Who will win Ind vs Aus 2nd ODI?
India have taken a 1-0 lead in the ODI series, beating Australia by 26 runs in the rain-curtailed first game at Chennai. The two teams will now head to the Eden Gardens in Kolkata for the second one-day international scheduled to be played on September 21. Live telecast will begin at 1:30 PM local time.
Ind vs Aus 2nd ODI: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Fox Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar
Toss Prediction
There is a big toss bias at the Eden. Since the last five one-day internationals here have all been won by the side that has batted first, the team that wins the toss will probably elect to bat first. India have batted first ten times at this venue in ODIs and have emerged victorious on seven of those occasions. So the hosts are definitely worth a wager if they bat first in this game.
Read on for team analysis, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Ind vs Aus 2nd ODI....
India Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Axar Patel will miss the second and third ODIs due to a foot injury. Ravindra Jadeja who had been initially rested for this series has been recalled into the squad.
Key Players
All eyes will be on Rohit Sharma who hit a record-breaking 264 at the Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka in 2014. Captain Virat Kohli has one hundred and two half-centuries here from five ODIs and he can be very dangerous if not dismissed early on. Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers in the first game, finishing with impressive figures of 3 for 30 from five overs. Kuldeep Yadav also had a good day with the ball. India will want these two spinners to deliver once again.
Recent Form
India have been very consistent in the 50-over format in recent times. They have seven wins on the trot and have faced just one defeat (in the West Indies against the hosts) in their last ten one-day internationals.
India Predicted Playing 11
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Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane/Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
The Australian team management, despite facing a comprehensive defeat in the first game, could go in with an unchanged lineup for this upcoming fixture. Though debutant Hilton Cartwright managed to score just one run, he is likely to be given one more shot.
Key Players
The key for Australia at the top will once again be David Warner and Steven Smith. Both are extremely talented and could take the game away from India once they are allowed to settle in. Glenn Maxwell was destructive in his 18-ball 39 in the first ODI and he will be another lynchpin in the team's batting card. Nathan Coulter-Nile and Pat Cummins were outstanding with the ball and pushed India on the backfoot early on. The former shook the top-order with three quick bursts and Australia will be expecting something similar from him this Thursday.
Recent Form
Australia are the current world champions in this format of the game but they have not been at their best of late. Their previous four one-day internationals have come away from home and they have lost all of them.
Australia Predicted Playing 11
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Steven Smith (c), David Warner, Hilton Cartwright, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
India: W W W W W
Australia: L L L L W
India vs Australia Head to Head
In their last ten 50-over encounters, Australia have emerged winners on six occasions while India have won four times. The hosts however have wins in the two most recently played matches. The visitors have a 37-run victory over the hosts in their only ODI face-off at the Eden Gardens that was played back in 2003.
India vs Australia 2nd ODI Betting Odds
India bailed themselves out of jail after being left reeling at 11-3 at the start of the first game. But the top-order collapse was soon followed by a brilliant recovery, thanks to Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni. The hosts showed off the depth in their batting before displaying their bowlers' ability to defend a moderate total. India thus continue to be the favorites to win the second ODI at 1.66 with 1xbet and 1.61 with Bet365. Australia once again begin as outsiders at 2.44 with Betfair and 2.30 with Bet365.
India vs Australia 2nd ODI Prediction
Australia will look to put this defeat behind them as they prepare for the second ODI at the Eden Gardens - a venue where they had outplayed India in 2003. However, they certainly do have some serious issues to deal with ahead of this game. First, they let India post a competitive score from a position where they could have easily restricted them to under 200. And second, they once again failed to counter spin in subcontinent conditions and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Unless the visitors improve on in these areas, they will continue to have a hard time against an Indian team who are on top of their game at the moment. So putting money on the Aussies isn't worth the risk for now.
Final Verdict: Back India to beat Australia in the second ODI at 1.66 with 1xbet and 1.61 with Bet365.
Sep 21, 2017
13:30 IST / 8:00 GMT
Eden Gardens - Kolkata, India
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