India vs Australia 2nd ODI: India’s top order collapse again, can Virat Kohli rescue the hosts?

Winning
the
toss,
Australia
captain
Steve
Smith
put
the
hosts
into
bat
and
they
haven’t
made
the
best
of
starts.

India’s
top
order
collapse,
Again

It
is
another
day
of
top-order
collapsing
for
India,
now
twice
in
a
row
in
this
series.
Shubman
Gill
was
the
first
one
to
depart
as
he
was
picked
up
in
the
third
ball
of
the
match.
India’s
captain
Rohit
Sharma,
who
has
made
a
return
after
missing
the
Mumbai
ODI,
has
also
departed
for
just
13
runs.

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And
to
make
matter
worse,
Suryakumar
Yadav
got
his
marching
orders
in
the
very
first
ball
as
Mitchell
Starc
trapped
him
fair
and
square.
It
is
back-to-back
golden
ducks
for
SKY
as
India
lost
three
wickets
within
the
first
five
overs.
Although
Kohli
and
Rahul
were
building
a
partnership,
the
latter
has
bite
the
dust
scoring
9
runs
and
now
back
in
the
hut.

Australia’s
pace
star
Mitchell
Starc
has
picked
up
all
four
wickets
as
the
host
find
themselves
in
a
spot
of
bother
in
Vizag.

India
collapsed
in
Mumbai
as
well

In
the
previous
match
in
Mumbai,
it
was
the
same
tale
as
the
Indian
top
order
made
a
sorry
surrender
in
front
of
the
Australian
pacers.
Ishan
Kishan
(3),
Shubman
Gill
(20),
Virat
Kohli
(4),
Suryakumar
Yadav
(0)
all
departed
cheaply
as
India
were
tottering
for
39/4
while
chasing
a
modest
total
of
just
189
runs.
But
KL
Rahul
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
took
them
home
with
some
decent
batting.

India
vs
Australia
2nd
ODI:
Kohli
and
Jadeja
at
the
crease

Back
to
this
match,
India
are
currently
54/5
as
Virat
Kohli
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
are
at
the
crease.
Kohli
has
looked
immense
so
far
and
Jadeja
will
be
fresh
from
his
fantastic
all-around
performance
from
the
last
match.

The
pair
will
have
to
steer
the
ship
as
any
further
batting
mishap
can
have
significant
ramifications
on
India’s
quest
to
seal
the
ODI
series
in
Vizag.
Rahul
batted
exquisitely
in
the
last
match,
showed
immense
patience
and
class
to
give
them
a
win,
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
also
played
a
big
part
in
it,
becoming
the
player
of
the
match
as
well.

Kohli
was
fantastic
in
the
Test
series.
Kohli
also
has
a
superb
record
in
ODIs
in
Vizag
as
the
batter
has
scored
556
runs
in
his
last
5
innings
at
the
venue.
It
is
up
to
the
pair
now
to
do
things
all
over
again
for
the
home
side.

Can
the
two
seasoned
campaigners
take
India
out
of
the
mud?
The
next
hour
or
so
will
give
us
the
indication.