Australia beat India in 2nd ODI of Bilateral Series played in 2016

India was scheduled to play a 5 Match One Day international series in Australia in 2016. This series was important as both teams were preparing for the T 20 World Cup to be played later in India in 2016. The 2nd One Day international match was to be played on The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia on 15th Jan, 2016.

India won the toss and opts to bat first, this is how Indian team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd One Day international match: MS D (c & wk), Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,M Pandey, Umesh Yadav, B Sran.

And Australian team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd One Day international match: George Bailey, Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Steven Smith (c), Mitchell Marsh, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, Joel Paris, Scott Boland

India again started very well and played aggressively to set total of 308 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and top score again by R Sharma who made 124 runs in 127 balls with 11 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 98 runs in 100 balls and V kohli made 59 runs in 67 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 88 runs in 100 balls and A Rahane made 89 runs in 80 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 111 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 309 runs in 50 over’s to won this 2nd one day international match and take 2-0 lead with 3 more games to play in this 5 match One Day international series..

Australia batted very well and was able to chase the total in only 49 over’s at the loss of 3 wickets only and top scored by G Bailey made 76 runs in 58 balls with 7 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 131 runs in 100 balls and Skipper S Smith who made 46 runs in 47 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 98 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 7 wickets and R Sharma was the man of the match.

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