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Video: Rain spoils India’s series-levelling hopes in Melbourne

No result was possible in Melbourne after rain forced the second T20I between India and Australia to be abandoned.

After being put into bat, Australia lost skipper Aaron Finch for a first-ball duck to Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Chris Lynn departed soon after to Khaleel Ahmed, caught at deep cover for 13

D’Arcy Short’s departure two overs later for 14 – cleaned up by Khaleel – meant Australia slumped to 35/3. That became 41/4 when Marcus Stoinis was sent packing by Jasprit Bumrah for 4

Ben McDermott then put in a rescue act scoring 32 off 30. He was ably supported by Nathan Coulter-Nile, who made 18 off 9

But rain halted play with Australia at 132/7 in 19 overs. 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

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