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.

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#1 Virat Kohli's century

Virat Kohli scored his 40th ODI 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.

#2 Vijay Shankar and Virat Kohli's partnership

Virat Kohli and Vijay Shankar

When India lost its third wicket, the Indian management threw a surprise by promoting Vijay Shankar up the order. It turned out to be a brilliant move as Shankar continued his good form. He scored some scintillating boundaries. Kohli and Shankar added 81 runs for the fourth wicket. But, the bulk of runs scored by the Tamil Nadu all-rounder sums up Shankar's performance.

When Shankar looked set to score big, Indian captain smashed Adam Zampa straight down the ground. Zampa deflected the ball towards the stump and the third umpire declared Shankar run out. It was the most unfortunate way to end a very fluent innings.

He must be feeling really unlucky with the World Cup selection round the corner. He had a nice opportunity to seal the spot. The partnership helped India to post respectable 250 runs on the board on this tricky wicket which turned out to be a match-winning score.

#3 Jadeja's run out and India's death bowling

Jasprit Bumrah

Australia were cruising to victory at one stage in a tricky chase. Peter Handscomb, who was the second top scorer for Australia in today's game was batting really well with Marcus Stoinis. He pushed the ball towards Ravindra Jadeja to sneak single, but as everyone knows, the 'Rockstar' rarely misses the target and he pulled off a stunning run out which turned the game in India's favor.

When the game started to slip away again from India, front-line fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets in an over and completely turned the game towards India. He conceded only two runs in last 12 balls and took two wickets. It turned out to be gold dust in the end.

The Indian captain gave the last over to Vijay Shankar to defend 11 runs. Unlike the first T20I, the Tamil Nadu all-rounder took the remaining two wickets which helped India to register their historic 500th win in the ODI cricket history.