India vs Australia 2nd ODI Match Prediction

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Ravindra Jadeja was called up to the Indian squad in place of injured Hardik Pandya who had been ruled out of the entire India vs Australia ODI Series. Jadeja slotted straight into the team for the first ODI as one of two front-line spin options with Kuldeep Yadav. With all-rounder Kedar Jadhav offering another spin option, Yuzvendra Chahal missed out. Vijay Shankar’s place could be in danger after three expensive overs and not batting and, with Siddharth Kaul only in the squad for the first two ODIs, this could be one of the latter’s last chances to force his way into World Cup reckoning. 

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Kedar Jadhav was India’s star man last time out, taking a wicket and then top-scoring with an unbeaten 81 from 87 balls to lead the hosts to victory in the first ODI.

Rohit Sharma was their star man last time they played in Nagpur, against Australia, and he will want to reclaim the form he showed early on in the series with New Zealand – when he hit back-to-back half-centuries.

He and Virat Kohli both made useful knocks last time out, with the captain out just short of his 50th ODI half-century – he has also hit 39 centuries, the most recent of which was in Australia in January.

MS Dhoni, who hit a half-century in the last match, also passed 50 on three occasions in that tour of Australia. The first was too sluggish and arguably cost India victory but he made amends by leading India to victory in the final two games.

With the ball, Mohammed Shami took 2-44 from his ten overs last time out, to add to the five he took in Australia and the eight he managed in four matches in New Zealand.

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Since losing in England last summer, India have won the Asia Cup and all three bilateral series they have played since. That includes coming from behind to beat Australia 2-1 in Australia, before a 4-1 victory in New Zealand.

MS Dhoni hit half-centuries in all three games in Australia, making amends for the slow pace of his innings as India lost the first match by going unbeaten to lead them to victory in the next two. Virat Kohli also hit a century as India won the second match, while Yuzvendra Chahal claimed 6-42 as the tourists won the decider.

From there they made the short trip to New Zealand and were in dominant form. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma showed good batting form as India won the first three matches to confirm a series win, while Kuldeep Yadav claimed back-to-back four-wicket hauls with the ball. Bowled out for 92 on their way to a crushing eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand in the fourth ODI, they bounced back to win the final game – bowling the hosts out for 217 after beingdismissed themselves for 252; Ambati Rayudu’s 90 from 113 balls ultimately making the difference.