India vs Australia 2019: 3 reasons why India scripted a historic win in the second ODI
India came to the ODI series after losing the T20I series 2-0. But they continued their form in the ODI cricket by winning the first match with six wickets. The second match between these two was held in Nagpur. The Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bowl first.
It was a shocking start for India as they lost Rohit Sharma for a duck in the first over. This was Rohit's first ever ODI duck in India. Shikhar Dhawan and Ambati Rayudu got good starts but got out. India sent Vijay Shankar ahead of Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni. He responded really well with fluent 46 runs before he got run out in an unfortunate manner.
India crumbled further as they lost both Dhoni and Jadhav in the same over. But Virat Kohli on the other side scored his 40th ODI century and India bowled out for 250.
Australia had a decent start in this small chase. But Indian spinners took three quick wickets to push them back. Peter Handscomb bailed them out and was playing excellent cricket. Ravindra Jadeja's brilliant run ensured that he went back to the pavilion.
Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets in one over and turned the game in India's favor. Shankar bowled a brilliant final over and took Australia's last two wickets. India won the second ODI to go 2-0 up in the series.
Here are three reasons why India won at Nagpur.
#1 Virat Kohli's century
The Indian captain Virat Kohli had another fabulous day with the bat. He came to bat very early in the innings as Rohit had gotten out for a duck. He had a decent partnership with Vijay Shankar and managed to score his 40th ODI century even without much support from the other end.
When India lost Shankar, they were in trouble. But the Indian captain played smart cricket and ensured that India posted a respectable 250 run total on the board. He won the Man of the Match for a brilliant one man show. This was Kohli's seventh century against Australia. He also becomes the fastest to score 9000 runs as a captain in international cricket.