Rajkot (Gujarat): Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first against India in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh's wicket-keeper batsman KS Bharat has been called up to India's squad for the remaining ODIs against Australia after Rishabh Pant was ruled out of the second ODI after getting hit by a bouncer on Tuesday during the first ODI.
"With Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan being a part of the India A side in New Zealand, the selection committee decided to name KS Bharat as a back-up wicket-keeper," BCCI said in an official statement.
Talking about the match then India will go into the second ODI on the back of a crushing 10-wicket defeat they faced at the Wankhede and the hosts would be keen to bounce back and prevent their second straight ODI series loss against Australia at home.
On the other hand, the visitors would simply want to replicate the performance and would be unwilling to make any changes to their playing XI. Their bowling attack performed to a plan and Aaron Finch would expect his boys to do just the same.
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul(w), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
