IND vs AUS: Let's bag it at Vizag!

The spotlight will once again be on KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja when India take on Australia in the second ODI here on Sunday with regular captain Rohit Sharma returning to lead the side after missing the opening game in MumbaiIndia defeated Australia by five wickets in a lowscoring game at the Wankhede Stadium with Rahul who struggled to find form during the BorderGavaskar series leading to him being dropped for the third and fourth Tests scoring a patient unbeaten 75 as the hosts cantered homeIndia would look to take an unassailable 20 lead in the series and also try to make amends with the bat after they were in a spot of bother at 439 and later 583Rohitrsquos return to captaincy duties will certainly give solidity to the top order which crumbled to the pace and variations of Australian quick Mitchell StarcStarcrsquos fiery spellThe lanky leftarm pacerrsquos threewicket burst at the start put India under tremendous pressure with Virat Kohli 4 Suryakumar Yadav 0 and Shubman Gill 20 departing in quick succession after Marcus Stoinis had made an early dent by dismissing Ishan Kishan for three runsIndian batters have occasionally looked tentative against quality leftarm pacers and facing Starc in the remaining two games should give them good practice in home conditions with efforts focused towards making preparations for the World Cup in OctoberNovemberWith Rohit set to open Kishan will likely make way for the regular captainAlso readJadeja keeps promise as Kuhnemann leaves India with awesome tips from his idolWhile not much should be read into Kohli and Gillrsquos belowpar scores in the first ODI Suryakumar Yadav not being able to find his mojo in the 50over format is a reason for concernSuryarsquos form a concernA marauder with the bat in T20Is Suryakumar is evidently still finding his feet in ODIs He has gone without a fifty in all five ODIs this year Surya has now played 15 ODIs 13 innings without a score exceeding 50However with no timeline set for Shreyas Iyerrsquos return India will keep auditioning Suryakumar for the role at No 4 Indiarsquos bowling did a tremendous job in Mumbai with pacers Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj flourishing on a pacefriendly Wankhede pitch But wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav could not make a strong impressionHowever the team management is not expected to tinker with the bowling lineup with Pandya playing the role of a third seamer to perfection in MumbaiThe weather forecast for the second ODI is of scattered thunderstorms at least in the first half which also means that pacers from either side can swing the ball if the conditions are windyAustralia want to try out different combinations during the seriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever