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IND vs AUS 2023 | Gill, Iyer, Suryakumar Set Up Big Win As IND Seal Series At Indore

image-lmxnyai1Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer raised a 200-run stand in second ODI (BCCI)

Team India steamrolled Australia with an exemplary display of all-round performance in the second ODI to seal their three-match series with a game to spare. After Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav scythed through the visitors’ bowling attack, India’s spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took the life out of Australia in a one-sided rain-affected run-chase.

India’s ‘S’ power comes to the fore, mounts 399

Indian opener Shubman Gill and number three Shreyas Iyer plundered identical centuries in their 200-run second-wicket stand after Ruturaj Gaikwad’s early dismissal. Their thunderous partnership paved way for others to unleash an all-out assault at the death, with Suryakumar Yadav’s scintillating 37-ball 72* lifting India to a near 400-run total.

Remarkably, Gill and Iyer were not the only centurions from the high-scoring innings. A rampaging Indian batting line-up, especially Suryakumar Yadav, clattered Australia’s Cameron Green to all corners of Indore’s Holkar Stadium as the all-rounder finished with figures of 2-103.

Captain KL Rahul and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan also unfurled a blazing display of aggressive stroke-making from their ends as Team India mounted 399-5, their highest against Australia, from their 50 overs.

Apart from Green’s costly two-fer, pacers Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott and team’s primary spinner Adam Zampa also took home a wicket each.

Warner’s 53 holds little weight to India’s spin might

India’s new-ball pacer Prasidh Krishna celebrated his return to ODI lore by dismissing Matthew Short and ace batter Steve Smith off successive deliveries in his first over of the run-chase. The speedster’s sublime new-ball gambit received further assistance from spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.

David Warner, on the other hand, remained unfazed from team’s early jolts and produced a scintillating half-century. The dynamic southpaw whacked seven boundaries and a six from 39 balls before he was done in by Ashwin to leave his side’s monumental quest at 100-4.

After rain interruptions revised Australia’s target to 317 in a 33-over innings, Ashwin and Jadeja dismantled the visitors to 140-8 in 20.4 overs. Sean Abbott at number eight provided some entertainment for the crowd thereafter, but his sparkling 36-ball 54 merely reduced Australia’s defeat margin to 99 runs.

With the series already in India’s bag, the two white-ball titans will now collide in a dead-rubber at Rajkot on September 27 to conclude all their pre-World Cup 2023 assignments.

Brief Scores:

India: 399-5 (50)
Shreyas Iyer 105 (90), Shubman Gill 104 (97)
Cameron Green 2-103 (10), Josh Hazlewood 1-62 (10)

Australia: 217 (28.2)
Sean Abbott 54 (36), David Warner 53 (39)
Ravichandran Ashwin 3-41 (7), Ravindra Jadeja 3-42 (5.2)

India won by 99 runs (DLS method), take 2-0 lead in the series