India-Australia Indore ODI: Shubhman Gill, Shreyas Iyer Hit Brilliant Tons As Team India Clinch Series

 

Indore: Team India defeated Australia by 99 runs in the second match of the ODI series in Indore. With this victory, India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. 

 

Not only this, the India has maintained its unbeaten record at Holkar Stadium in Indore. This is the 7th consecutive win of the Indian team on this ground. The team has played only 7 matches here.

On Sunday, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl. Team India, batting first, scored 399 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. While chasing the target of 400 runs, Australia was bundled out for 217 runs in 28.2 overs.

This is India's biggest score in ODI cricket against Australia. Earlier, the Indian team had scored 383 runs in Bengaluru in 2013.

KL Rahul, and Surya score half-centuries

 
Australia won the toss and chose bowling. Indian openers Shubhman Gill (104 runs) and Shreyas Iyer (105 runs) played century innings, while KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav scored half-centuries.

Iyer's innings included 11 fours and 3 sixes

 

Shreyas Iyer, who came to play at number three, scored the third century of his ODI career. He was out after scoring 105 runs on 90 balls. Iyer's innings included 11 fours and 3 sixes.

 

Surya hit 6 fours and 6 sixes

Suryakumar Yadav scored fifty for the second consecutive match. This is Surya's fourth ODI half century. He played an unbeaten inning of 72 runs. He scored runs on 37 balls at a strike rate of 194.59. Surya's innings included 6 fours and 6 sixes.

Captain KL Rahul played a half-century innings. He scored the 15th half-century of his ODI career. Rahul was out after scoring 52 runs. He scored runs on 38 balls at a strike rate of 136.84. Rahul's innings included 3 fours and 3 sixes.

Cameron Green took 2 wickets from the Australian team. Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott and Adam Zampa got one wicket each.

David Warner's 30th Fifty

 

Australian opener David Warner batted restrainedly. He scored the 30th fifty of his ODI career. Warner was out after scoring 53 runs on 39 balls. He scored runs with the help of 7 fours and one six at a strike rate of 135.90.

Prasidh Krishna gave early shock to Kangaroos

The Australian team, which set out to chase the target of 400 runs, did not have a good start. Within ten runs, two batsmen of the team were out and had returned to the pavilion. India's fast bowler Prasidh Krishna dismissed Matthew Short and Steve Smith.