Adelaide: Team India put up a much better performance in the second ODI against Australia, but still fell short at the Adeliade Oval on Thursday to lose by 2 wickets.

Australia, having outplayed the men in blue in the rain-hit opening ODI at Perth, thus took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. ADVERTISEMENT

India were rocked early as skipper Shubman Gill (9) flopped again and Virat Kohli fell for his second consecutive duck. With the pitch aiding the quick bowlers, led admirably by Josh Hazlewood, India struggled to get the scoreboard moving.

From a poor 29/2 in 10 overs, India did well to reach 264/9 in their allotted 50 overs. Rohit Sharma (73) overcame early struggles to add 118 runs with Shreyas Iyer (61) for the third wicket. Axar Patel (44 off 41 balls) played a fin

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