Each captains acknowledged that the pitch – lined for the previous few days – was an unknown amount within the contest, thus making chasing the good alternative on the toss.

“The three spinners is one thing we would do within the World Cup, so attempting it out,” Rohit stated on the toss. Smith stated that the pitch “may do a bit” early on and wished his aspect to rectify their errors from the primary ODI the place they misplaced wickets in clumps.

Australia XI: 1 Travis Head, 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Alex Carey, 6 Cameron Inexperienced, 7 Marcus Stoinis, 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Ellis, 11 Adam Zampa

India XI: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 KL Rahul, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammad Shami, 11 Mohammed Siraj