ODI SERIES

India set 253 run target for Australia in second ODI

  • Virat Kohli plays a shot against Australia in the second ODI | Salil Bera
  • Ajinkya Rahane plays a shot during the second ODI against Australia | Salil Bera
  • Ajinkya Rahane and skipper Virat Kohli during the second ODI against Australia | Salil Bera

Nathan Coulter-Nile and Kane Richardson helped Australia bowl out India for 252 in 50 overs in the second One Day International in Kolkata on Thursday. The two Australian pacers took three wickets each. 

Skipper Virat Kohli (92) and Ajinkya Rahane (55) shared a valuable partnership of 102 runs but once Rahane fell in the 24th over, the middle order struggled against the Aussie bowlers.

Earlier, India won the toss and elected to bat.

India remained unchanged from the first match, which they won by by 26 runs via Duckworth Lewis (D/L) method while Australia made two changes with Kane Richardson and Ashton Agar replacing Adam Zampa and James Faulkner. India lead 1-0 in the five-match series.

Playing XI:

India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli(captain), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.

Australia : David Warner, Hilton Cartwright, Steven Smith(captain), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), Ashton Agar, Kane Richardson, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile

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