MELBOURNE: Indian opener put Australia on back foot in the second Twenty20 match of the series on Friday at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia.
Skipper of Australian team won the toss and elected to bowl first. Indian openers put 50 runs on score board in first six overs of the match.
Indian team is back on winning track after losing 4 consecutive One Day Internationals (ODI) and with their brilliant performance in first clash they are eyeing to win the series against the Kangaroos.
Earlier, on Tuesday Australia won the toss and chose to field first which was proved wrong at the end of the day as Aussies lost the battle by 37 runs.
Virat Kohli was the star of the match who scored 90 runs and in bowling Indian spinners spinned Aussies in their net.
Australia will looking to bounce back in the do or die game as if India won the 2nd T20 they will get unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series.
Australian Squad: Steve Smith, Aaron Finch (c), Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, Matthew Wade (wk), Scott Boland, Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Cameron Boyce, John Hastings, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Nathan Lyon, Andrew Tye, Shaun Tait, David Warner, Shane Watson
Indian Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Rishi Dhawan, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane
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