Key events
11th over: India 33-2 (Rohit 20, Shreyas 3) Mitchell Starc back into the attack and the India batters are happy to take him on now. Shreyas lifts the ball over point for two before Starc finds his line. The players head for a quick refreshment.
10th over: India 29-2 (Rohit 19, Shreyas 0) Rohit – finally – takes on Hazlewood. And he does it in style with a lofted drive over mid-off to the rope. A single to third man brings Shreyas Iyer on strike and he is nearly cut in half immediately as the seam carries the ball from outside off to bounce over middle and leg.
9th over: India 24-2 (Rohit 14, Shreyas 0) A less threatening over from Bartlett among first signs that Rohit is settling in. The former skipper clips a single to the on side to remain on strike.
8th over: India 22-2 (Rohit 13, Shreyas 0) Rohit finally gets runs off the bowling of Josh Hazlewood. But it could hardly have come in less convincing fashion. Rohit looks to clip a fuller ball outside off toward the on side, but gets a thick outside edge that sails to the boundary at third man.
WICKET! Kohli lbw b Bartlett 0 (India 17-2)
Back-to-back ducks to Virat Kohli! Bartlett works away at his apparent weakness outside off as Australia put in three slips. But it’s a straight ball that does in the India great, as Kohli tries to clip the ball off his pads but misses everything.
7th over: India 17-2 (Rohit 8, Shreyas 0)
WICKET! Gill c Marsh b Bartlett 9 (India 17-1)
Shubman Gill is the first to go as the India skipper tries to lift the run-rate. He was hardly on strike with his nine runs coming from as many deliveries but is sent on his way after trying to smash Bartlett down the ground but only picking out Mitch Marsh at mid-off.
6th over: India 14-0 (Rohit 8, Gill 6) Josh Hazlewood concedes his first runs of the game after 13 dot balls as Gill picks up three through cover. Rohit is still in all sorts against the Australia quick as a wild swing misses everything and Australia send a lbw appeal upstairs. The ball looks on track to take out middle stump but there is a subtle inside edge. Rohit survives… but only just.
5th over: India 14-0 (Rohit 8, Gill 6) Xavier Bartlett takes the ball from Mitchell Starc and Shubman Gill is quick to pick up a single through square leg. Rohit adds a couple more to deep midwicket. A more comfortable over for India.
4th over: India 11-0 (Rohit 6, Gill 5) A second maiden from Hazlewood to Rohit. The Australia pacer works away at his usual line and length outside off and Rohit has little interest in taking him on. Hazlewood crashes the ball into Rohit’s pads with the last delivery and a half-hearted appeal goes up. But that was close, and replays show it was only umpire’s call for height that would have saved Rohit.
3rd over: India 11-0 (Rohit 6, Gill 5) Gill cuts directly to Mitch Owen at point and Rohit sets off from the non-striker’s end. With no movement from Gill, Rohit scampers back and dives for his crease as a direct hit takes out all three stumps. Rohit is narrowly over the crease but that is a wake up call. Gill finally gets the scoreboard ticking over with the first boundary of the innings through extra cover. A lovely stroke! A single to backward square puts Rohit on strike and he dispatches a fuller ball over square leg to the rope.
2nd over: India 1-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 0) Josh Hazlewood begins with a maiden and no surprise that India are cautious against the metronomic Australian quick after he caused the top order so much trouble in Perth. Rohit leaves the second ball of the over and is fortunate to watch it bounce over middle and off – but that was close.
1st over: India 1-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 0) Mitchell Starc takes some time to get his inswinger firing and Rohit is content to defend to the off side. The former India skipper eventually chases a wider ball but fails to make contact. A straight delivery allows Rohit to clip a single off his pads as Gill times his first ball with Starc finally getting movement in the air.
The players are in position at a sunny Adelaide Oval and Mitchell Starc has the nostrils flaring at the top of his mark. Here we go for the second ODI between Australia and India …
Greg Boyle wins the race to drop in the first email of the afternoon. And he’s talking to the right person about wanting to see Cooper Connolly given more of a chance – with bat and ball – to impress.
“I’d like to get a better look at Cooper Connolly. He’s a young bloke who is copping it a bit with a general perception that he’s lucky to be in the side. The selectors clearly think he’s got a bit of something about him. I hope for his sake he can have a big break through knock and show the cricketing public what he’s about.”
ICYMI overnight: Australia’s all-conquering women’s team continued on their merry way at the Cricket World Cup, this time with a commanding victory over England. Raf Nicholson reports – through gritted teeth – on the game.
Ever get the feeling of deja vu? In Indore on Wednesday, Australia took up where they had left off at the MCG in January: Alana King bowled unplayable balls, Annabel Sutherland and Ash Gardner piled on the runs, and one side left the other for dust. It is the World Cup instead of the Ashes, but the result – a six-wicket win for Australia, with 57 balls to spare – was horribly familiar.
Virat Kohli – and perhaps Rohit Sharma – is thought to be on his last tour of Australia and can turn to fond memories of previous visits to Adelaide Oval. The India star famously hit twin centuries in a Test at the iconic venue in 2014, though might be more concerned with getting off the mark today after a duck in the ODI series opener.
The 36-year-old has had a love-hate relationship at times with fans on these shores, but surely shirt colours won’t matter today for what is expected to be his last international innings in Adelaide. Dan Gallan looks at the players – like Kohli – who appeal to opposition fans as much as their own.
Kohli’s numbers in Australia speak for themselves. Against the Aussies in one-day internationals he has piled up 2,451 runs in 51 matches at an average north of 53. In Tests he’s tallied 2,232 runs at 43.76 in 30 outings. His nine hundreds are the most he registered against any opposition and his twin-ton display in Adelaide in 2014 stands as one of the greatest individual performances in the country. Like a true blue Aussie he leaned into the fight and gave as good as he got.
India XI
Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
Kuldeep Yadav remains a surprise omission and Shubman is hopeful of a better showing with the bat than India produced in Perth.
Looks like a pretty good surface. We would have bowled first as well. It’s never easy when the rain coming in and out [in Perth], starting and stopping, but hopefully the weather looks good today and we’ll have no stoppage.
Batting first you know hopefully we get plenty of runs on the board. We’re going with the same team.
Australia XI
Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Alex Carey returns behind the stumps with Josh Philippe unlucky to make way after a strong perhaps with the gloves and with the bat in Perth. Xavier Bartlett gets his opportunity at the expense of Nathan Ellis. Adam Zampa is in for Matthew Kuhnemann.
The Australia skipper is all smiles after his powerful knock and victory in the series opener.
I think everyone loves to play here. We always get amazing crowds and hopefully both teams can put on a great show for what’s expected to be a big crowd today.
Toss
Australia captain Mitch Marsh wins the toss for the second time in the series and once again elects to field. The sun is shining and the pitch looks like a tasty one for the batters, but India captain Shubman Gill admits he would have preferred to bowl this afternoon.
Preamble
Martin Pegan
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the second one-day international between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval. With this a short and sharp three-match ODI series, the hosts are just one win away from securing victory after easing through the first meeting on Sunday.
The summer of cricket got off to a damp start in Perth with the ODI interrupted multiple times by rain but the forecast is much more promising today in Adelaide and both sides should be allocated the full 50 overs. India were unlikely to see out their overs in Perth even before the game was reduced to 26 overs, with their top order unable to handle the pace and bounce of Josh Hazlewood (2/20), Mitchell Starc (1/22) and Nathan Ellis (1/29).
KL Rahul (38) and Axar Patel (31) lifted the tourists to a competitive total but India – and perhaps even Australia – fans will be hoping that Virat Kohli can have more impact on his farewell tour after being caught for a rare ODI duck in Perth. Australia captain Mitchell Marsh (46no) and the impressive Josh Philippe (37) made light work of the chase as the hosts won by seven wickets.
First ball will be at 2pm local time in Adelaide / 2.30pm AEDT / 9am IDT. The toss and team news will be coming up shortly. Meanwhile, let us know your thoughts and predictions – shoot me an email or find me @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
