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Australia 389 for 4 (Smith 104, Warner 83, Labuschagne 70, Finch 60) beat India 338 for 9 (Kohli 89, Rahul 76, Cummins 3-67, Hazlewood 2-59, Zampa 2-62) by 51 runs
Sydney: Australia beat India by 51 runs in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match at series Sydney Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Steve Smith (104) struck his second successive hundred of the series to set up the home side's win.
Skipper Virat Kohli was top-scorer for India with his 89-run knock while KL Rahul contributed 76 runs. Australia had won the series-opener by 66 runs on Friday.
Australia chose to bat first after winning the toss and posted a 390-run target for India. Openers Finch and Warner again gave them a solid start with a 142 run stand before Finch fell to Shami.
Warner looked set for a big one but he was run out on 83 in the 26th over. Steve Smith though started from where he had left off in the last match, scoring his second straight century before Hardik Pandya – making his comeback as bowler in the game – sent him back on 104.
But there was a late surge as well with Maxwell and Labuschange adding 80 runs for the fourth wicket. In fact, both made half centuries as Australia posted 389/4.
In reply, Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal fell in back to back overs with India reduced to 60/2 in 8.3 overs.
Virat and Shreyas then steadied things with a 93 run stand but Iyer got out on 38, Virat also fell on 89 and while KL Rahul did stage a fightback during his 76 his wicket also meant it was mere formalities from there.
Hardik and Jadeja’s 6th wicket partnership reaped 33 runs but once both fell, Australia cleaned the tail with ease and won the match by 51 runs.
India tried 7 bowlers, including Mayank Agarwal who bowled one over for 10 runs with Saini going for 70 in 7. Jadeja was the most economical, conceding 60 runs in 10 overs.
