Australia's left-arm pacer and wicketkeeper ruled out of 2nd ODI vs India, Virat Kohli's nemesis returns after missing opener

Australia's star leg-spinner Adam Zampa and wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey have returned for the second ODI after missing the opener in Perth. Zampa was out of the first ODI due to personal reasons whereas Carey was playing in the Sheffield Shield encounter against Queensland. 

Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann has been released from the squad but he will return for the five-T20I series. Josh Philippe has been retained in the squad as Josh Inglis will return for the third ODI in Sydney. Inglis was ruled out of first two ODIs as he is yet to recover from a calf strain. Also, left-arm pacer Ben Dwarshuis has been ruled out of the ODI series due to left calf injury.

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Australia’s squad for 2nd ODI vs India 

Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Matthew Short, Josh Philippe (wk), Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey (wk). 

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Zampa’s record vs Kohli

Virat Kohli was dismissed for an eight-ball duck by Mitchell Starc in the series opener. At the Adelaide Oval, he will face a difference challenge in the middle overs. Zampa has dismissed Kohli six times from 22 ODIs.

Who will Carey replace in playing XI? 

Philippe announced his ODI return with a cameo in the rain-curtailed game. In the run chase, he hit three sixes and two fours in his 29-ball 37. Meanwhile, on-debut Matt Renshaw remained unbeaten for 21 off 24 balls. 

It will be interesting to see who Carey replaces in the playing eleven. Either Philippe and Renshaw will be benched. Also, Marnus Labuschagne may get a place ahead of the Ashes squad announcement.

India’s ODI squad vs Australia

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Yadav, Dhruv Jurel, Prasidh Krishna.