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Toss report: Australia win the toss and skipper Matthew Wade opts to field. While Australia bring in Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell for Jason Behrendorff and Aaron Hardie, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav announces an unchanged XI. Preview: With an eye on doubling the series lead, Suryakumar Yadav-led Team India will take on Australia in the second T20I at Thiruvananthapuram’s Greenfield Stadium on Sunday. The Men in Blue were made to work hard in the series opener in Vizag on Thursday, but the biggest positive for them was Suryakumar Yadav’s (80) return to form. Apart from Suryakumar, Ishan Kishan (58) and Rinku Singh (22*) played big roles in India’s two-wicket win. However, for India, their bowlers will have to step up. Ravi Bishnoi (1/54) and Prasidh Krishna (150) were expensive while the other three bowlers — Axar Patel, Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh failed to get among the wickets column. Josh Inglis may not have had the best of ODI World Cups with the bat but he made a stunning impact in the first T20I in Vizag, scoring a 47-ball century. Steve Smith (52) scored a half-century before being run out in the 16th over, but Smith and Inglis’ knocks helped the visitors post 208. India will also hope their openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal fire and form to consistent stand to start off with. Run-outs were a massive cause for concern for the hosts, especially in the last over of the chase in the first T20I, when Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi were dismissed in that fashion. It will be paramount that the batters do not panic in pressure situations. Australia will also look to put up a disciplined bowling effort. Barring Jason Behrendorff (1/25), all five of their remaining bowlers ended up with expensive economy rates of over 10, with Marcus Stoinis being the most expensive (Economy of 12). Teams: India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna Australia: Steven Smith, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade(w/c), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha
India vs Australia 2nd T20I, Highlights: AUS 191/9; India win by 44 runs, go 2-0 up in series
India vs Australia 2nd T20I, Highlights: AUS 191/9; Australia skipper Matthew Wade’s unbeaten 42 off 23 balls goes in vain as his team falls well short of the massive 236-run target set by India at Thiruvananthapuram’s Greenfield Stadium
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After 20 overs,Australia 191/9 ( Matthew Wade (C) (W) 42 , Tanveer Sangha 2)
India defeat Australia by 44 runs and go 2-0 up in the five-match series! Matthew Wade collects a four off the last delivery of the day, heaving the ball down the ground with Mukesh conceding 10 in the final over, as Australia finish on 191/9 after being set a mammoth 236 to win by the Men in Blue at Thiruvananthapuram’s Greenfield Stadium.
Ravi Bishnoi (3/32) was the pick of the bowlers by a fair distance today, triggering a collapse early in the innings by striking twice in as many overs before breaking the 81-run fifth-wicket partnership by dismissing a fairly set Tim David — which perhaps was the most crucial wicket today.
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SIX! Fourth maximum of the innings for Aussie skipper Matthew Wade, smashing a full toss from Mukesh Kumar over the cover fence! AUS 187/9
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After 19 overs,Australia 181/9 ( Matthew Wade (C) (W) 32 , Tanveer Sangha 2)
SIX! Second six of the over for Wade, who clears the midwicket fence with a pull this time! The Australian skipper keeps the strike with a single off the following delivery.
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SIX! Wade’s not going down without a fight tonight, and smashes a second six in as many overs. This time gets down on one knee and goes for a pick-up shot that sends the ball flying over the backward square leg fence. AUS 174/9
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After 18 overs,Australia 167/9 ( Matthew Wade (C) (W) 19 , Tanveer Sangha 1)
SIX! Wade smashes Krishna for a six over deep square leg in the pacer’s final delivery of the day as he signs off with figures of 3/41. 12 from the over, leaving Australia needing 69 to win from 12 deliveries.
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BOWLED! Arshdeep’s setting the stumps alight as well, castling Zampa for 1 with a perfect yorker. India are one wicket away from registering a massive victory! Zampa’s bat was nowhere close to the line of the delivery, resulting in the off stump getting knocked over. AUS 155/9
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After 16 overs,Australia 152/8 ( Matthew Wade (C) (W) 6 , Adam Zampa 0)
BOWLED! That’s the second time Krishna’s rattled the stumps in his third over, with Nathan Ellis missing the ball completely while looking to swing his bat across the line that results in the leg stump going for a cartwheel. Two wickets for Krishna for just three runs in his third over and he now has three wickets for just 29 runs so far today! Australia are eight down now with a little more than 150 on the board and unless skipper Wade is able to pull off a miracle from here, they will be heading to Guwahati trailing the series 0-2.
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BOWLED! Prasidh strikes right away after being brought back following an expensive opening spell, castling Sean Abbott with a fiery yorker! Australia are seven down, and are hurtling towards a defeat at the moment. AUS 151/7
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OUT! More trouble for Australia as Marcus Stoinis follows Tim David to the pavilion in the very next over. And like his partner for the fifth wicket, he too perishes while trying to smash the ball down the ground off Mukesh Kumar’s bowling. Axar Patel runs to his left and collects the ball safely. AUS 148/6; need 88 off 32
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After 14 overs,Australia 142/5 ( Marcus Stoinis 43 , Matthew Wade (C) (W) 2)
Bishnoi concedes three singles in as many deliveries after getting rid of David to break the fifth-wicket stand to sign off with potentially match-winning figures of 3/32. Pressure back on the Aussies after that wicket with all-rounder Stoinis, who’s batting on 43 off just 23 at the moment, needing to bat deep to guide Australia to a series-levelling victory. Skipper Matthew Wade, meanwhile, joins Stoinis at the centre.
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OUT! India desperately needed a breakthrough despite having a tall score on the board, and Ravi Bishnoi delivers just that in his final over. Tim David looks to go downtown once again, but hardly gets any timing on this occasion and ends up holing out to Gaikwad right in front of the long on boundary. AUS 139/5
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After 12 overs,Australia 131/4 ( Marcus Stoinis 40 , Tim David 31)
FOUR! Short ball outside off, and Stoinis steers this towards the third man fence to collect his second four. 18 off the over by Arshdeep, who’s brought back for the first time since bowling the first over. Stoinis and David have now plundered 74 in the last five overs, and at this rate might just end up chasing the 236-run target down in a canter! For India, however, they are one wicket away from turning things around in style!
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SIX! SIX! Surya turns to Arshdeep to try and prise out a wicket, but the left-arm pacer can hardly stop the juggernaut as Stoinis smashes him for back-to-back sixes — both over long off. In the first instance however, it was Tilak Varma who was guilty of palming the ball over the boundary rope despite appearing to have timed his jump perfectly. AUS 126/4
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SIX! David ruins what was turning out to be a superb over from Axar, getting on the backfoot and smacking the ball down the ground over the long on fence for his second maximum — this one bringing up the fifty partnership for the fifth wicket in just 21 deliveries. AUS 112/4
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After 10 overs,Australia 104/4 ( Marcus Stoinis 22 , Tim David 22)
FOUR! FOUR! FOUR! SIX! And now Tim David Stoinis in taking the attack to the Indians! Collects a hat-trick of boundaries at the start of the Mukesh’s second over, with the seamer having overstepped in the third delivery. David then smacks a low full toss over the extra cover fence for a six in the free hit. Single off each of the last three deliveries as Mukesh goes for 22 in his second over after conceding just four. And thanks to the Stoinis-David partnership, Australia breach the 100-barrier at the halfway stage, collecting 47 runs in the last three overs! Australia need another 132 to win off 60.
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SIX! SIX! Stoinis smashes Bishnoi, who has been the pick of the Indian bowlers so far today, for back-to-back maximums to declare war on the Indian bowlers! Smashed down the ground on both occasions. AUS 82/4 after 9
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After 8 overs,Australia 67/4 ( Marcus Stoinis 7 , Tim David 1)
FOUR! Stoinis gets inside the line of the delivery and pulls the short-of-length ball from Prasidh behind square to collect his first boundary. Four more runs added in the following delivery, albeit as leg byes as 10 runs are added to the Aussie total in the eighth over. Mukesh Kumar, meanwhile, had been introduced in the previous over and conceded just four off his first.
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OUT! Wickets continue to fall in a cluster as Prasidh Krishna strikes after being brought back right after the powerplay. And it’s Steve Smith who departs this time, thanks to another superb catch by an Indian fielder — Yashasvi Jaiswal this time, putting in a slide after running to his right from deep midwicket. AUS 58/4
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After 6 overs,Australia 53/3 ( Steven Smith 17 , Marcus Stoinis 0)
OUT! And now it’s Axar Patel’s turn to get his name up there in the wickets’ column! Glenn Maxwell departs just when he was starting to look dangerous. Targets the long on boundary once again, but this time the Indians have protection in that direction.
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SIX! Maxwell targets the same region as he did in the first delivery, and this time manages to clear the long on fence to collect his first maximum of the day. Brings up the fifty for the Aussies in the process. AUS 53/2
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FOUR! Maxwell clears the front leg and smashes the ball over mid on off Axar to collect his first boundary! AUS 47/2
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After 5 overs,Australia 43/2 ( Steven Smith 17 , Glenn Maxwell 2)
Bishnoi now has two wickets in as many overs and has conceded just 10 runs so far, and is yet to concede a boundary! This performance will certainly stay in the team management’s mind when they plan for next year’s T20 World Cup.
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OUT! Two wickets in as many overs for Ravi Bishnoi and this time he bags the prized scalp of Inglis, who had smashed a 50-ball 110 in the series opener! The keeper-bat attempts a slog-sweep towards the midwicket fence, but hardly gets the distance needed to clear the fence. Tilak Varma pulls off a superb catch pedalling in the opposite direction. AUS 38/2
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After 4 overs,Australia 38/1 ( Steven Smith 15 , Josh Inglis 2)
Spin from both ends now as SKY brings Axar Patel in from the other end. And the left-arm orthodox spinner, who is in action for the first time since the Asia Cup in this series, concedes just two singles in his first over. An absolute gem of an over from the bowling side’s perspective especially in the powerplay. Meanwhile, Josh Inglis, the centurion from the series opener in Vizag, walks in to bat next.
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After 3 overs,Australia 36/1 ( Steven Smith 14 , Josh Inglis 1)
SKY turns to spin after the seamers concede 31 in the first two overs, and the move works right away as Bishnoi delivers the breakthrough, and concedes just five from the over.
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BOWLED! Ravi Bishnoi with the breakthrough as Matthew Short gets cleaned up by the wrist-spinner to depart for 19! Short attempts to swing his bat inside out over extra cover, but gets a thick inside edge onto the stumps after failing to pick the googly. AUS 35/1
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After 2 overs,Australia 31/0 ( Steven Smith 13 , Matthew Short 16)
SIX! Steve Smith ends a forgettable first over from Prasidh Krishna with a maximum over fine leg as the seamer ends up conceding 20 in his first over. Smith had been dropped by Gaikwad near midwicket in the previous ball though it was a tough chance for the latter, who had been running in the opposite direction.
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FOUR! Make that two boundaries in three deliveries for Short off Krishna as the former gets a thick outside edge that sends the ball flying past short third. AUS 21/0
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FOUR! Prasidh Krishna starts off with a boundary from the other end as Short pulls a short-of-length ball towards the midwicket fence. AUS 15/0
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After 1 over,Australia 11/0 ( Steven Smith 5 , Matthew Short 5)
FOUR! And now a boundary to Steve Smith as he flicks a full delivery from Arshdeep over mid on. Arshdeep follows it up with back-to-back dots and concedes 11 in the first over of the chase.
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FOUR! Crisp drive through extra cover by Matthew Short in the second delivery of the first over bowled by Arshdeep Singh. First boundary of the chase! AUS 6/0
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Steve Smith and Matthew Short walk out to begin Australia’s chase of the 236-run target set by India. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh to bowl the first over of the chase. Can Australia pull off what will be the fourth-highest successful chase in T20Is? Or will India make it 2-0 in the five-match series? Stay tuned to find out.
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After 20 overs,India 235/4 ( Rinku Singh 31 , Tilak Varma 7)
Brace to Rinku off the final delivery of the innings, guiding the ball towards long on off a short-of-length ball from Ellis. The southpaw remains unbeaten on 31 off just nine deliveries as India post a mammoth 235/4 on the board after being invited to bat by Australian skipper Matthew Wade.
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FOUR! Wide full toss from Ellis, and Rinku opens the face of his bat to steer this towards the third man fence for his fourth boundary! IND 233/4
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SIX! And now new batter Tilak Varma joins the fun, steering a length ball bowled outside off over the point boundary for a flat hit! IND 227/4
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OUT! Gaikwad’s long stay at the crease finally comes to an end as he holes out to Tim David at long on while trying to smash back-to-back maximums off Nathan Ellis’ bowling. IND 221/4
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SIX! Ellis starts off with a slower delivery outside off, and Gaikwad waits for an extra second before smashing it over the bowler’s head for his second maximum of the day. IND 221/3
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SIX! FOUR! FOUR! SIX! Rinku goes berserk in the penultimate over of the innings, smashing a low full toss down the ground in the third delivery followed by back-to-back fours — a pull towards deep midwicket followed by a misfield by Smith at mid off that allows the ball to go all the way down the ground. Rinku pulls the ball all the way over the midwicket fence off Abbott’s final delivery of the day as the pacer ends up bleeding 25 off his third and final over. IND 215/3
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FOUR! New batter Rinku Singh doesn’t take long to swing his arms and collect his first boundary, pulling a length delivery in front of square off Sean Abbott! IND 194/3