Leading 1-0 within the three-match ODI sequence, India suffered a humiliating defeat by the hands of Australia within the second ODI in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. After being bundled out for 117 runs inside solely 26 overs, India suffered defeat with all 10 of Australia’s wickets intact and 234 balls to spare, probably the most in India’s males’s ODI historical past. The earlier worst match was towards New Zealand in January 2019 with 212 balls to spare.
Skipper Rohit Sharma regarded dejected after the match, saying, “It’s disappointing that we didn’t apply ourselves with the bat.” Didn’t get sufficient runs on the board. It was not 117 wickets. Kept dropping wickets constantly and attributable to this we weren’t getting the runs that we needed.
Explaining the fast fall of wickets, the Indian skipper additional stated, “Once we misplaced Shubman within the first over, me and Virat scored 30-35 in fast succession. But then I misplaced my wicket and we misplaced, we misplaced two wickets in a row. Due to which we got here on the again foot. It is all the time tough to return again from that place. Today was not our day.
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While the pair of Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head struck half-centuries within the chase, it was left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc who laid the inspiration for Australia’s victory, taking 4 wickets within the powerplay and ending the innings along with his ninth ODI fifty, the primary in India.
Rohit stated after the match, ‘Stark is one of the best bowler.’ “He’s doing it for Australia with the new ball. He kept bowling according to his strength. Swinging the new ball and taking the odd ball away. Kept the batsmen guessing.”
On Mitchell Marsh, who has now scored back-to-back fifties for Australia within the absence of David Warner, Rohit stated, “Marsh has to be one of the top players when it comes to power hitting. He pats himself on the back every time he does this. Definitely in the top 3 and 4 when it comes to power hitting.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
