India vs Australia 2nd ODI

The 2nd ODI out of the 3, between India and Australia, will be played today at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Team India had a crushing defeat in the 1^st ODI match, played at the Wankhede Stadium, where everyone saw a one-sided game, as Australia easily chased a score of 255.

Today, the men in blue will try their best to level-up the series as 1-1. Last time, it was disappointing for the Indian fans to see Rishabh Pant getting struck at the helmet and ruling out of the game. Just like the last match, Lokesh Rahul could once again take the gloves in his hands against Australia.

Weather

Weather in Rajkot will mostly likely remain clear, with no chances of rain, as the precipitation level during the match hours will remain zero, with the temperature fluctuating between 19 degrees 24 degrees.

Pitch report

The surface of Rajkot is quite batting supportive and batsmen will enjoy their time in the middle. What is even more interesting is that the ODIs played so far in Rajkot have been won by the team batting first.

Playing XI

India

Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav/Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

Bench – Manish Pandey, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav/Shivam Dube.

Australia

David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey (WK), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson.

Bench–Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, D’Arcy Short.

The match will go live at 1:30 PM IST, with toss taking place at 1 PM IST, and will telecast live on Star Sports Network in both standard and HD formats.