India vs Australia 2nd ODI HIGHLIGHTS: Starc takes fifer, Head and Marsh hit fifties to seal 10 wicket victory

I guess I’ve learnt to go through the stages. I feel my rhythm has been good for a while now. I got the ball to shape and got a little bit off the surface as well.

It was a quick one. Just 37 overs. I think our bowlers did really well. Mitchell Starc in particular. Swinging the ball early on. Complemented well by the others.

I did not know the wicket. How much it was going to swing. (Did not have) a particular total in mind and just (wanted to) put pressure in the Indians.

Obviously disappointing. We did not play upto our potential. We didn’t apply ourselves with the bat. Did not get enough runs on the board. It was not a 117 runs pitch. At crucial junctions we kept losing wickets.

On Starc - Quality bowler. He has been doing it for years, he kept bowling to his strength and we kept falling to it. He was briliiant. He swung the new ball and got the odd ball going away. Kept us guessing throughout.

On Marsh - Probably one of the top players in terms of power. He can stand and deliver and back himself. Even in the first match. We have seen him do that over the years.

Steve Smith’s men record the biggest win in India in terms of deliveries to spare. Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh came out all guns blazing to complete the win and square the series 1-1. Both openers struck fifties at strike rates nearing 200. Hard to think this is the same wicket where India was bundled out for 117.

That is why Mitchell Starc’s effort must be lauded. He rattled the Indian batting order with his early flourish. His four wickets saw India struggling at 51/5 at the end of 10 overs. Abbott and Ellis supplemented with the middle-order wickets.

Axar starts with a dot ball. DROPPED! Head top-edges a slog sweep. Shami comes charging from long on to attempt the catch but bottles it up. Sums up India’s day. Head collects two runs. Another couple on the next ball brings up his fifty. At 29 balls, he takes one delivery more than Marsh. Head then takes a single to level the scores. Marsh ends the match with a boundary.

Kuldeep Yadav is brought into the attack. Marsh is indiscriminate. He will attack every bowler the same. He uses the crease to go back and smash the ball for a SIX over mid wicket. 97 metres long. A single to long on on the fourth delivery. Head hits a FOUR through long on. He mistimes a pull on the last delivery but the ball lands short of Jadeja at deep mid-wicket.

Axar with the ball. Head mistime a pull on the first delivery before cutting the second one for FOUR. Head charges down looking to go over mid on. The bat face closes early but still reaches the boundary at deep square. Two singles off the next two deliveries. 100 up for Australia.

Hardik Pandya is greeted by Marsh’s power. The Australian opener stands put in his crease and parks the ball into the second tier over the long off fence. Third delivery is tonked over deep mid-wicket for SIX! He had picked the slower one. FIFTY for Marsh. He reaches the milestone with a six. He needs just 28 deliveries.

Spin is introduced with Axar Patel. Head on strike. A single to long off on the first delivery. Marsh almost plays on but the inside edge goes onto his pads. Another one thuds the pad as Marsh misses a slog sweep. FOUR. Overpitched from Axar and Marsh drives it through covers. One run off the last delivery.

Siraj to Head. Fifty up for Australia. Head chips the ball over the in-field on the on side and hits a FOUR. Another FOUR as Siraj errs in line. Head swivels and plays a Natraj shot through fine leg. Now a top-edge goes over the keeper for the third FOUR. It’s raining boundaries as Head finds a fourth one in the over, this time past mid off. Single to end the over. Australia racing away.

Shami to Marsh. Marsh deposits the first delivery beyond the long on fence for a SIX. The next one he sends past extra covers for FOUR. Second SIX from the over. A half-volley which he pulls over sqaure leg. Two dots to end. 16 runs from the over.

FOUR. Marsh is in a hurry to get things done. He stands in the crease and smashes Siraj through covers. He follows it up with a single. Three dots to Head but the Aussie hammers a pull shot off the final ball for the second boundary of the over.

Shami starts with a wide. FOUR - Marsh slaps a good length delivery through the point region. Marsh lofts a full delivery over mid on for FOUR RUNS. Beaten on the next one as it shapes back in to him. WIDE again. A single to mid wicket to end the over.

Mohammed Siraj from the other end. A bouncer to start off but it is deemed over the shoulder and ajudged wide. Head flicks it off his pads for FOUR runs. Another one to the fence, this time over extra covers. Head scampers through and completes a single with a tap to extra covers. A single to end the 11-run over.

A hint of in swing as Shami keeps the first three deliveries outside off stump. WIDE on the fourth delivery. Travis Head off the mark with a jab to third man. Shami wraps Mitchell Marsh on the pads on his first ball at the crease. But that was going down leg. Just two off the first over.

Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh will begin the 118-run chase. Mohammed Shami to start the proceedings for India.

Lowest totals for India in India (batting first): 112 - v SL, Dharamsala, 2017; 117 - v AUS, Visakhapatnam 2023*; 120/9 (42 overs) - v PAK, 1987; 136 - v SL, 1990; 148 - v AUS, 2007

In the slot and Axar lifts Starc down the ground for a massive SIX. Starc slides to the pads and Axar flicks the ball over backward square for another SIX! He gets a single. Starc comes over the wicket and hits Siraj high on the pads. The umpire is unmoved but Australia reviews. Wickets missing and Siraj survives. Starc to Siraj, OUT! Bowled. Five-for for Mitchell Starc as India is bundled for 117!

Abbott to Kuldeep, OUT! Short from Abbott and Kuldeep pulls it straight to forward square-leg. He was never in control of that shot and Mohammed Shami walks in at 9. Abbott to Shami, OUT! Fuller ball moving away slightly and Shami gets a faint outside-edge to Carey who takes a fine catch to his right.

Kuldeep Yadav c Head b Abbott 4 (17b); Mohammed Shami c †Carey b Abbott 0 (1b)

Ellis plays around with his lengths. He sends in a bouncer and follows up with dipper on the full to Kuldeep who digs it out well. Fraction short and Kuldeep cuts fiercely to the point fielder. Just a single from the over.

Kuldeep tucks Abbott through the on-side for a single as he comes from around the wicket. A quick bumper and Axar awkwardly puts the ball down to the on-side. 100 up for India as Axar flicks the ball through the on-side.

Ellis to Jadeja, OUT! Edged and taken. Gentle delivery outside the off-stump and Jadje gets a thick outside-edge to the keeper. Kuldeep Yadav in at 9.

Ravindra Jadeja c †Carey b Ellis 16 (39b 1x4)

Starc returns. A couple of singles first-up for Axar and Jadeja. Starc overpitches and Axar creams the ball through extra cover for FOUR. A single follows as Axar dabs the ball to cover. Starc strays to the pad and concedes another run.

Ellis replaces Abbott. Jadeja pushes the first ball to mid-off for a single. Ellis to Kohli, OUT! That looks plumb and Nitin Menon raises the finger. Kohli misses a straighter delivery as he aims to play across the line. No doubts about that one and Kohli walks back. Axar Patel in at 8.

Virat Kohli lbw b Ellis 31 (35b 4x4)

A quick bumper from Green and Kohli miscues his pull but it lands safely towards square-leg for a single. Jadeja and Kohli play along the field for the odd single as India trudges along.

Back-of-a-length from Abbott and Jadeja dabs the ball to the off-side. Abbott maintains his lengths and only gives a couple of runs in the over.

Room from Green and Kohli taps the ball over point for a single as it is cut off by Ellis in the deep. Green pins Jadeja to the crease with his extra bounce and just one run comes off the over.

Abbott to Kohli. An outside edge trickles to the third man fence for FOUR runs. A welcome boundary for India. Kohli then walks down the wicket and taps it to mid off for a single. Australia appeals for another caught behind down leg but the umpire signals wide. Jadeja lucky again. He gets an outside edge which flies past Smith for another boundary.

Starc is given an extended spell. Kohli swings and misses on the first delivery. A single with shot to deep cover on the next delivery. Jadeja using his luck. He wants to flick a delivery on his pads but closes the face too early. A leading edge goes over the 30-yard circle where the fielders are stationed. Appels for a caught behind but it flicked the thigh pad. Jadeja is again all over the place on the last delivery.

Steve Smith takes a blinder! Abbott gets the wicket of Hardik Pandya. The ball is pitched at a good length and rises on Hardik as he goes for a poke away from his body. Smith stretches out to his right to pick a one-handed stunner at first slip. Half of India’s batting order is back in the hut.

Ravindra Jadeja in at No. 7. He clips the ball through the on side for a couple.

Hardik Pandya c Smith b Abbott 1 (3b 0x4 0x6)

The ball goes up in the air off Kohli’s bat but lands short of third man. A single for India. WICKET! Starc traps Rahul. The ball pitches in line and seams in. Rahul is unable to connect and the umpire raises his finger. A DRS called for by India. Three reds and India loses a review. Hardik starts with an on drive which is blocked by Starc’s foot. Still able to take a single.

KL Rahul lbw b Starc 9 (12b 1x4 0x6)

Change in bowling as Sean Abbott takes the ball. Kohli punches over point for two ruuns. Follows it with a single to third man. Rahul flicks the ball through the gap between mid wicket and mid on for two runs.

Rahul gets off the mark with a four. The ball is going down leg but Rahul with a faint touch to send it to the fine leg fence. A punch on his backfoot through covers for another two runs. An outside edge goes to third man, but along the ground. The Indian batters run a single. Sharp running as Kohli picks a single with a tap to covers.

Kohli solid in defence off the first two. He then walks down and flicks it to deep square for two runs. Another couple of dots. He walks down on the last delivery and plays it straight but the ball is fielded at mid on.

Starc to continue. Starts the over with three dot balls. Rohit content with leaving deliveries outside off. OUT! Rohit has to walk back. He decides to finally go for a drive. An outside edge flies to Steve Smith at first slip which he fumbles at first but collects on the second instance. GOLDEN DUCK for Suryakumar Yadav! This one pitches in line and comes back into SKY. He is not able to get his front leg out in time and is trapped leg before. Starc on fire! He’s on a hat-trick. KL Rahul is able to prevent that.

Suryakumar Yadav lbw b Starc 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

Rohit Sharma c Smith b Starc 13 (15b 2x4 0x6)

Rohit gets an outside edge but he’s safe as the ball stays down and goes to deep point. Single taken. Kohli too gets a single to rotate strike. On the fourth ball, Rohit tries an on drive but gets an inside edge. The ball rolls to deep square and a single is completed.

Rohit collects a single off the first delivery from Starc. FOUR. Kohli leans forward and places the ball past the mid off fielder. That’s a sight for sore eyes. Kohli is beaten on the fourth delivery as he tries to go for a heave through the off side. Another WIDE. Beaten again. That was a jaffa! It pitches outside off and moves in the slighest bit. Kohli answers back with a flick through the on side for four runs.

Cameron Green from the other end. Kohli with a drive thorugh covers but only for a run. FOUR - Rohit with another flick off his pads. After two dots, Rohit finds a single with glance to fine leg. WIDE as Green strays down leg. Kohli joins the party. He drives it through extra covers for FOUR. 11 runs off the over.

Starc misses his line and starts off with a WIDE. India’s runs tally off the mark. A tap to third man for a single and the Indian skipper opens his account. Another WIDE from the left-armer. OUT! Gill is gone. He was offered width and goes for a drive. A simple catch for Marnus Labuschagne at point. Virat Kohli gets a good length ball at his midrif. He pokes it on the on side for a single. FOUR! Starc strays it on the pads and Rohit clips it away for a boundary.

Shubman Gill c Labuschagne b Starc 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill walk out to open the innings for India. Mitchell Starc to take the new ball for Australia. All set for play.

Won - 7 | Lost - 1 | No Result - 1 | Tied - 1

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami

Australia: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa

Steve Smith: Looks a decent surface. It’s been under covers so might do something. Yeah, just a lack of partnership in the middle (in the 1st ODI). We lost wickets in clums. Hopefully, we can rectify today. We just play good consistent cricket. World cup here later in the year so it is a good learning experience. Two changes. Alex Carey back for Josh inglis and Nathan Ellis replaces Glenn Maxwell.

Rohit Sharma: It does not really matter now. Just looking to bat well and defend later. Every game is a pressure game. It is a conscious effort to stay calm and execute the plans. Two changes. Ishan Kishan misses out, I am back and Shardul Thakur misses as Axar Patel is in. Three spinners is something we might go with during the World Cup so want to try it.

Won by teams batting first - 2

Won by teams bowling first - 2

Tied - 1

Deep Dasgupta: Nice and bright in Vizag now. Usually, it has been a batting paradise.

Ajit Agarkar: This (pitch) is slightly different than Mumbai. Lots of cracks. But the wicket looks firm so cracks might not open up. It has been covered due to the rain, so the moisture would have been retained. Batting will be difficult in the initial overs.

Rohit Sharma has scored hundreds in his last three innings in Vizag.

Rohit registered scores of 176 and 129 against South Africa in October 2019 as he made his debut as a Test opener. Rohit followed it up with a 159 against West Indies in December 2019.

Live visuals suggest that we have a clear start in sight.

• 118 vs AUS, 2010
• 117 vs WI, 2011
• 99 vs WI, 2013
• 65 vs NZ, 2016
• 157* vs WI, 2018
• 0 vs WI, 2019

Australia Predicted XI: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith (c), Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

India Predicted XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal/Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj,

India will look to wrap up the one-day international series against Australia when the two sides meet here at the Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium for the second ODI on Sunday.

In the series opener in Mumbai, the hosts fought back after losing the early momentum in both stages of the match to post a five-wicket win and go ahead 1-0 in the three-match series.

Regular skipper Rohit Sharma will take over the captaincy duties from Hardik Pandya after missing the first game for personal reasons. His return will bolster the top order, which struggled against Mitchell Starc’s fiery spell on Friday. Ishan Kishan is likely to make way for Rohit.

The ongoing series is a crucial part of the preparations for the World Cup later this year in India, and the Men in Blue can take heart from the fact there were some bright spots after the first match.

In Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, pacers Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj rose to the occasion with three wickets each. Notably, five of the six were during the middle overs, which triggered an Aussie collapse.

With the bat, K.L. Rahul guided India to victory with a masterfully crafted unbeaten 75 when the side was in trouble at 16 for three. The Karnataka batter holds the key for the team’s chances in the quadrennial event as a wicketkeeper batter in the middle-order.

Rahul’s form was an area of concern after he lost his place in the Test squad for the last two matches of the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy against the Aussies. But in ODIs, the 30-year-old has been one of India’s most consistent performers over the last three years.

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Since 2020, Rahul has been averaging 63 from 19 innings, striking at nearly run-a-ball while batting in the middle order and has owned the number five position in the line-up.

While the Wankhede pitch assisted the quicks, Vizag has traditionally been a high-scoring venue with some help for spinners. There is also the possibility of showers on match day, with the city also receiving a spell of rain on Saturday evening.

In the last international game here, Yuzvendra Chahal spun the home team to victory against South Africa in a T20 match. So it will be interesting to see if the leg-spinner will get a look-in against a batting line-up with many right-handers ahead of Kuldeep Yadav, who came under attack from Mitchell Marsh in Mumbai.

Meanwhile, Australia will look to put up a better show with the bat after losing the last eight wickets for just 59 runs in the opening fixture. If David Warner and Alex Carey are fit to take the field, it should help things for the visitors. But the bigger worry is skipper Steve Smith’s form, as he has yet to score a half-century on this tour.

In the last seven years, India’s only ODI series defeat in its backyard came against Australia before the 2019 World Cup (3-2). The team from Down Under will need to produce a more disciplined effort on Sunday if it hopes to repeat that feat.

- S Dipak Ragav

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, K.L. Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat.

Australia: Steven Smith (captain), David Warner, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa.

When will the India vs Australia 2nd ODI be played?

The 2nd ODI between India and Australia will be played on Friday, March 17. The match will start at 1:30 PM IST.

Where will the India vs Australia 2nd ODI be played?

The 2nd ODI between India and Australia will be played at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

Where to watch the live telecast of India vs Australia 2nd ODI?

The 2nd ODI between India and Australia will be telecasted on the Star Sports Network.

Where to live stream the India vs Australia 2nd ODI?

The 2nd ODI between India and Australia will be streamed live on the Disney+ Hotstar application.

When will the coin toss take place for India vs Australia 2nd ODI?

The coin for the India vs Australia 2nd ODI will be tossed at 1:00 PM IST.