Australia's Predicted Playing XI for the 2nd ODI

Middle Order- Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, and Peter Handscomb

Australia v India - ODI: Game 1

Australia's middle order fired in the last match and that was the main reason why they could win it. After losing both the openers, Khawaja and Marsh put up a good partnership before the former got out. Handscomb played a delectable knock of 73 while Marsh and Khawaja scored 59 and 54 respectively which will certainly do their confidence some good.

Khawaja and Marsh, in particular, handled the spinners really well and hit a lot of boundaries off Kuldeep Yadav who seemed like he was going to get the better of them. Australia will want them to play with the same confidence and carry their form over to the next match.

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All Rounders- Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell

Australia v India - T20

It seemed as if Australia were 10-20 runs short in their innings and most people felt that Maxwell should have been sent ahead of Stoinis so that he could get some time at the crease before going ballistic like he always does. Stoinis started off slowly but took off in the last 4 overs and finished off with 47 off 43 balls with a strike rate that could have been better considering the time he had. Maxwell, in contrast, came into bat in the 48th over and scored 11 runs off 5 balls.

Stoinis in his bowling spell was expensive but got the crucial wicket of Rohit Sharma which pretty much finished the game for Australia while Maxwell got only 2 overs where he was smashed for 18 runs. Australia need not maintain a specific batting order for these 2 match winners but can play them in according to the situation.