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In pics: India vs Australia, 2nd T20I

India's bid to level their Twenty20 series with Australia was ruined by rain on Friday, with the match in Melbourne abandoned after the home team struggled to 132-7.

After being put into bat, Australia lost skipper Aaron Finch for a first-ball duck to Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Getty Image)


Chris Lynn departed soon after to Khaleel Ahmed, caught at deep cover for 13 (Getty Image)


D’Arcy Short’s departure two overs later for 14 – cleaned up by Khaleel – meant Australia slumped to 35/3 (Getty Image)


That became 41/4 when Marcus Stoinis was sent packing by Jasprit Bumrah for 4 (Getty Image)


Ben McDermott then put in a rescue act scoring 32 off 30 (Getty Image)


He was ably supported by Nathan Coulter-Nile, who made 18 off 9 (Getty Image)


But rain halted play with Australia at 132/7 in 19 overs (Getty Image)


No further play was possible as rain continued to play spoilsport and the match ended in no result, with Australia leading the series 1-0 with one more match to go (Getty Image)


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