India vs Australia 2nd ODI Playing 11: Indian players in action. (AP photo)India vs Australia 2nd ODI Match Playing 11, Full Squad: Shubman Gill’s India will take on Mitchell Marsh’s Australia in the 2nd of the three-match ODI series at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on Thursday. India lost the first ODI at Perth on Sunday by seven wickets in a rain-curtailed game.
The much-awaited return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli ended disappointingly after both the veterans fell cheaply for a low score on a green seaming track. On the eve of the second match in Adelaide, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak was asked if the two experienced stalwarts were rusty coming into the series. “I don’t think so,” Kotak replied when asked about rustiness. “They played IPL. The preparation has been very good. I think both of them have a lot of experience. Before coming to Australia, they had time in their preparations, and they have done it. I felt the weather in the first game definitely played a role. Because I think it would have been the same if Australia had batted. When you don’t know how many overs you are going to bat, it’s not easy to plan. Every 4-5 breaks we had, every 2 overs you are going in, coming out — it’s difficult,” he said.
The constant rain interruptions have not helped their cause either, with a break in momentum. As per the Aussies, they have ticked all the right boxes from ball one, and in a small chase, skipper Mitchel Marsh, who is in a purple patch, delivered another good performance.
While it is highly unlikely India is going to tinker with their batting order but there may be a few discussions if they want to get Kuldeep Yadav into the side. As per Australia, Adam Zampa and Jos Inglis, who have missed the first game, will likely return to the side and replace Mathew Kuhnemann and Josh Phillipe, respectively.
Squads:
India Squad: 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 Squad: 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
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