India vs Australia Highlights: AUS seal series with 2-wicket victory; poor catching costs IND in tight contest

India vs Australia Live Updates: Axar Patel's drop of Matt Short on 23 cost his team runs, and the match likely would have gone a different direction if he held on during an otherwise strong performance.

India vs Australia Highlights: Australia seal a 2-0 lead after India fall to the hosts in Adelaide. Not the best start to life under Shubman Gill's captaincy, as they ended up maybe 15 runs short after a batting performance that saw a Virat Kohli duck and a lower-middle order collapse. In return, Matt Short was dropped twice enroute to his 74, costing the Indian team, before a late explosion by Mitchell Owen and a fine performance by Cooper Connolly (61*) took the hosts home.

Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer's 118-run partnership key to help India post a competitive total in Adelaide after Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli fell cheaply after being put in to bat. The two Mumbai batters rebuilt, with Rohit scoring a fighting 73 and Shreyas batting well for his 61. Axar Patel would then provide crucial runs as wickets meant India lost their way a touch, but a late blitz by Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh helped post a strong total on a tricky wicket. 265 to chase for Australia.

Virat Kohli walks back with back to back ducks in the series! India in deep trouble again as Xavier Bartlett picks up a pair of wickets in one over, first dismissing Shubman Gill, then trapping Kohli LBW. Back to the wall again for the Indian batting.

India continue to have truly rotten luck at the toss in ODI cricket, as they lose yet another flip in Adelaide. An important toss to win, and Mitchell Marsh unsurprisingly chooses to bowl first and put India's top order to the test again. India remain unchanged for this match, but Australia ring in the changes with three players coming in.

The action in the India tour of Australia now shifts to Adelaide for the second ODI of the three-match series. The visitors walk into this game chasing oxygen and answers. A seven-wicket loss in a rain-slashed opener at Perth left Shubman Gill’s side 1-0 down. While India would look to improve their game in all aspects, Australia would be eager to continue their dominance.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in focus

The eyes will once more be on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The buildup to the Perth ODI centered around the return of the two star players. However, things turned out to be anticlimactic for the Indian fans. While Rohit Sharma managed only 8 runs off 14 deliveries, Virat Kohli failed to trouble the scorers, playing eight deliveries in the match. Besides these two batters, the rest of the batting also failed to show the resilience that was expected of the second-best team in the ODIs (runners-up in World Cup 2023). The result was a below-par score that the Aussies chased down without much trouble.

On the other hand, the hosts will be quietly confident of their performance. In the first ODI, their prime pacers in Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, gave brilliant performances. While the conditions are expected to be slightly different in Adelaide, the management will hope that the form of these two pacers continues. Mitchell Marsh would hope that his unit gives another strong show and seals the deal before the decider in SCG.

India vs Australia 2nd ODI Playing XIs

India's XI: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia's XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matt Short, Alex Carey (wk), Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Xavier Bartlett, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.