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Jaipur: A determined Indian team will look to plug their batting and bowling loopholes as they go into the second one-dayer against an upbeat Australia on Wednesday with concerns over the form of some of their key bowlers.
Having been beaten comprehensively in the first match by 72 runs, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men would quickly like to get their act together as gaining momentum will be key in this seven-match series.
On the other hand, a win at the Sawai Man Singh stadium will give Australia a run-away lead, which will be a shot in the arm considering they came into the series as underdogs.
For a team that is World No. 1 in ICC ODI rankings after a string of impressive performances in the Champions Trophy, West Indies tri-series and Zimbabwe series, one defeat can be overlooked as an aberration.
But the 'Men In Blue' would like to ensure that the match in Pune was a one-off thing as they go out there to reassert their supremacy in the 50-over format.
The Indian pacers have been quite pedestrian during the opening encounter with both Ishant Sharma and Vinay Kumar being clobbered by the trio of Aaron Finch, Bailey and Glenn Maxwell. Especially Ishant, who has been disappointing in both Twenty20 international and the first ODI.
Indian spinners have performed relatively well with both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja putting up a decent show in the two matches that they have played so far. With Yuvraj Singh bowling his slow left-armers effectively, the spin department is less of a concern for Dhoni at the moment.
But the track might just work to the advantage of the Australians as they have two players in all-rounder Shane Watson and left-arm seamer James Faulkner, who have played more matches than some of the Indian players at this ground courtesy IPL and CLT20.
The Australian bowling attack was really impressive on the other day as their pace troika came hard at the Indian batsmen. While Mitchell Johnson was fast and accurate bowling at a speed close to 150 kmph, Clint Mckay and Faulkner time and again hit the right areas and also got the ball to swing.
Down 0-1 in the series, the Indians will be expected to come out all guns blazing in what can be termed as an exciting contest on the cards.
Teams from:
India: MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra, Jaydev Unadkat and Mohammad Shami.
Australia: George Bailey (Capt.), Phil Hughes, Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Callum Ferguson, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay and Adam Voges.
Pitch & conditions:
The pitch is likely to provide them an ideal platform to press hard on the Indian batsmen who are known to be uncomfortable against fast bowling as well as disconcerting bounce.
Match facts
Wednesday October 16, 2013 (day/night)
Start time 1330 local (800 GMT)
