India had a rather horrific start to their ODI series against Australia, and will now be looking to restore their pride and strike back during their second encounter. This match will take place at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Friday.
The first match, held in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, did not go well for the ‘Men in Blue’, with Australia dominating them at every turn. Captain Virat Kohli’s strategy to put himself further down the batting order did not work as he might have anticipated, rather exposing India’s weakness lower down the order.
Manish Pandey’s last ODI match for India was back in September 2018 against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup.
That @imVkohli will bat no. 3 today is a no-brainer after the thrashing India got in the first match. But apart from batting ordet, will there be changes in the composition of the team too?
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) January 17, 2020
#INDvAUS ODIs are almost always close encounters.
The first ODI was an exception. Will the second be one too? pic.twitter.com/XCwSA1SUcq
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2020
KL Rahul will start as wicket-keeper. Rishabh Pant is replaced by Manish Pandey and Navdeep Saini comes in place of Shardul Thakur.
A look at the Playing XI for #INDvAUS
Manish Pandey and Navdeep Saini come in, in place of Pant and Shardul Thakur respectively.
Rishabh Pant is undergoing his rehabilitation protocol at the National Cricket Academy. pic.twitter.com/FaT5yuMLp5
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 17, 2020
Playing XI
Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul(w), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
Toss Update
Australia have won the toss and opted to field first.
Australia wins the toss and elects to bowl first in the 2nd ODI against #TeamIndia.#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/VJk8YB30P7
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 17, 2020
