that to maintain their strong record in T20I cricket at home.