With captain Suryakumar Yadav returning to form, the Indian team has arrived with high spirits for the second T20 match against Australia at the historic MCG ground on Friday. Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma and Shivam Dubey have reached Australia after redefining batting in T20 cricket with their aggressive play, but the silence of captain Suryakumar’s bat for some time was a cause of concern. However, in the first match of the 5-match series, Suryakumar returned to form by scoring 39 runs in 24 balls. He hit a 125-meter high six off Josh Hazlewood, which will be remembered for a long time.

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However, rain washed out the second match in Canberra with India at 97 for 1 in 9.4 overs. Suryakumar and Shubman Gill looked set to tear apart the Australian attack.

Rain is also expected in Melbourne on Friday, although the Indian team will try its best to maintain its momentum.A positive sign for India ahead of the second match is Suryakumar’s return to form. Head coach Gautam Gambhir expects fearless play from his team ahead of the World Cup, and Suryakumar’s form will be crucial for that.

Agreesive batting

Gambhir wants his team to regularly score 250, 260, and more. The recent aggressive performances by Indian batsmen indicate that they have grasped Gambhir’s philosophy. India will be looking to retain the T20 World Cup title, co-hosted with Sri Lanka. India last won the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the United States under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy.India didn’t get a chance to bowl in Canberra, but they have a strong bowling attack with Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, and Axar Patel. However, they will have to contain the batting of Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head, who have caused them problems in the past.

Teams:

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.

 

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Tim David, Ben Dwarshis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis.