In the second T20I match against Australia, Team India posted a total of 125 runs and were bowled out in 18.4 overs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Team India`s swashbuckling opening batsman, Abhishek Sharma, displayed a stunning show with the willow. Facing just 37 balls, the left-handed batsman scored 68 runs, including eight boundaries and two maximums.
Having put to bat first, Team India lost the early wicket of Shubman Gill. He scored just five runs in 10 balls. Sanju Samson departed after scoring two runs off four balls. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav endured a poor outing as he scored just one run after facing four balls.
Tilak Varma departed on a two-ball duck. Axar Patel faced 12 balls and scored just seven runs. Harshit Rana yet again had a good outing with the willow. He accumulated 35 runs in 33 balls, which included three boundaries and a maximum.
Shivam Dube returned to the pavilion after registering four runs in two balls. His four-run knock included a boundary.
Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah registered ducks after facing six and one ball. Varun Chakaravarthy stayed unbeaten after facing just one ball, but could not open his account.
Lead pacer Josh Hazlewood claimed three wickets by conceding just 13 runs in four overs. Xavier Bartlett and Nathan Ellis registered two wickets each to their names. Bowling four overs, Bartlett gave away 39 runs, whereas Ellis was smashed for 21 runs in 3.4 overs.
Star all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, too, registered one wicket for 24 runs in his spell of four overs. Mitchell Owen and Matthew Kuhnemann went wicketless in the second T20I match against Team India.
Bowling just one over, Owen leaked 13 runs, and Kuhnemann conceded 14 runs in two overs.
The Aussies will expect their skipper, Mitchell Marsh, and explosive opening batsman, Travis Head, to bring their `A-game` in order to defeat the “Men in Blue”. Also, early wickets in the match will boost the visitors` confidence as the match proceeds.
The team winning the clash will take an edge in the five-match T20I series. The first match between the teams ended without a result as it was abandoned due to rain.