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Australia’s Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh after the win in 2nd ODI vs India (AP)
Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh smashed unbeaten fifties to document Australia’s third-fastest ODI chase by way of overs
Australia thrashed India by record-breaking 10 wickets within the second ODI of the three-match collection on the Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc within the first inning because the left-arm pacer emerged as the primary architect of India’s fourth-lowest complete at dwelling, claiming his ninth five-wicket haul in ODI cricket. Then got here the Aussie openers, who smashed the Indian bowlers all around the park to assist the guests etch their names within the historical past books.
India vs Australia, 2nd ODI – HIGHLIGHTS
A ferocious Mitchell Marsh cracked an unbeaten 66 in 36 balls, a knock that included six sixes, whereas Travis Head made 51 not out to get the vacationers over the end line.
Australia recorded their third-fastest chase, by way of overs, as they obtained over the road in simply 11 overs.
Head and Marsh’s partnership of 121 runs from simply 66 balls, at a run charge of 11, the third-highest run-rates in ODI century opening partnerships.
In truth, that is the quickest {that a} complete has been chased down in opposition to India in ODIs, by way of overs bowled, with the earlier document being 14.four overs when New Zealand chased down 93/2 in Hamilton, 2019.
In chasing 118, Head clipped and flayed off Siraj for a brace of fours within the second over. Marsh continued from the place he left off within the first ODI at Mumbai, beginning by punching Shami between cowl and level for 4, adopted by lofting over mid-on within the third over.
He welcomed Siraj by standing tall to flay previous cowl earlier than Head pulled a brief ball from him by way of sq. leg for the second 4 of the fourth over. Marsh’s dominance continued by flicking, punching and pulling Shami for 2 fours and a six within the fifth over.
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Head took it to a different degree by pulling Siraj twice, aside from flicking and punching for 4 straight boundaries within the sixth over. Axar’s introduction within the seventh over couldn’t cease Marsh as he creamed a drive by way of cowl for 4.
He then welcomed Hardik by slamming a six down the bottom, adopted by clubbing back-to-back sixes over deep mid-wicket and long-on to achieve his fifty in simply 28 balls. Head feasted on Axar’s deliveries with a minimize by way of level and whipped previous quick high-quality leg to get back-to-back boundaries because the opening partnership raised its century in simply 8.5 overs.
Marsh welcomed Kuldeep Yadav by pulling him to the second tier over deep midwicket for six earlier than Head went again to tug by way of the identical area for 4. After being dropped by Shami working in from long-on, Head obtained his fifty in 29 balls. Marsh completed off the chase in 11 overs with a sq. drive by way of level off Axar for a boundary to finish Australia’s drubbing of India.
(With inputs from Businesses)
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