Published: Oct 10, 2017, 05:30 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 10, 2017, 10:06 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the second T20I tie between India and Australia. The match will be held at the newly built Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Tuesday.We, at CricketCountry, will bring all the live updates as well as interesting posts from the social media space. India will want to seal the series here by winning the first-ever international game at this stadium. Australia, on the other, hand will be hopeful of levelling the series. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs Australia 2017, 2nd ODI at Guwahati
India edged past Australia in the first T20I at Ranchi, where the duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav spun the opponents into ruins. As has been the case, the visitors suffered a batting collapse and managed 118 for 8 before rain spelled mercy. They did get some luck from DLS method as India were set a stiff target of 46 from 6 overs. India went on to win the tie by 9 wickets and take a 1-0 lead.
This will be first T20I match Barsapara Stadium. The curator Mukut Kalita has promised a batting track that will make for an exciting view for the fans and spectators alike. “Our best effort is to make the match memorable by making a wicket full of runs. We have seen this wicket favour spinners in the domestic cricket but for tomorrow, I hope it would produce a lot of runs,” he said.
On a good note, Guwahati waited for a long time to host a International cricket match. The last match played in the city was about 7years ago, when India beat New Zealand in an ODI at the Nehru Stadium in 2010.
A win here for the India will see them seal another series, while Australia will hope to take the T20I series till its very conclusion at Hyderabad.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (WK), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Akshar Patel
Australia: David Warner (c), Marcus Stoinis, Jason Behrendorff, Daniel Christian, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Tim Paine (wk), Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Andrew Tye
