Sydney: After a 66-run win in the first One-Day-International, Australia face India in the second match of the three-match ODI series here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to bat first.
Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out from this match as the all-rounder struggling with a 'little bit of niggle'. Moises Henriques replaces him in the Australia XI.
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India, on the other hand, deployed the same XI that played the first ODI.
Both sides met each other 52 in Australia. Home side won 37 times while India won on 13 occasions. Two games were abandoned due to rain. In the last match, Australia scored 374 for 6. India, in reply, were restricted to 308 for 8 in 50 overs.
To keep their hopes alive in the ODI series, India have to win today.
Virat Kohli: Bit rusty in the first game, no excuses. After the 30 over mark, the bodies started to stiffen up. The second half was very encouraging. We can take a lot of positives from that. We are playing the same XI.
Aaron Finch: We are going to bat. Stoinis is out today, a little bit of niggle in his side. We don't want to push him too hard. Moises Henriques replaces him. It's about the make up of the side and it's the overs he can give us at the moment. The wicket was pretty good to be fair, got better with a bit of dew. Today, the wicket can get dries and slower as the game goes on.
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Pitch report: There's a good covering of grass on the pitch. "It'll be a bit quicker," reckons Glenn McGrath. Expect it to turn as the game progresses as the temperature is expected to touch 40 degrees Celsius.
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Australia (Playing XI): Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
