India vs Australia 2nd ODI Playing 11 Prediction: Indian team's regular captain Rohit Sharma will return to the team through this second ODI. He could not play in the first ODI due to family reasons. Hardik Pandya captained in his place.
The second ODI of the three-match series will be played between India and Australia on Sunday (March 18) in Visakhapatnam. The Indian team will have a chance to win the sixth ODI series against Australia at home. The Indian team had earlier won the home ODI series against the visiting team in 2020. India won this three-match series 2-1.
Rohit Sharma, the regular captain of the Indian team, will return to the team through this second ODI. He could not play in the first ODI due to family reasons. Hardik Pandya captained in his place. Hardik captained the team in ODIs for the first time and led the team to victory in this format. Hardik scored 25 runs in this match and also took a wicket.
Through this series, the Indian team is also preparing for the ODI World Cup, but the top-order performance in the first ODI must have increased the concern of the team management. The pitch at Mumbai's Wankhede offered some assistance to the fast bowlers and on that pitch, Australia's left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc sent the hosts' batsmen to the pavilion early. Indian batsmen were left sweating in chasing the target of 189 runs. Stark took three wickets. Kohli, Gill, and Ishan Kishan had disappointed, while Suryakumar Yadav could not even open the account. Indian batsmen will be expected to perform well in the second ODI.
With the arrival of Rohit, Ishaan Kishan's exit is believed to be certain. Now it has to be seen whether Suryakumar is given a chance again or not. He is doing amazing in T20 but his record in ODI is not that good.
Depend on Rahul-Jadeja
Wicket-keeper batsman Lokesh Rahul silenced his critics who have been questioning his performance with his fine performance in the first ODI. In the Test series against Australia, he did not bat in the first two Tests and was replaced by Gill. When the format changed, Rahul's performance also changed.
Rahul took two catches in the first ODI and then when the Indian team was struggling to lose five wickets for 83 runs, he showed patience and brilliant play by playing an unbeaten 75-run inning to win the team. At the same time, Jadeja took two wickets for 46 runs and performed well with the bat, scoring an unbeaten inning of 45 runs in 69 balls and contributing to the team's victory by sharing a partnership with Rahul. The team management would be hoping for a good performance from this pair in the second ODI as well.
Shami made a comeback
In the first ODI, Shami came back well in his second spell and took the team to a strong position. He took three wickets in the match. Indian bowlers proved to be expensive in the powerplay, and now the team management would like to remove this shortcoming. Shardul Thakur did not do anything special in Mumbai. He didn't even get a chance to bat. The pitch at Visakhapatnam is generally flat. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma would like to include an X-factor for the middle overs. He can include Umran Malik in place of Shardul.
There can be changes in the visiting team
The worry for skipper Steve Smith is the poor performance of the batsmen. The middle-order and lower-order batsmen were unable to sustain Mitchell Marsh's brilliant start. Steve Smith would also like to make a change in playing XI in the second ODI.
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