Team India alongside skipper Suryakumar Yadav left from Vishakhapatnam to reach Thiruvananthapuram ahead of the second IND vs AUS T20 encounter. Under the leadership of their new skipper Suryakumar Yadav, team India defeated Australia in the first IND vs AUS T20 match. To note, the Men in Blue completed their highest run-chase in T20s to go 1-0 in the 5-match series against the Aussies on Thursday.
The IND vs AUS second T20 match will be played on Sunday (November 26). The match is slated to take place at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. As mentioned above, Suryakumar Yadav and Co. won the first match by 2 wickets in a massive chase of 209 runs.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav was lethal with the bat in the IND vs AUS 1st T20. Apart from him, Ishan Kishan also smashed a blazing fifty with the bat. The match got a bit tensed towards the ending phase. However, team India’s new finisher Rinku Singh got his team over the line. The home team will look to continue the winning momentum in the second IND vs AUS T20 clash on Sunday.
Aussies looking to bounce back
Meanwhile, the Australian cricket team also departed from Vishakhapatnam to reach for the second IND vs AUS clash. After losing the first match, team Australia will look to bounce back in the second match. For Australia, Josh Inglish was in the beast form as he completed his maiden T20I century. However, it was not enough to defeat team India in the series opener.
Predicted XIs:
India (IND): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal/Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube/Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar.
Australia (AUS): Mathew Wade, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Aaron Hardie, Nathan Ellis, Kane Richardson/Sean Abbott, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa.