The Men in Blue yesterday played a second ODI match against the Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. With the great performer the Indian team beat Australia by 50 runs and with this win now they are leading the series with 2-0.
India by winning the toss chose to bat first. The Australians restricted the Indian Men team at 252. While batting the Australian team could make 202 runs at a loss of 10 wickets in 43.1 overs. Thus, India won the match by 50 runs.
The Third OD between both the teams is scheduled to be played on Sunday at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Kuldeep Yadav became the third Indian bowler to take a hat-trick. Now he has joined Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev. Virat Kohli scored 92 runs and Ajinkya Rahane’s 20th fifty helped India to win.
Team Squad that played Second ODI:
India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli(captain), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(wk), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Lokesh Rahul
Australia: David Warner, Hilton Cartwright, Steven Smith(captain), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(wk), James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Aaron Finch, Kane Richardson, Peter Handscomb, Ashton Agar.
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