Leading the three-match ODI series by the 1-0 margin, the hosts Australia is now set to meet against the visiting side India in the second ODI of the series at Adelaide Oval (Adelaide) on Tuesday (15 January). It will be a day/night encounter which will begin at 13:50 local (08:50 IST).

Earlier in this tour, the venue organized the opening Test of the four-match Test series. In that thrilling encounter, India won by 31 runs. According to the weather forecast, there is no chance of rain.

On the other hand, Australia is taking the lead of this series after winning the first ODI on last Saturday at Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney) by 34 runs. Another victory in Adelaide will secure the ODI series for Australia while India can’t afford another defeat in this series.

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Australian cricket team

The hosts’ team Australia is on top of the confidence after a great start in this ODI series by claiming a convincing victory during the Sydney ODI.

Australian batsmen performed very well but the openers need to provide a good start. While the Australian non-openers played very well during the Sydney ODI, the openers failed to provide the good starts.

The young and fresh new-ball bowlers bowled very well and provided the perfect dream start for the team during the Sydney ODI. However, the bowlers remained ineffective during the middle overs of the Sydney ODI but comfortably secured the victory after managing to stay in the comfortable position in the whole time.

Form guide (last five ODIs; starting with most recent): Won, Lost, Won, Lost and Lost

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Indian cricket team

Now, the visiting side India have to win both the games of this series and they can’t afford another defeat in this series. As the top-orders failed rapidly in the Sydney ODI, India faced a defeat. But the top-order batsmen are still in form and they are expected to prove themselves soon again.

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The Indian bowlers are missing Jasprit Bumrah in this series while they failed to take regular wickets during the Sydney ODI. However, the most pathetic situation happened during the death overs where Australia managed 93 runs for one wicket. In the last five overs of their innings, the hosts scored 59/1. The Indian bowlers need to improve hugely in the death overs as it took the game from their hands during the Sydney ODI.

India also needs to use the reviews in more better ways as it affected hugely during the first ODI of the series.

Form guide (last five ODIs; starting with most recent): Lost, Won, Won, Lost and Tied

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Full squads

Australia: Aaron Finch (capt), Alex Carey (vc/wk), Jason Behrendorff, Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Marsh

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Vijay Shankar

Key Stats Preview:

• Australia has played 51 ODIs at Adelaide Oval (Adelaide) where they have won 36 ODIs and lost 15 ODIs. They have won their all last five ODIs at this venue.
• India has played 14 ODIs at Adelaide Oval (Adelaide) where they have won eight ODIs and lost five ODIs and the other one was tied. India hasn’t lost in their last four ODIs at this venue (three won and one tied).
• Australia and India have played five ODIs at Adelaide Oval (Adelaide) where Australia has won four games and India has won only one. Their last meeting in this venue was on 17 February 2012 where India beat Australia by four wickets.
• Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan (4,935 runs) needs to score 65 more runs to complete his 5,000 ODI runs. He will be 13th Indian batsman, fifth Indian left-handed batsman and fifth Indian opening batsman to achieve this feat.
• Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (1,990 runs) needs to score 10 more runs to complete 2,000 ODI runs in a career. He will be only third Indian cricketer and 26th overall cricketer to score 2,000+ runs and also to take 150+ wickets simultaneously in ODI career.