Australia win by two wickets, with 22 balls to spare
That’s the series 2-0 to Australia, with one to play in Sydney on Saturday. They get the win, and it never really felt as close as the final margin suggests. At 132 for 4, maybe, when Carey fell, or 187 for 5 when it was Short getting out, those were the points when it might have been close. But Connolly settled things down after the Carey wicket, and Owen counterpunched so effectively after Short was out that he more or less finished the contest then and there. India had a slight chance at the end but not enough runs to play with. Even another 10 runs added to that target could have made that last passage of play much nervier.
Connolly on the telly says that he looked calm but was nervous when he came out to bat, but was pretty calm by the end even when Zampa came out to join him. It was his most complete and convincing innings for Australia, given that he’s missed out on batting at all in more than half of his international matches. Zampa is player of the match though for his four wickets. Up the bowlers.
India were fairly decent with the bat today, thanks to Rohit and Shreyas with some help from Axar, but still underclubbed on that first innings. They’ve got problems with bowler injuries and fatigue, and not that many options left in the squad. Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav will surely come in for Sydney, but India may need a third option. Can they get someone from the T20 squad in? Send an SOS to T Natarajan!
That’s it from us, we’ll see you on Saturday.
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46.2 overs: Australia 265-8 (Connolly 61, Zampa 0) It’s a bit of anticlimax in the end. Connolly stays cool, waits for Arshdeep Singh, and drives two through cover. Then two from the next ball, to tie the scores. As Arshdeep tries the bouncer, it balloons too high, and it’s called a wide. So that will be that.
46th over: Australia 260-8 (Connolly 57, Zampa 0) Connolly is still there, so close to the win, but eight down is more nervous than nine down. And there would be a run if they wanted it, stabbed off the pads, but Connolly says no. That ball was nearly through onto the pads, too. Probably going down leg.
Plenty of overs to get five runs, but funny things can happen at eight down.
WICKET! Starc c Axar b Siraj 4, Australia 260-8
Hmmmmmm. Five runs to win, after Starc smacks a four down the ground, but then he’s out. Short ball from Siraj, tries to stab it away to deep third, instead he lifts it to point where it’s caught. One ball left in the over, Zampa to the middle. If Siraj can knock him over with this one…
45th over: Australia 255-7 (Connolly 56, Starc 0) That must have been tactical from Connolly to tell Bartlett to have a swing, knowing that they’re close enough to the target and have enough wickets in hand that they could afford the risk. Mitch Starc to the middle, can bat. Can chip the umpire, too, for not calling a wide that goes just past the left-hander’s hip. Umpire thinks it clipped a bit of clothing.
WICKET! Bartlett c sub (Jurel) b Arshdeep 3, Australia 255-7
Arshdeep has finally had his arms and legs reattached for one last burst. Powerful swing by Bartlett, but the drive goes off the inside half to deep midwicket for one. Connolly misses a pull shot again. This is interesting. It doesn’t take much, as a new player, for teams to target you with the short ball. Now, the square leg umpire has called that a wide, and it was marginally above the helmet as it passed Connolly, but it was low enough that he could have hit it when it passed his bat, in front of his body.
Connolly scores off a fuller ball, then Bartlett decides to chance his arm and aim over cover. It doesn’t work, skewed down the ground, where Dhruv Jurel the sub fielder has time to run back from mid off outside the circle and take it.
44th over: Australia 252-6 (Connolly 55, Bartlett 2) Siraj back with two overs left in his share, last roll of the dice for Gill to search for a wicket. But they haven’t been easy to come by tonight, it’s been more down to batting error when they’ve come along. Connolly is content to give Bartlett strike, Bartlett is comfortable finding singles, and Connolly pulls a couple more runs. No need to attack when you need 13 from 38 balls. Siraj finishes with a good short ball and clips Connolly’s helmet, so now he needs the concussion check. Missed the pull shot, but didn’t wear much of the ball.
43rd over: Australia 248-6 (Connolly 52, Bartlett 1) That leaves 17 to win at the end of the over, after Bartlett gets off the mark and Connolly keeps strike.
WICKET! Owen c Arshdeep b Washington 36, Australia 244-5
A sigh of relief from India. That’s the vulnerability with leg-side players: Owen gets width outside off but still tries to play it to leg. Washington comes around the wicket to the right-hander, angles it across him towards the off stump line, and the angle means that Owen’s cross-bat swing sends the ball higher than long, landing with the fielder at long on.
Too late, probably, Owen has almost killed the game already.
Half century! Cooper Connolly 50 from 42 balls
42nd over: Australia 243-5 (Connolly 50, Owen 35) But Connolly doesn’t want to be caught! He sees the fun Owen is having, sizes up Siraj, and drives him over cover for six. What a shot from the left-hander. Then happy to take the single and give Owen the strike. Big swing from Owen, into his thigh pad though, and they run an extra. That lets Connolly play a pull shot for four, then adds the brace that he needs to move from 48 to 50. He’s played really well today, steadied the innings from a wobbly point.
Only 22 to win now, with plenty of overs.
41st over: Australia 229-5 (Connolly 37, Owen 35) If he can go leg side, Mitch Owen will murder it. Axar Patel is the target now: after 39 from his first nine overs, this last one goes for 13. Owen sweeps hard over midwicket for four, then gets a slightly shorter ball and absolutely pulverises the pull shot for six. He’s nearly caught Connolly.
40th over: Australia 216-5 (Connolly 35, Owen 24) Yep, Harshit Rana gets another spell and Mitch Owen gets another six! First ball of the over, short, pulled away. Rana went off the field with cramp after taking Short’s wicket, and he doesn’t look comfortable. He bowls a wide and then seizes up with cramps again. Arshdeep Singh is getting some treatment on the boundary line as well. Siraj takes the chance of the delay to get off the field and use the fence to stretch his hamstring.
Rana is trying to finish the over now but he’s running in like an old man catching a bus. Arshdeep is flat on his back making grass angels. Remarkably, Connolly doesn’t target the wounded bowler. He pats away two balls and drops a single off the last.
39th over: Australia 207-5 (Connolly 34, Owen 17) Axar’s over, by contrast, goes for three runs, but it might not matter with pace at the other end.
38th over: Australia 204-5 (Connolly 33, Owen 15) And there goes Owen, against the pace of Harshit Rana. Smokes four through cover, then whacks a pull to deep midwicket that looks like four, but Siraj manages to save it, by accident, twice. Two accidents. Just dives in front of the ball and uses his body to get in the way, no idea where it is as the ball hits his ribcage. Then as he gets up, the ball is spinning back towards the boundary, and it accidentally bumps into Siraj’s hand.
Two runs saved there, but no saving the next one, as Owen nails the pull shot over backward square for six. Suddenly Australia need five an over.
37th over: Australia 190-5 (Connolly 32, Owen 2) A brief look at Axar for Mitch Owen, but I doubt he’ll wait long. 75 to win.
WICKET! Short c Siraj b Rana 74, Australia 187-5
36th over: Australia 187-5-4 (Connolly 31) Last ball of the over, Siraj takes the chance to make amends! Good bumper from Harshit Rana, after being taken for a couple of fours previously in the over. One was through cover, one was a pull to a slower bouncer, so Rana has had enough and goes the bouncer with speed. Short shapes to pull and then flinches away from the ball at the last moment. Gets a big piece but not all of it, and Siraj is now fielding at deep midwicket, another spot where I wouldn’t put him, but this time he hold the catch!
35th over: Australia 175-4 (Short 69, Connolly 25) At last Short gets the ball he wants. A length from Washington that isn’t to full to sweep, so Short gets down on one knee, uses his reach to get forward to the point of contact, and smacks the slog-sweep over backward square leg for six. Washington is an off-spinner around the wicket to the right-hander, so that line outside leg stump makes it easy for short to hit.
34th over: Australia 166-4 (Short 62, Connolly 23) Harshit Rana returns, and with the chance from spin to pace, Short continues being circumspect. Three singles, gets the target down into double figures, at just over a run a ball.
33rd over: Australia 163-4 (Short 61, Connolly 21) It’s Connolly who keeps the scoring going, while Short drops anchor. That makes sense. Short can be explosive but in this game they need him to bat deep. The younger player can make the running for now. Another boundary as he late-cuts Axar.
32nd over: Australia 155-4 (Short 59, Connolly 15) Now settled, Connolly starts to move. Gets a ball full enough from Axar to drive, and places it wide of mid off, four. Correcting, Axar gets too short, and Connolly is able to tug it around the corner to the fine leg boundary as well. Gets his strike rate back over a run a ball.
110 more runs to win.
31st over: Australia 145-4 (Short 58, Connolly 6) Washington Sundar into his fourth over, he has plenty left. Axar has four to come. Short edges a ball into his helmet, it lobs up, but falls short of short fine leg where Rohit is running in. Mandatory concussion check, so the umpires call drinks. Eventually they finish the over, four singles from it.
30th over: Australia 141-4 (Short 56, Connolly 4) The dual spin attack burning through some overs without conceding many runs, two from Axar’s over. Required rate is north of 6 an over now.
29th over: Australia 139-4 (Short 55, Connolly 3) Washington to Short… and he’s dropped! Oh no. We’ve seen a couple of near stunners that have gone down, but that’s as simple as can be. The question is, why is Siraj at backward point? Comfortably India’s most suspect fielder, notwithstanding that great catch he took during the Test series against England, and the cover-point area is a hot spot for Short. Bad captaincy. Short gets forward to drive, doesn’t get it cleanly, relatively flat catch but not going quickly, and Siraj has a slip with one foot as he gets in position, has the ball hit his hands and into his chest, then get free. India would have been right on top had Short been out.
28th over: Australia 135-4 (Short 52, Connolly 2) A lot more riding on Short now, with the inexperience Cooper Connolly and Mitch Owen next in the order. An early false shot from Connolly too, a leading edge that just loops over Axar’s head for a couple of runs.
WICKET! Carey b Washington 9, Australia 132-4
27th over: Australia 132-4 (Short 51) So they’re past the halfway mark, going at 5 an over, needing 5 and a half. Well within hand as long as wickets are in hand as well. Washington the bowler now, Carey races through for a single, direct hit at the non-striker’s end but Carey has run so far past the stumps that there’s no chance of an overthrow. Short gets a run down the ground.
Last ball of the over, there goes the sweep shot, and there goes middle stump! Washington does Carey in the air, he’s too early on the stroke and left a wide open route to his pegs, the ball straightening down the line.
Half century! Matt Short 50 from 48 balls
26th over: Australia 130-3 (Short 50, Carey 8) Axar continues, around the wicket to the right-hander, who moves to fifty with a cut shot. He only has a couple of fifties so far in ODI cricket from quite a few opportunities, and one in T20s, so he needs to put together some scores to keep getting picked in these teams.
25th over: Australia 126-3 (Short 48, Carey 6) The lull breaks! A powerful short from Matt Short, he’s very tall, so he leans forward to get over the top of a length ball from Arshdeep and smacks it through extra cover. Not a conventional drive, there was a lot more power than usual from a higher point of contact given that ball wasn’t full.
24th over: Australia 117-3 (Short 42, Carey 3) No sweeps from Carey against the spinner so far, just works a run square. Short keeps collecting them, a couple here, one there, in restrained fashion.
23rd over: Australia 112-3 (Short 38, Carey 2) Arshdeep is back, left-arm pace. Carey is happy to take his time, having a look at a few balls before driving a single.
22nd over: Australia 110-3 (Short 37, Carey 1) Hometown boy Alex Carey is back in the side, after Josh Philippe was the fill-in keeper in Perth.
WICKET! Renshaw b Axar 30, Australia 109-3
Renshaw makes life too hard for himself. Facing the left-armer from around the wicket, he advances at Axar to a ball that pitches outside the leg stump, then tries to drive inside out over mid off. The Russian judge would have loved that had it connected. It doesn’t, Axar with that angle in at the stumps after a little flight to draw Renshaw down, beating the outside of the bat on that shot, and hitting the stumps.
21st over: Australia 107-2 (Short 36, Renshaw 29) Siraj with that full charge in, giving everything to each delivery, but they play him sensibly and collect a few singles, no need to go chasing the main man with this sort of required rate at round 5 and a half.
20th over: Australia 103-2 (Short 34, Renshaw 27) Good news, Axar is back on the field and going to bowl. Australia score off every ball of the over, though. Some bubbling from the wicketkeeper as Short backs away and then is hit on the pad, the ball angling down leg but deflecting wide of the off stump. Short has had some luck today.
19th over: Australia 96-2 (Short 32, Renshaw 23) Shubman Gill, searching for control, goes back to his strike bowler. Siraj does a job to at least slow things down for a minute, three singles from the over as two players who haven’t yet faced him today come to grips with him.
18th over: Australia 93-2 (Short 30, Renshaw 22) Reddy, Renshaw, rough. The left-hander gets an ever-s0-slightly short ball and pummels it over midwicket with a cross-bat swing. Into the crowd. Then takes the single, allowing Short the chance to hit a full ball down the ground for four. Reddy is the weak link in this attack on paper, and surely Axar would be coming on had Short not taken his hand off.
17th over: Australia 81-2 (Short 25, Renshaw 15) A less eventful over to follow, just tucking Rana around to the tune of five runs. Renshaw plays a pull shot fine for a couple.
16th over: Australia 76-2 (Short 24, Renshaw 11) Nitish Kumar Reddy to resume after drinks. Aaaaannnnd that is an absolute heater! Matt Short has crushed a delivery, and that’s technically another dropped catch but Axar Patel was more like a duck in a shooting gallery at backward point. There was width, it was a nice length, and Short throws his hands through the ball with every atom of his being. It’s on Axar so quickly, and he gets his hands up, stops the boundary, but can’t hold the ball, and also succeeds in damaging the thumb on his bowling hand. End of the over, he’s off for treatment.
Renshaw is targeting Reddy, by the way. Charges, tries to drive six straight, only gets one run. Keeper comes up to the stumps to stop him wandering.
15th over: Australia 71-2 (Short 23, Renshaw 8) Just trying to find his timing, is Short, through the off side. Gets an inside edge from his first attempt, for a single, then has a few miscues to follow up, playing the ball into the ground. Finally from the last ball he gets it right, a wristy square drive behind point that beats the field. He needs a score, career-wise, and he has a start today.
14th over: Australia 65-2 (Short 18, Renshaw 7) Reddy Player Five, in terms of the bowling card, and his medium pace will likely be what the Australians look to go after most. Short with a couple of runs down the ground, then a single, and Renshaw does have a go at Reddy. Not with power but with timing, the fake-out step one way then walking across his stumps to scoop the ball over fine leg for four.
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13th over: Australia 57-2 (Short 15, Renshaw 2) An attempted barbeque! Goodness me. Renshaw emerges, a left-hander, and flicks a ball from Harshit Rana to midwicket. Yells “No!” loudly but also takes several loping steps down the pitch, so Matt Short responds with a few steps, and there’s a slight fumble, and Renshaw then says yes and keeps running, but Short has stopped with the previous call for no. So Renshaw is much further down the pitch and has a chance to make it, but Short has no chance, and has to run anyway. Knowing that he’s gone with a direct hit, he watches the throw from Shreyas fly wide of the target. One can only be fatalistic across those 22 yards.
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WICKET! Head c Kohli b Rana 28, Australia 54-2
The big one! Head has been looking to play through midwicket all day, and it brings him undone this time. Too early on the shot, leading edge as he tries to flick. And at Rana’s pace, that edge goes miles in the air, miles. It takes so long to come down, but when it does, it lands in Kohli’s hands at mid off.
12th over: Australia 53-1 (Head 28, Short 13) Spin in the 12th over for Washington Sundar, and predictably there’s no slip, but less predictably Short nicks the first ball right where one would have stood. Two runs, a few singles to follow.
11th over: Australia 48-1 (Head 27, Short 9) Harshit Rana the first bowling change, who bowled so well in the Perth Test last year. Streaky from Head early on, throws the bat and slices a boundary over the cordon. Not that there is a cordon exactly, but you know what I mean.
10th over: Australia 42-1 (Head 22, Short 8) Matt Short gets something going! Last ball of Arshdeep’s over, leans back and smokes it over deep backward square. That’s one way to start an innings.
9th over: Australia 33-1 (Head 20, Short 1) Siraj keeps the tap turned off! Six whole balls to Head, and only a single from the last. The pressure index keeps rising…
8th over: Australia 32-1 (Head 19, Short 1) Matt Short out to the middle now, another opportunity for him.
WICKET! Marsh c Rahul b Arshdeep 11, Australia 30-1
There it goes! Marsh gets away the ball before that, working Arshdeep through the leg side for four, but falls trying to double down. That’s a real heave at a length ball outside off, Marsh’s back contorting as he tries to muscle it. But he feathers it instead, to the keeper. Reward for good early Indian work.
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7th over: Australia 26-0 (Marsh 7, Head 18) Into the seventh over and still no boundaries. Head is hit on the pad trying to slap across the line at Siraj. Digs out a yorker and gets three runs for it down the ground. Just looked a defensive shot at first but it keeps running. Marsh races a single to give the strike back, and from the final ball Head finally breaks free, flicking for six. Wobble-seam delivery from Siraj, in at the pads, and he’s able to get under it by whipping across the line over square leg. Some shot.
6th over: Australia 15-0 (Marsh 5, Head 9) And again! Marsh takes six more balls to find a run, this time from Arshdeep. Hits one to cover, can’t beat the field, and the only way he can score in the end is running the ball to deep third. There’s a wide in there though, a shorter ball, so Head gets a seventh ball to score a couple through midwicket, that ungainly jab again.
5th over: Australia 11-0 (Marsh 4, Head 7) We formally retract all claims about fast starts. Marsh sometimes has a look at an over or two before going, but today he’s recognising the quality of these opening spells and opting to wait. Siraj bowls another excellent over: good length, tight line, and only giving up a single from the last ball.
4th over: Australia 10-0 (Marsh 3, Head 7) Travis Head can’t find his flow yet against Arshdeep. Attempts an uppercut after the ball has passed, jabs a couple of runs through midwicket, then is missed – I wouldn’t exactly call it a drop. Hits a flick in that same midwicket area, in the air, and Nitish Kumar Reddy flies. Both feet off the ground, hand outstretched behind him, and gets one hand to that ball, but the degree of difficulty is extreme and he loses it on the way down. Other fielders aren’t touching that one, but I guess on the metrics it goes down as a drop.
3rd over: Australia 8-0 (Marsh 3, Head 5) This is a top effort from Siraj so far. Gives up a couple as Head jams the first one to fine leg, but draws a leading edge that’s risky for Head, but gets him off strike. Then Siraj moves the ball away from Marsh, beating him twice with swing.
2nd over: Australia 5-0 (Marsh 3, Head 2) No fireworks yet, as Arshdeep Singh the left-armer is swinging the ball away from Travis Head. It takes him four balls to even get off strike.
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1st over: Australia 4-0 (Marsh 3, Head 1) A good start from Mohammad Siraj, hits his line outside the off stump to Marsh, who is willing to reach for one ball to drive it along the floor for three, but otherwise caution is the way. A bit of movement off the surface. Some late sunlight lies in streaks across the hill.
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Thanks Martin. An old-fashioned kind of one-day score, while Head and Marsh play in a distinctly new-fashioned way, so expect to see plenty of shots early. This is Adelaide Oval, a nice place to bat, on what looks from a distance like a pleasant evening, though on its way to getting chilly as the night grows later.
Australia need 265 to win
India’s batters fail to truly get going but have at least given their bowlers something to work with after reaching 264-9 under sunny skies at Adelaide Oval. Rohit Sharma turned back the clock with 73 runs from 97 balls after a slow start, while Shreyas Iyer (61) and Axar Patel (44) helped build a competitive total from the middle-order. But Virat Kohli is at risk of ending his career on Australian soil in the worst possible fashion after suffering a second duck from as many innings when trapped in front by the hugely promising Xavier Bartlett (3-39).
Josh Hazlewood (0-29) was the pick of Australia’s bowlers despite going wicketless before Adam Zampa (4-60) seemed to cut into the middle and lower-order whenever India threatened to get on top. The likes of Mitch Marsh and Travis Head will be licking their lips at batting on this deck while Geoff Lemon will guide you through the rest of this innings and Australia’s chase at Adelaide Oval – enjoy.
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— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 23, 2025
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WICKET! Arshdeep b Starc 13 (India 263-9)
Mitchell Starc is given the responsibility of the last over despite a frustrating day with the ball. After an at times chaotic over he picks up the wicket of Arshdeep Singh with trademark reverse swing.
50th over: India 264-9 (Rana 24, Siraj 0)
49th over: India 259-8 (Rana 22, Arshdeep 13) Xavier Bartlett caps off a superb afternoon with only four runs coming from his crafty second-last over of the innings. Arshdeep picks up two runs with an ungainly edge but otherwise he and Rana struggle to get the Australia quick away.
48th over: India 255-8 (Rana 21, Arshdeep 10) Arshdeep Singh gets in on the flow of runs as Mitchell Starc signs off with 10 runs coming from his final over on an all round ordinary day for the left-arm quick. Arshdeep steps back to give himself plenty of room for a cut shot to the boundary, then pulls a shorter ball for four.
47th over: India 245-8 (Rana 20, Arshdeep 1) Adam Zampa has caused India all sorts of problems with his craft and guile but Harshit Rana gives him an almighty send off with 16 runs coming from the over. Rana begins with back-to-back boundaries with the first sailing through cover and the next lower risk to third man. Another boundary past point leaves Zampa frustrated as his figures are spoiled to finish with a still influential 4-60.
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46th over: India 229-8 (Rana 5, Arshdeep 0) Bartlett’s variety between full and back of a length, outside off and straighter balls keeps Harshit Rana guessing. The India batter eventually picks up a couple with a controlled pull to midwicket.
WICKET! Nitish st Carey b Zampa 8 (India 226-8)
Two in an over for Adam Zampa as Nitish Kumar Reddy dances down the deck but is nowhere near the ball with a while swing. Alex Carey lifts the bails and Australia are well and truly back on top.
45th over: India 226-8 (Rana 1, Arshdeep 0)
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WICKET! Axar c Starc b Zampa 44 (India 223-7)
What a catch! Tall fast bowlers shouldn’t be able to take catches like that. Starc grasps the ball just as it’s floating over the long-off boundary then has the time and piece of mind to throw it in the air as he steps outside the field of play. He rebalances and steps back inside the rope to complete the catch.
44th over: India 223-6 (Axar 44, Nitish 7) Nitish clobbers Bartlett with a back foot drive from the opening delivery. One of those powerful, controlled strokes that might be worth even more than four runs. A couple of singles add to the score but six from the over feels light after the way it began.
43rd over: India 217-6 (Axar 43, Nitish 2) Adam Zampa is another bowler who just knows how to claim a wicket from nothing but India see him off this time. Four singles from the over but the tourists need to find a way to start adding some boundaries.
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42nd over: India 213-6 (Axar 41, Nitish 0) Bartlett just keeps finding a way to pick up wickets even with, on this occasion, a full delivery on leg-stump. Nitish Kumar Reddy joins Axar Patel and there are still plenty of overs left for one last big partnership.
WICKET! Sundar c Hazlewood b Bartlett 12 (India 213-6)
Xavier Bartlett made an immediate impact earlier with the wickets of Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli in the one over. Now he returns with a handy breakthrough as India were trying to contain enough wickets for a late onslaught. Washington Sundar has mostly held back until swinging at a half-volley that picks out Hazlewood on the deep square leg rope. Hazlewood might be frustrated that he didn’t pick up a scalp or two from his bowling, but he now has a pair of comfortable catches in the deep to ease the pain.
41st over: India 208-5 (Axar 37, Sundar 11) Axar Patel is up and running now and has little trouble dispatching Travis Head straight down the ground for four. But it’s not all wild bluster as Axar and Sundar continue to bide their time and work the ball into gaps for easy singles. India are past 200 now with 10 runs off a useful over including no dot balls.
40th over: India 198-5 (Axar 30, Sundar 9) Axar Patel enjoys the return of pace and width from Mitchell Starc as he immediately slashes a drive over cover for four. A clip through midwicket is much more controlled but is worth just as much. The boundaries help India to 12 from the over as they close in on the 200-mark.
39th over: India 186-5 (Axar 20, Sundar 8) Travis Head comes into the attack as Australia look to pull a wicket out of the bag. The India batters comfortably pick up a single from each delivery.
38th over: India 180-5 (Axar 17, Sundar 5) Hazlewood bowls out his 10th over early as India remain watchful with just three singles coming from it. The Australia quick finishes with 0-29 but even those tidy figures don’t tell the full story of how superb he has been.
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37th over: India 177-5 (Axar 16, Sundar 3) Zampa picks up the dangerous Rahul and the loss of three middle-order wickets for 39 runs has India back on the ropes. Washington Sundar is immediately off the mark with a drive to long-off for two.
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WICKET! Rahul b Zampa 11 (India 174-5)
KL Rahul sends Adam Zampa to the extra cover rope but just as Shreyas Iyer discovered, that tends to focus the Australian leg-spinner even more. A predictably shorter delivery lures Rahul into a whole-hearted pull shot but the ball skids on and into the stumps.
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36th over: India 170-4 (Axar 16, Rahul 7) Hazlewood keeps turning the screw on India. Two runs from the over with a single to each batter. Perhaps they are waiting to see off the Australian quick who has one over up his sleeve.
35th over: India 168-4 (Axar 15, Rahul 6) Rahul is keen to get on with things as he dances down the pitch to take on Zampa. The India keeper picks up a couple at long-on the two more through square leg. The double breakthrough has slowed down the tourists though.
34th over: India 163-4 (Axar 14, Rahul 2) Hazlewood had India in all sorts earlier and almost picks up a wicket on his return with the ball. Rahul edges away from his body and the ball bounces barely wide of Matt Short diving to his right at slip. He gets fingers to the ball but it had already touched the turf by then.
33rd over: India 161-4 (Axar 13, Rahul 1) Australia keep getting a breakthrough at opportune times as Zampa outsmarts Shreyas. KL Rahul – as well as Axar Patel – has enough time to make an impact though, with 17 overs still remaining.
WICKET! Shreyas b Zampa 61 (India 160-4)
Shreyas Iyer smacks Adam Zampa over cover for four but the Australia leg-spinner has the last laugh. He gives the ball plenty of air to lure Shreyas into a wild shot as he steps down the track but can only get an inside edge onto his stumps. Shreyas is gone for 61 from 77 deliveries with seven boundaries.
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32nd over: India 156-3 (Shreyas 57, Axar 13) Mitchell Starc continues after the break but it’s the India batters that look the more refreshed. Axar guides an attempted yorker to the fine leg rope and betters that with a crunching drive to punish another fuller delivery.
31st over: India 143-3 (Shreyas 56, Axar 2) Short and Connolly continue their merry dance with the former replacing the latter. Shreyas punishes a short ball with a pull over midwicket to the rope. That’s drinks.
30th over: India 137-3 (Shreyas 51, Axar 1) Starc gets the breakthrough and India begin to rebuild again. Axar Patel shows his intent immediately with a drive for one, and Shreyas adds another at deep point.
WICKET! Rohit c Hazlewood b Starc 73 (India 135-3)
Mitchell Starc takes over from the spinners and three balls later has the much-needed breakthrough. Rohit pulls a half-tracker off his hip but after controlling that shot in recent overs he picks out Josh Hazlewood at the fine leg boundary. Rohit has helped to rebuild the India innings but is on his way for 73 from 97 balls.
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29th over: India 135-2 (Rohit 73, Shreyas 50) Shreyas Iyer reaches a half-century off 67 balls with a single to long-off. But it’s Rohit who looks like the bigger danger and he dispatches Connolly to the rope with a sky-high sweep to deep fine leg.
28th over: India 129-2 (Rohit 68, Shreyas 49) Matt Short swaps with Connolly again and very nearly gets the breakthrough for Australia! Shreyas pulls and is fortunate to survive as Adam Zampa leaps high but can’t bring down the ball at short fine leg.The ball trickles away to the boundary and Rohit adds another boundary with a lofted drive over cover.
27th over: India 117-2 (Rohit 63, Shreyas 43) A 100-run partnership has salvaged the India innings after two wickets in an over to Xavier Bartlett. Now it is Adam Zampa containing the batters who have taken the foot off the pedal since spin has come into the attack. Rohit swipes at a shorter ball but mis-times the stroke only picks up a single on the on side.
26th over: India 115-2 (Rohit 62, Shreyas 42) Mitch Marsh turns back to Cooper Connolly to keep the batters guessing. India pick up three easy singles with dabs and clips into space but Australia won’t mind giving up only three runs.
25th over: India 112-2 (Rohit 61, Shreyas 40) Zampa to Shreyas who certainly looks the part now in a bright blue floppy hat with earrings on show. Rohit continues with a helmet but is the one to pull out the real style as he casually clears the infield with a drive over cover. The ball takes one bounce and over the rope with little effort – delightful to watch.
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24th over: India 105-2 (Rohit 56, Shreyas 38) Matt Short comes on for Connolly to turn the ball into the right-handers. The India pair have little trouble picking up a single from each delivery to carry their side across the 100-run mark.
23rd over: India 99-2 (Rohit 53, Shreyas 35) Zampa works at a tight line but gives up five singles with the field spread.
22nd over: India 94-2 (Rohit 50, Shreyas 33) Spin from both ends as Cooper Connolly gets a chance with his left-arm orthodox. Shreyas can’t quite punish a shorter ball as his cut shot picks out a fielder on the rope, but that allows Rohit to take strike and reach a hard-earned half century. It comes off 74 balls with two sixes and four boundaries. Certainly not a trademark fifty, but as important as any he has made against Australia in a bilateral ODI series.
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21st over: India 92-2 (Rohit 49, Shreyas 32) Mitch Owen is pulled out of the attack with Adam Zampa coming on if only to take pace off the ball. Rohit begins the over with a gentle cut for a single and ends if with a classy sweep to the deep square leg boundary.
20th over: India 86-2 (Rohit 44, Shreyas 31) Bartlett bounces back for Australia with a tidy over. Shreyas scoops the last delivery for two runs at deep midwicket.
19th over: India 83-2 (Rohit 43, Shreyas 29) Rohit unleashes with a pair of sixes! The first is sent over the deep square leg rope with a crunching hook at a half-tracker. The second is almost identical – not sure Mitch Owen has spent enough time with Rohit Sharma highlight reels, because that is not the place to bowl to him. Shreyas gets in on the action with a straight drive for four. India take 17 from the over and the partnership is out to 66 runs.
18th over: India 66-2 (Rohit 30, Shreyas 25) Bartlett keeps Rohit waiting patiently but Shreyas isn’t hanging around. He smashes Bartlett high and long for four at long-on.
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17th over: India 59-2 (Rohit 28, Shreyas 20) Mitch Owen comes into the attack for the first time today with a tidy over as India pick up three singles. But hearts are momentarily in the tourists’ mouths as Shreyas sets off for a quick single until Rohit – wisely – thinks better of it from the non-striker’s end.
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16th over: India 56-2 (Rohit 26, Shreyas 19) Xavier Bartlett switches ends as Josh Hazlewood finally takes a break. Shreyas Iyer swings hard and cuts up and over point for a boundary and adds a couple more with a lofted drive.
15th over: India 50-2 (Rohit 26, Shreyas 13) Starc toils away but unusually isn’t showing much to suggest he is troubling these batters. Shreyas picks up a single to third and another on the leg side, while Rohit adds to his score with one off the pads.
14th over: India 46-2 (Rohit 25, Shreyas 11) Marsh keeps Hazlewood on for a seventh over in a call-back to an earlier era of ODIs when that was the norm for pace bowlers. Shreyas Iyer caresses a drive off the back foot to the boundary for probably the classiest shot so far today. Hazlewood has now gone for 22 runs as the players head to a well-deserved drinks break.
13th over: India 41-2 (Rohit 25, Shreyas 6) The India pair are out to patiently rebuild the innings now. Four singles keep the scoreboard nudging along.
12th over: India 37-2 (Rohit 23, Shreyas 4) Australia blow their second and final review with an appeal for caught behind. Rohit plays the ball away from his body and there is a noise. But it was the ball flicking a back pocket. Hazlewood cannons the ball into Rohit’s pads with plenty of movement off the seam. It looks to be bouncing over but it’s enough to suggest it’s a matter of when, not if, Hazlewood traps Rohit. The pacer has now sent down six overs on the trot though, so is probably due a break.
11th over: India 33-2 (Rohit 20, Shreyas 3) Mitchell Starc back into the attack and the India batters are happy to take him on now. Shreyas lifts the ball over point for two before Starc finds his line. The players head for a quick refreshment.
10th over: India 29-2 (Rohit 19, Shreyas 0) Rohit – finally – takes on Hazlewood. And he does it in style with a lofted drive over mid-off to the rope. A single to third man brings Shreyas Iyer on strike and he is nearly cut in half immediately as the seam carries the ball from outside off to bounce over middle and leg.
9th over: India 24-2 (Rohit 14, Shreyas 0) A less threatening over from Bartlett among first signs that Rohit is settling in. The former skipper clips a single to the on side to remain on strike.
8th over: India 22-2 (Rohit 13, Shreyas 0) Rohit finally gets runs off the bowling of Josh Hazlewood. But it could hardly have come in less convincing fashion. Rohit looks to clip a fuller ball outside off toward the on side, but gets a thick outside edge that sails to the boundary at third man.
WICKET! Kohli lbw b Bartlett 0 (India 17-2)
Back-to-back ducks to Virat Kohli! Bartlett works away at his apparent weakness outside off as Australia put in three slips. But it’s a straight ball that does in the India great, as Kohli tries to clip the ball off his pads but misses everything.
7th over: India 17-2 (Rohit 8, Shreyas 0)
VIRAT KOHLI GONE FOR HIS SECOND DUCK OF THE SERIES!#AUSvIND | #PlayoftheDay | @BKTtires pic.twitter.com/jqIdvMeX9T
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 23, 2025
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WICKET! Gill c Marsh b Bartlett 9 (India 17-1)
Shubman Gill is the first to go as the India skipper tries to lift the run-rate. He was hardly on strike with his nine runs coming from as many deliveries but is sent on his way after trying to smash Bartlett down the ground but only picking out Mitch Marsh at mid-off.
6th over: India 14-0 (Rohit 8, Gill 6) Josh Hazlewood concedes his first runs of the game after 13 dot balls as Gill picks up three through cover. Rohit is still in all sorts against the Australia quick as a wild swing misses everything and Australia send a lbw appeal upstairs. The ball looks on track to take out middle stump but there is a subtle inside edge. Rohit survives… but only just.
5th over: India 14-0 (Rohit 8, Gill 6) Xavier Bartlett takes the ball from Mitchell Starc and Shubman Gill is quick to pick up a single through square leg. Rohit adds a couple more to deep midwicket. A more comfortable over for India.
4th over: India 11-0 (Rohit 6, Gill 5) A second maiden from Hazlewood to Rohit. The Australia pacer works away at his usual line and length outside off and Rohit has little interest in taking him on. Hazlewood crashes the ball into Rohit’s pads with the last delivery and a half-hearted appeal goes up. But that was close, and replays show it was only umpire’s call for height that would have saved Rohit.
3rd over: India 11-0 (Rohit 6, Gill 5) Gill cuts directly to Mitch Owen at point and Rohit sets off from the non-striker’s end. With no movement from Gill, Rohit scampers back and dives for his crease as a direct hit takes out all three stumps. Rohit is narrowly over the crease but that is a wake up call. Gill finally gets the scoreboard ticking over with the first boundary of the innings through extra cover. A lovely stroke! A single to backward square puts Rohit on strike and he dispatches a fuller ball over square leg to the rope.
2nd over: India 1-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 0) Josh Hazlewood begins with a maiden and no surprise that India are cautious against the metronomic Australian quick after he caused the top order so much trouble in Perth. Rohit leaves the second ball of the over and is fortunate to watch it bounce over middle and off – but that was close.
1st over: India 1-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 0) Mitchell Starc takes some time to get his inswinger firing and Rohit is content to defend to the off side. The former India skipper eventually chases a wider ball but fails to make contact. A straight delivery allows Rohit to clip a single off his pads as Gill times his first ball with Starc finally getting movement in the air.
The players are in position at a sunny Adelaide Oval and Mitchell Starc has the nostrils flaring at the top of his mark. Here we go for the second ODI between Australia and India …
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Greg Boyle wins the race to drop in the first email of the afternoon. And he’s talking to the right person about wanting to see Cooper Connolly given more of a chance – with bat and ball – to impress.
“I’d like to get a better look at Cooper Connolly. He’s a young bloke who is copping it a bit with a general perception that he’s lucky to be in the side. The selectors clearly think he’s got a bit of something about him. I hope for his sake he can have a big break through knock and show the cricketing public what he’s about.”
ICYMI overnight: Australia’s all-conquering women’s team continued on their merry way at the Cricket World Cup, this time with a commanding victory over England. Raf Nicholson reports – through gritted teeth – on the game.
Ever get the feeling of deja vu? In Indore on Wednesday, Australia took up where they had left off at the MCG in January: Alana King bowled unplayable balls, Annabel Sutherland and Ash Gardner piled on the runs, and one side left the other for dust. It is the World Cup instead of the Ashes, but the result – a six-wicket win for Australia, with 57 balls to spare – was horribly familiar.
Virat Kohli – and perhaps Rohit Sharma – is thought to be on his last tour of Australia and can turn to fond memories of previous visits to Adelaide Oval. The India star famously hit twin centuries in a Test at the iconic venue in 2014, though might be more concerned with getting off the mark today after a duck in the ODI series opener.
The 36-year-old has had a love-hate relationship at times with fans on these shores, but surely shirt colours won’t matter today for what is expected to be his last international innings in Adelaide. Dan Gallan looks at the players – like Kohli – who appeal to opposition fans as much as their own.
Kohli’s numbers in Australia speak for themselves. Against the Aussies in one-day internationals he has piled up 2,451 runs in 51 matches at an average north of 53. In Tests he’s tallied 2,232 runs at 43.76 in 30 outings. His nine hundreds are the most he registered against any opposition and his twin-ton display in Adelaide in 2014 stands as one of the greatest individual performances in the country. Like a true blue Aussie he leaned into the fight and gave as good as he got.
India XI
Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
Kuldeep Yadav remains a surprise omission and Shubman is hopeful of a better showing with the bat than India produced in Perth.
Looks like a pretty good surface. We would have bowled first as well. It’s never easy when the rain coming in and out [in Perth], starting and stopping, but hopefully the weather looks good today and we’ll have no stoppage.
Batting first you know hopefully we get plenty of runs on the board. We’re going with the same team.
Here is the #TeamIndia XI for the 2️⃣nd #AUSvIND ODI 👍
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Australia XI
Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Alex Carey returns behind the stumps with Josh Philippe unlucky to make way after a strong perhaps with the gloves and with the bat in Perth. Xavier Bartlett gets his opportunity at the expense of Nathan Ellis. Adam Zampa is in for Matthew Kuhnemann.
The Australia skipper is all smiles after his powerful knock and victory in the series opener.
I think everyone loves to play here. We always get amazing crowds and hopefully both teams can put on a great show for what’s expected to be a big crowd today.
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Toss
Australia captain Mitch Marsh wins the toss for the second time in the series and once again elects to field. The sun is shining and the pitch looks like a tasty one for the batters, but India captain Shubman Gill admits he would have preferred to bowl this afternoon.
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Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the second one-day international between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval. With this a short and sharp three-match ODI series, the hosts are just one win away from securing victory after easing through the first meeting on Sunday.
The summer of cricket got off to a damp start in Perth with the ODI interrupted multiple times by rain but the forecast is much more promising today in Adelaide and both sides should be allocated the full 50 overs. India were unlikely to see out their overs in Perth even before the game was reduced to 26 overs, with their top order unable to handle the pace and bounce of Josh Hazlewood (2/20), Mitchell Starc (1/22) and Nathan Ellis (1/29).
KL Rahul (38) and Axar Patel (31) lifted the tourists to a competitive total but India – and perhaps even Australia – fans will be hoping that Virat Kohli can have more impact on his farewell tour after being caught for a rare ODI duck in Perth. Australia captain Mitchell Marsh (46no) and the impressive Josh Philippe (37) made light work of the chase as the hosts won by seven wickets.
First ball will be at 2pm local time in Adelaide / 2.30pm AEDT / 9am IDT. The toss and team news will be coming up shortly. Meanwhile, let us know your thoughts and predictions – shoot me an email or find me @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
