Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith won the all-important toss and elected to bowl first against India at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on September 24 (Sunday). The Baggy Greens made three changes to their playing XI from the previous match with Pat Cummins missing out as well. Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Marsh were also rested by Australia and Spencer Johnson and Alex Carey made their way into the playing XI. For India, Prasidh Krishna replaced Jasprit Bumrah in the playing XI.
India playing XI: Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w/c), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Prasidh Krishna
Australia playing XI: David Warner, Matthew Short, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey(w), Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Spencer Johnson
KL Rahul's brigade has a 1-0 lead heading into what will be a do-or-die match for Pat Cummins' side. With bigwigs like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav not available for selection even for the second ODI, the onus will once again fall on the younger brigade to deliver a knockout punch to the Baggy Greens.
Meanwhile, just an hour before the start of the second ODI between India and Australia in Indore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah won't play any part in the upcoming fixture. In a tweet on X, formerly known as Twitter, the BCCI said that Bumrah didn't travel to Indore with the team and has gone to visit his family. As a replacement, right-arm medium pacer Mukesh Kumar was roped into the Indian squad for the second game against the Baggy Greens.
Furthermore, the Indian cricket board revealed that Bumrah will rejoin the Indian team for the third and final ODI of the series, scheduled to be played on September 27 (Wednesday) in Rajkot.
Squads
India: Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w/c), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar
Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Pat Cummins(c), Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Spencer Johnson, Tanveer Sangha, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis
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