Must win game for India

January 17, 2020 13:12

Australia captain Aaron Finch wins toss and elects to bowl against India in the 2nd ODI in a must-win game for the hosts at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, in Rajkot on Friday.

India make two changes with Manish Pandey coming in for the concussed Rishabh Pant and Navdeep Saini replacing Shardul Thakur.

Looking to wrap up the series, Australia go unchanged.

India go into the game 0-1 down after Australia registered a 10-wicket win in the lung-opener at Mumbai, courtesy David Warner and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hundreds.

With a concussed Rishabh Pant out of the second game, Rahul will keep wickets in Rajkot.

So, like in the last game, Rohit and Dhawan will open, and there could be a toss-up between Rahul and young Shreyas Iyer at number four. Iyer had a rare failure on Tuesday.

On the other hand, a high on confidence Australia will be looking to seal the issue to register back to back series wins in India, a rare feat for any visiting team. The Finch-Warner combination will look forward to carry the momentum.

Their middle-order comprising the experienced Steve Smith, in-form Marnus Labuschange, Ashton Turner and Alex Carey looks more or less settled.

If all of them fire in unison, along with the openers, then it will hard for the opposition bowlers.

Playing XI

India: R Sharma, S Dhawan, KL Rahul, V Kohli, S Iyer, M Pandey, R Jadeja, K Yadav, M Shami, N Saini, J Bumrah

Australia: A Finch, D Warner, M Labuschagne, S Smith, A Carey, A Turner, A Agar, P Cummins, M Starc, K Richardson, A Zampa

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