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[onrise]

Edit: While I'm typing Jadeja gives the required breakthrough, Labuschagne gone for 46. AUS still need 163 runs in 19 overs
2 more quick wickets, Carey and Smith gone. Aus 222/5

Australia denied the century for Dhawan and now they picked the wicket of Smith denying his century as well and now it is a big task for Australia to win the match as they need over 10 runs per over and it is impossible with the batting power they have but this is T20 era and anything is possible but i am not expecting any upset from this situation as i am hoping India will level the series with this match. For me KL Rahul is the player of the match as he contributed the runs for India to post this huge total.

Smith fall at 98 is the big blow to OZ as now India is back in the game as OZ still require 99 runs in 53 balls with 5 wickets in hand. Two new batsman at pitch and chasing such big score is not going to be easy as asking rate after every over is rising and this batsman do not have time to settle down.

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[tsaroz]

Edit: While I'm typing Jadeja gives the required breakthrough, Labuschagne gone for 46. AUS still need 163 runs in 19 overs
2 more quick wickets, Carey and Smith gone. Aus 222/5

Australia denied the century for Dhawan and now they picked the wicket of Smith denying his century as well and now it is a big task for Australia to win the match as they need over 10 runs per over and it is impossible with the batting power they have but this is T20 era and anything is possible but i am not expecting any upset from this situation as i am hoping India will level the series with this match. For me KL Rahul is the player of the match as he contributed the runs for India to post this huge total.

The game is getting more nerve wrecking. India seriously needs wicket if they want to be in the game. Agar and Turner are playing impressively and 82 runs from 42 ball are easily doable. Getting a couple of wicket on any time could just turn the run rate down.

Edit: As I write it Turner is bold by Md Shammi.

[erikalui]

Smith has gone and now 6th wicket gone. It's now I feel confident that India have a chance.

7th wicket gone yayyyy

80 runs and 3 wickets 😊

[SaShiRaJaVu]

KL Rahul is playing the floater role in the team as he does not have a fixed position and if he is able to keep the wickets then they should go with him rather than experimenting in that position with many players who are not delivering.

It is true that KL Rahul was a best option behind the wicket and with the form he is in right now he should be in the team and he is keeping the wicket as a full time keeper and he is doing better than Pant and it is really good to see him filling the spot which was vacant for a long time after Dhoni vacated the spot and hopefully India can add another player who could perform rather than experimenting further in crucial matches.

Australia still have Ashton Turner who can hit the ball really well and won matches for Australia and Western Australia in the past with his batting power and if he can deliver then it is still a possibility for Australia to win the match.

He might have won matches in the past but now he is gone and Shami took two wickets in two balls and there is no way Australia is going to win in this match .

[CrisTofar]

India Vs Australia 2nd ODI match  India won by 36 runs. Great bowling today Mohammad Shami he taken 3 wickets
Now Series 1-1

[mersal]

For me KL Rahul is the player of the match as he contributed the runs for India to post this huge total.

KL Rahul is playing the floater role in the team as he does not have a fixed position and if he is able to keep the wickets then they should go with him rather than experimenting in that position with many players who are not delivering. Australia still have Ashton Turner who can hit the ball really well and won matches for Australia and Western Australia in the past with his batting power and if he can deliver then it is still a possibility for Australia to win the match.

I feel like KL Rahul is more better player compared to Pant so in future he might have a fixed position in the batting order.Pandey again wasted his chance and he may not get those golden chances again in life since many young talents are waiting at the bench and also in the first class cricket teams.

Revenge has been done with clean sweep on OZ and they lost all the wickets.KL was awarded as man of the match.

[erikalui]

India Vs Australia 2nd ODI match  India won by 36 runs. Great bowling today Mohammad Shami he taken 3 wickets
Now Series 1-1

So happy! Finally a nail-biting match to see where both teams were head-on and I had hopes that if Smith goes, Australia will then keep crawling and the score was too much to chase. Rahul was chosen as a  MoM but felt Dhawan deserved it as he hit 13 4s but they went on SR. Fair enough! 304 was pretty close and few sixes would have brought it down to the last ball. Alls well that ends well.

[pakhitheboss]

India Vs Australia 2nd ODI match  India won by 36 runs. Great bowling today Mohammad Shami he taken 3 wickets
Now Series 1-1

I would like to say brilliant performance by team Indian and fantastic batting by K L Rahul and Virat Kohli. Good to see these batsmen bat. Now the third match will be very interesting to watch.

[Clement Kaliyar]

So happy! Finally a nail-biting match to see where both teams were head-on and I had hopes that if Smith goes, Australia will then keep crawling and the score was too much to chase. Rahul was chosen as a  MoM but felt Dhawan deserved it as he hit 13 4s but they went on SR. Fair enough! 304 was pretty close and few sixes would have brought it down to the last ball. Alls well that ends well.

KL Rahul is the real match winner here as he played an incredible innings to take the score above 340, if not for his wonderful innings striking at over 150 India would have fell short around 310 and that would have been an easy chase for Australia as they have the players to chase the total without much pressure but since the target is high they will have to tackle the pressure and that helped India in picking up the wickets. The final ODI is in Bangalore and i am hoping Kohli will perform well once again in his hometown and win the series for India .

[onrise]

India Vs Australia 2nd ODI match  India won by 36 runs. Great bowling today Mohammad Shami he taken 3 wickets
Now Series 1-1

I would like to say brilliant performance by team Indian and fantastic batting by K L Rahul and Virat Kohli. Good to see these batsmen bat. Now the third match will be very interesting to watch.

This was good comeback by team India and good batting display by both the teams. India by winning this match has made the final match more interesting which would be in Bangalore  . Rahul was the right choice for the Mano of the match . Bumrah really restricted the OZ batsman and this created some pressure to hit and lost wickets in the same.

[7788bitcoin]

This was good comeback by team India and good batting display by both the teams. India by winning this match has made the final match more interesting which would be in Bangalore  . Rahul was the right choice for the Mano of the match . Bumrah really restricted the OZ batsman and this created some pressure to hit and lost wickets in the same.

The pattern of India loosing and coming back from behind continues and i am following these for sometime, they will loose a match in every series and then they will come back from behind and win the series, it will make an interesting series for sure, but if you take a look at all the past series in the past one year the same pattern continues, they will drop a match and come back and win the series.

[mersal]

This was good comeback by team India and good batting display by both the teams. India by winning this match has made the final match more interesting which would be in Bangalore  . Rahul was the right choice for the Mano of the match . Bumrah really restricted the OZ batsman and this created some pressure to hit and lost wickets in the same.

The pattern of India loosing and coming back from behind continues and i am following these for sometime, they will loose a match in every series and then they will come back from behind and win the series, it will make an interesting series for sure, but if you take a look at all the past series in the past one year the same pattern continues, they will drop a match and come back and win the series.

I guess Indians are more interested in taking revenge than hitting the enemy at first,just fun fact.

Bangalore match is really going to be more high scoring than this because it was the smallest ground of India and highly assist batsmen.

[akhjob]

Bangalore match is really going to be more high scoring than this because it was the smallest ground of India and highly assist batsmen.

Yeah most definitely. If IND hadn't won this match, it wouldn't be much interesting to watch the final match at Chinnaswamy Stadium. It's where Rohit hit his double ton and Kohli's IPL home ground, so we can expect some fireworks


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[Haunebu]

The pattern of India loosing and coming back from behind continues and i am following these for sometime, they will loose a match in every series and then they will come back from behind and win the series, it will make an interesting series for sure, but if you take a look at all the past series in the past one year the same pattern continues, they will drop a match and come back and win the series.

Noticed this pattern too though it remains to be seen if the can finish this series on a high note like the previous ones. As expected, Australia is way too reliant on their top order(Warner, Finch, Smith and Marnus). The middle order needs to improve just like the Indian middle order.

Bumrah really restricted the OZ batsman and this created some pressure to hit and lost wickets in the same.

This is the crucial part. Many people are underestimating the pressure that he created on the batsmen basically helping other bowlers claim wickets even though he claimed a single scalp himself. Boom Boom Bumrah is back in form!

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[pakhitheboss]

The last meme exactly matches to what has happened after the last ODI. I now feel pant will now become a standby wicket keeper. This shows how you can lose your spot if you do not perform in Indian cricket.

[ene1980]

The last meme exactly matches to what has happened after the last ODI. I now feel pant will now become a standby wicket keeper. This shows how you can lose your spot if you do not perform in Indian cricket.

I watched the highlights and some live and i was really impressed by the wicket keeping skills of KL Rahul and i wonder why they did not pick him as a keeper rather than testing other players even thought he is performing in the team as a batsman for a few series. His skills was evident with his precise stumping and the catches he took behind the stumps are top class and i have seen videos where Pant usually misses catches and stumping in the past and Rahul is the perfect solution for a long time as he can play all the formats.

[sureshnsnet]

Yesterday match was totally dominated by Indian team from beginning and middle of match Australia got some changes to get back but the kuldeep and shami not gives any changes for Australia team they are getting wickets when India team needs right place totally team efforts gives great win to team inida and I am really excited from kl Rahul performance.

[Sithara007]

The last meme exactly matches to what has happened after the last ODI. I now feel pant will now become a standby wicket keeper. This shows how you can lose your spot if you do not perform in Indian cricket.

I don't agree with it. It is true that Rishabh Pant is under a lot of pressure and he is not performing. But at the same time, KL Rahul is a part-time wicket keeper and he can't really replace Pant in the team on a permanent basis. It may affect his batting, and as of now Rahul is an important component of the batting lineup. Pant can be replaced by Sanju Samson or Ishan Kishan, but not by KL Rahul.

[onrise]

The last meme exactly matches to what has happened after the last ODI. I now feel pant will now become a standby wicket keeper. This shows how you can lose your spot if you do not perform in Indian cricket.

Sheer coincidence that previously in between too Rahul Dravid had done wicketkeeping and was a batsman and now we have Rahul again who is keeping and a batsman too. But yes India now has some talent with them and if not performed they would be replaced soon by some others. So one has to keep performing and be in the team squad.