Australia beat India badly in the second ODI. It would be an understatement to say that Steve Smith’s team broke all the records in an amazing victory.
At first, it was Mitchell Starc who rolled over the Indians for just 117 runs because they weren’t hitting very well.
Then Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh did a lot of damage. They added 121 runs in just 11 overs, which made a joke of the Indian score. After an embarrassing loss in the second ODI, Rohit Sharma, the captain of India, will have a lot on his mind for the last game of the series in Chennai.
Here are some things to talk about from the second ODI:
Sizzling Starc is too hot for Indian batters to handle
Mitchell Starc, an Australian left-arm pacer, was almost unplayable in the first ODI at Wankhede, and in Visakhapatnam, he went to a whole new level. He got rid of both of India’s openers and messed up the middle order by getting rid of KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav in the same over. With 5/53 in the second ODI, he is only behind the legendary Waqar Younis and Muttiah Muralitharan in the list of cricketers with the most five-wicket hauls in ODIs.
India is worried about how often their top-order players fail.
Even though important captain Rohit Sharma was back in the starting lineup for the second ODI, the Indian top order struggled for the second game in a row. It’s been happening a lot lately to the Men in Blue, and with the 50-over World Cup coming up, the team management will have to take a hard look at their batters. Suryakumar Yadav’s spot in the starting eleven is in jeopardy after he failed to score on the first ball against Mitchell Starc for the second game in a row.
The bowlers were blown away by Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head’s destruction.
Yes, the goal India set was at best modest, but Australia’s opening pair, especially Mitchell Marsh, seemed to be batting on a whole different pitch. The fast batter hit 66 runs in just 36 balls, giving him his second consecutive half-century of the series. Head wasn’t too far behind. He made a half-century in just 30 balls, which was enough to catch up to India’s score in 11 overs.
Rohit Sharma, the captain of the team that lost, said, “When you lose a game, it’s just disappointing.” We didn’t try very hard right away. I didn’t get enough runs on the board. It wasn’t a wicket at 117. We kept losing wickets, which stopped us from getting the runs we wanted. After we lost Shubman in the first over, Virat and I quickly scored 30-35 runs.
But then I lost my wicket, and we lost a few wickets right after that. This put us in a bad position. It’s hard to get back on your feet after something like that. We didn’t need to do anything today. Starc has good bowling skills. He has been doing it with the new ball for Australia. He kept bowling as well as he could.
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