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Australia vs India | 2nd ODI: Match Preview, Predicted XI & Dream11 Fantasy Picks

Abhishek Singh

It is going to be a do or die affair for India to remain relevant in the ODI series ahead of the long Australian summer when they take on the Aussies in the 2nd game at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 29th November, Sunday. All eyes would be fixed on how Virat Kohli’s men come back from the humiliating defeat in the first ODI where they lost against some quality batting show from the entire Australian batting order.

The Indian team would be looking to get past the hurdle of playing in the T20 mould in a 50-over game. As was evident in the match, the first 20 overs was when the Indian team looked a bit in control, but post that, it was all Australia. Similarly while batting in the second innings, the batsmen didn’t look to apply themselves and always seemed in hurry. Even the Indian captain agreed to that in the post-match presentation saying, “The body language after 25-26 overs was disappointing.”


The sixth bowler problem

“We'll have to find out ways of getting a few overs from a few part-timers in the side,” said the captain indicating that the Indian team is in dire need of a batsman who could bowl. 

“Unfortunately, Hardik is not ready to bowl yet so we have to accept that and work around it. That is an area we have looked at, which is a very big part of any team balance,” he added, very openly also admitting that apart from Hardik Pandya, there isn’t actually anyone in the squad, who could bowl. 

In such a situation, the team needs to find a way out by playing someone who could do both the jobs, but as of now, options are hard to come by. Playing Natarajan in place of Saini is one option to try and mitigate the death bowling, but that still does not solve the problem at hand. India could have turned towards someone like Hanuma Vihari, but a stacked middle order in Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey meant that Vihari could not make the cut for the limited-overs game.

 

Australia will go all guns blazing

While the Indian team had plenty of problems to deal with, Australia has none barring the freak injury of Marcus Stoinis. The form of Starc in the initial overs seemed to be a worrying factor, but the left-arm quick, in his later spells gave full assurance to the team that he is up and running. So instead of keeping the series alive, all that the Aussies would look for is killing it right here in Sydney, before moving to the capital in Canberra for the last game. 

Aus vs Ind: Match Details

2nd ODI

Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Broadcast: SonyLIV, Sony Ten Network, DD Sports

Date and Timing: November 27, 09:10 IST, 03:40 GMT

Pitch Report

The pitch in Sydney was a proper flat deck, offering almost nothing to the bowlers until they hit the deck very hard and bowled into it instead of trying to get some assistance like swing or seam. The odd ball did hold up in the second innings, giving an indication that if the same wicket is used in the second game, it might come to the aid of the spinners.

Weather and Toss

On Friday, Sydney recorded record temperatures hovering close to 40 degrees Celsius. While there are predictions of abundant cloud cover on Sunday with 20 per cent chances of precipitation, the captains should look to bat first if they win the toss. 

Team News

Australia

Marcus Stoinis was forced to leave midway through the second innings due to a side strain and might not be available for the second game, although a final call would only be taken post the assessment today evening. If he doesn’t play, then the fight for his place in the team is a really tough one between Cameroon Green and Moises Henriques. 

Henriques, with his experience of both having represented Australia in the past as well as of playing at Sydney (New South Wales), would be more favoured than the 21-year-old Western Australian. 

Strongest XI

Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa

India

The Indian team will need to come up with a plan B for this game, but first of all the captain will need to get back in form. Virat Kohli's dreadful average of 9 at the SCG was not helped last evening when he came out to bat, despite him looking in good touch. 

There are no injuries as such, however, there might just happen a change where Natrajan might be tried in place of Saini who had a very bad day registering his worst figures in ODI cricket. Kuldeep Yadav could be tried, but knowing Virat Kohli and the administration, it is very unlikely that India will play three spinners or for that matter two wrist spinners together.

Strongest XI

Mayank Agarwal, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, T. Natarajan

Australia vs India: Dream11 fantasy team suggestions

David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Glenn Maxwell, Hardik Pandya, Pat Cummins, Mohammed Shami, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa

Captain: Steve Smith

Vice-captain: David Warner

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