Australia Crush India To Win The 3-Match Dettol ODI Series 2-0!
India have not
learnt any lesson from the first match in terms of improving body language,
intensity on the field and the basic will to win, despite the second one-day
international being the decisive one in the 3-match Dettol ODI Series. The team
management reposed full faith on them by fielding the same team, not even
replacing anyone in the bowling line-up, prominently Chahal and Saini. To make
matters worse Virat Kohli lost the toss again, offering the platter one more
time to the hosts to make hay. And they did exactly that.
The formidable Aussies
even bettered the target of 375 set in the first match by scoring 389/4 in the
allotted 50 overs in the second ODI in Sydney today, with Maxwell coming up
again with a quickfire unbeaten 63, and Labuschagne dampening the Indian cause further
by scoring 70 odd runs. The Australian batsmen displayed a repeat show of grand
batting with effortless ease, making the ball run to the boundary at the
slightest touch as often as they preferred and to all sides of the park. Indian
fielders were seen mostly running haplessly around, perhaps in a surrealistic
frame of mind, not knowing what was happening around them.
The Indian reply
was nothing much to write home about. Despite Kohli’s 89 , Rahul’s 76 and the Pandya-Jadeja
summary fireworks. They finished for 338/9 in 50 overs. For Indian fans the frustration
of the first ODI doubled up today having to watch a numbing flop show by their
favorite stars, yet again, and the cause lost as Australia have taken an unassailable
2-0 lead in the 3-match Series, making the third match in Canberra on 2nd
December inconsequential. Australia’s tight length bowling almost throughout and
super catching should be revelations for the seemingly squeezed-up Indians. Although
the margin of victory is only 51 runs,
Australia have effectively crushed India in all aspects of the game, and exacted sweet revenge for the home ODI Series loss in 2018-19. Steve Smith was the Man of the Match for the second time for his back to back tons.
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