KOLKATA, India (AP) – India won the toss on Thursday and elected to bat first in the second one-day cricket international, with the hosts fielding an unchanged side from the one which beat Australia by 26 runs in the first game of the five-match series.
Australia made two changes from the opener. Pace bowler Kane Richardson, who last played an ODI match against New Zealand in February 2016, replaces James Faulkner. Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar is in for leg-spinner Adam Zampa.
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Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni attends a practice session on the eve of their second one-day international match against Australia in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli (captain), Manish Pandey, M.S. Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia: David Warner, Hilton Cartwright, Steven Smith (captain), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Kane Richardson, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ashton Agar.
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary, India, and Richard Illingworth, England.
TV Umpire: Marais Erasmus, South Africa. Match Referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.
Groundsmen cover the field on the eve of their second one-day international match against Australia in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli attends a practice session on the eve of their second one-day international match against Australia in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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