Indore (Madhya Pradesh): India rode on blazing centuries by opener Shubman Gill (104) and Shreyas Iyer (105) as they posted a mammoth 399/5 in the second ODI against Australia at the Holkar Stadium here on Sunday. Gill and Iyer, who added 200 runs for the second wicket, took a listless Australian attack to cleansers.
It was raining fours and sixes in Indore as Gill hammered six boundaries and four sixes, while Iyer's knock was laced with eleven fours and three maximums. The duo used the flat nature of the surface in Indore to their full advantage and played all around the park.
Australia's stand-in skipper Steve Smith's decision to put the hosts into bat backfired, courtesy Gill and Iyer show after opener Ruturaj Gaikwad fell cheaply. The duo was dismissed after scoring their hundreds soon but the damage had been done.
While skipper KL Rahul (52 off 38 balls; three boundaries and three sixes) and Ishan Kishan (31 off 18 balls; 2 fours and 2 sixes) played their roles to perfection, it was once again flamboyant Suryakumar Yadav who stamped his class and provided the final assault.
