Australia started the tour in India with a 2-1 loss in the Test series. After that, Ajira lost by 5 wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series. However, Steven Smith’s team returned to parity in the series by crushing the hosts in the second ODI.

At the beginning of the match in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (March 19), India’s batting lineup stopped at just 117 runs due to the storm of Auji pacer Mitchell Starc. Chasing that goal, the visitors reached the target of victory in just 11 overs without losing any wicket.

Australian captain Steven Smith won the toss and decided to bowl first. Starc proved that the captain’s decision was correct in the first over of the innings. Shubman Gill (0) departs before opening the run book. Then Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli tried to deal with the initial shock.

However, India lost the pair of wickets of Rohit (13) and Suryakumar Yadav (0) in two consecutive balls due to Starc’s aggressive bowling in the team’s 32 runs. KL Rahul (9) for 48 runs became his fourth victim, Starc destroyed the Indian batsmen.

Sean Abbott soon joined his team. The pacer returned Hardik Pandya (1) to a brilliant catch by Smith at slip. Virat Kohli was fighting alone in the march of failure. However, this batting genius departed after scoring the maximum 31 runs for the team in the team’s 71 runs. Later India lost three more wickets between 91 and 103 runs.

Ravindra Jadeja 16 off 39 balls, Kuldeep Yadav 4 off 17 balls and Mohammad Shami went back to the dressing room without opening the run book. In the end, Rohit Sharma’s team was all out for 117 runs in 26 overs. In bowling, Mitchell Starc took the eighth 5-wicket of his career for Australia at the cost of 53 runs. Sean Abbott took 3 wickets with Nathan Ellis getting two.

Australia’s two openers, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh, stormed the Indian bowlers in pursuit of runs. Hit the sixth fifty of his ODI career in just 28 balls without giving any chance to the host bowlers.

This batsman ended up unbeaten on 66 runs off 36 balls. Marsh finished his innings with 6 and four sixes. His partner Travis Head ended up unbeaten on 51 off 31 balls. All the Indian bowlers have bowled very well. Among them, Shami, Siraj and Hardik Pandya averaged more than ten runs. Compared to that, Akshar, Kuldeep gets a little discount.