The young Indian (IND) and Australian (AUS) teams are set to lock horns against each other in the 2nd T20I of the five-match bilateral series at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. India chased their highest-ever T20I total of 209 when in a last-ball thriller and won the 1st match by 2 wickets.
The young Indian T20 side led by Suryakumar Yadav has some explosive batters in their side who showed their mettle in the last game by chasing down a mammoth total of 209 runs. Suryakumar Yadav led the chase with a match-winning 80 runs in just 42 balls along with Ishan Kishan’s 39-ball 58 runs and Rinku Singh’s not-out knock of 22 in just 14 deliveries.
On the bowling front, Mukesh Sharma was the only shining light who bowled well in the death and landed perfect Yorkers to give just 5 runs in the penultimate over of the first innings. For Australia Jos Inglis hit his maiden century and Steve Smith chipped in with a half-century which in the end proved to be a bit short.
Match Details: IND vs AUS 2nd T20I
Date and Time: Sunday, Nov 26, 2023, 07:00 PM IST
Venue: Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Live Streaming: JioCinema
Broadcast: Sports18 Network
Pitch and Playing Conditions
The Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram is a scenic ground with a beautiful view but the records of the previous T20Is played here don’t show the pitch to be a high-scoring one where in the 3 matches played here so far, 114 has been the average score with the team batting second winning 2 of the 3 matches.
But in the last ODI that India played here, they scored a mammoth 390 runs against Sri Lanka in the first innings and then bundled them out for just 73 winning the match by 317 runs. So, it would be better to wait for the toss and then make your team by the pitch on the match day.
According to AccuWeather, the temperature will hover around 25 degrees Celsius during the game and the skies will mostly be clear with a 25% chance of shower.
Probable PlayingXI
India
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, Ravi Bishnoi.
Australia
Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (c & wk), Sean Abbott, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha.
Grand League Team
Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Ishan Kishan
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Yashashvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tim David
All-Rounders: Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis
Captain- Suryakumar Yadav
Vice-Captain- Yashasvi Jaiswal
Head-to-Head Team
Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Ishan Kishan
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Yashashvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tim David
All-Rounders: Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis
Captain- Suryakumar Yadav
Vice-Captain- Ravi Bishnoi