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Australia Seals The ODI Series Against India In The Second Game
By CricShots - Nov 29, 2020 6:49 pm
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Australia once again amassed a huge target against India at the SCG in order to make sure that they seal the series over the Men in Blue. Chasing a huge score of 390 runs, the Indian openers, Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal once again gave the Men in Blue with a smashing start as they racked up 56 runs in the first 7 overs, but they both fell in quick succession in the 8th and 9th over. Virat Kohli scored his first ODI 50 in Sydney and along with Shreyas Iyer stitched a 93-run-stand for the 3rd wicket.

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Australian bowlers were too hot to handle for the Indian batsmen

However, Iyer failed to convert his start into a big knock, but Virat kept on playing some phenomenal shots at all corners of the SCG. In the process, he became the 3rd Indian to rack up 22000 International runs and the quickest one to do so. However, he eventually perished nearing another hundred, as Moises Henriques pulled off a stunner at midwicket. India managed just 73 runs between 31-40 overs as KL Rahul, despite scoring a half-century, and Hardik Pandya failed to keep up with the asking rate.

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Rahul eventually fell while attempting to increase the momentum against Adam Zampa while Ravindra Jadeja- after playing a few delightful strokes- and Hardik fell in successive deliveries of Pat Cummins to make sure that the final nail in India’s coffin was hammered, the final margin being 51 runs. Earlier in the day, Australia once again showed their batting against a toothless Indian bowling attack as David Warner and Aaron Finch cashed in big time.

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Team India did some sloppy fielding in Sydney

The duo once again stitched a 100-run partnership as they amassed 142 runs in 22.5 overs. Mohammed Shami drew the first blood for the visitors when Finch, in an attempt, to clip the ball towards the on-side lobbed it straight to mid-off. Warner has dismissed thanks to a brilliant direct hit by Iyer before Steve Smith once again took center-stage.

Whether it was pace bowling or spinners, Smith kept on toying with the bowlers all across the venues. Such was India’s plight that Kohli was forced to bring Hardik Pandya in the attack, and he proved to be the pick of the bowlers as he used the cross seam, change of pace to brilliant effect.

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Smith soon complied a 62-ball 100 before Hardik getting rid of the rampaging Australian. Pandya could have got Labuschagne too but for Ravindra Jadeja dropped a sitter at long-off. Labuschagne complied his fifty while Glenn Maxwell did an encore of what he did in the last game during his 29-ball 63* as Australia finished with their highest ODI total of 4/389 against India.

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