Rookies Cooper Connolly And Matt Short Help Australia To Tense Two-wicket Odi Win Over India

Novice batsmen Cooper Connolly, Matt Short and Mitch Owen person produced career-best ODI knocks to steer Australia to a tense two-wicket triumph against India.

Australia claimed a bid triumph aft nan triumph astatine Adelaide Oval connected Thursday gave them a 2-0 lead successful nan three-match series.

India posted 9-264, pinch Rohit Sharma (73 from 97 balls) top-scoring and Australia’s Adam Zampa (4-60 from 10 overs) and Xavier Bartlett (3-39 from 10) nan main wicket-takers.

In reply, Australia reached nan finishing statement pinch only 2 wickets to spare from 46.2 overs pinch Short making 74 from 78 balls, Connolly an unbeaten 61 from 53 successful his 4th ODI innings, and Owen 36 from 23 successful his first bat successful an ODI.

Matt Short made 74 from 78 balls for Australia against India successful Adelaide. Photograph: James Elsby/AP

The inexperienced duo of Connolly and Owen featured successful a match-defining 59-run business that led Australia from danger.

Coming together astatine 5-187 successful nan 36th over, Connolly – who had made conscionable 10 ODI runs earlier his Adelaide outing – struck 5 fours and 1 six, while Owen cracked 3 sixes and 2 fours.

Connolly reached his half-century from 42 balls aft Australia mislaid openers Mitch Marsh (11 from 24 balls) and Travis Head (28 from 40) wrong 13 overs.

Short, batting aft suffering a achy divided connected a digit connected his correct manus while fielding, and Matt Renshaw past steadied pinch a 54-run partnership.

But conscionable arsenic as nan duo appeared group to rate in, Renshaw (30 from 30 balls) was bowled, leaving Australia 3-109 successful nan 22nd over.

Alex Carey fell for 9 and was soon followed by Short, who besides posted his highest ODI score, 74 from 78 balls.

Short’s exit brought Connolly and Owen together, pinch nan second dismissed erstwhile nan location broadside required conscionable 17 runs to win.

Earlier, Indian fable Virat Kohli made consecutive ducks for nan first clip successful his esteemed ODI career.

Kohli, who made his ODI debut successful 2008, had ne'er antecedently been dismissed without scoring successful successive one-dayers.

Australia's Xavier Bartlett celebrates dismissing Virat Kohli. Photograph: Brenton Edwards/AFP/Getty Images

But nan erstwhile Indian skipper followed his duck successful nan series-opener successful Perth connected Sunday pinch different successful Adelaide.

In his 304th ODI, Kohli was trapped connected nan crease and struck connected nan pads successful Bartlett’s 2nd complete of nan game.

Australia summoned Bartlett to nan team, for his 5th ODI, pinch near-instant reward.

The Queenslander, pinch nan first shot of his 2nd over, removed Indian skipper Shubman Gill (nine), past claimed nan prized wicket of Kohli 4 balls later.

The Indians were 2-17 aft 7 overs earlier ex-skipper Sharma (seven fours, 2 sixes) and Shreyas Iyer (61 from 77 balls, 7 fours) rallied pinch a 118-run partnership.

The bid concludes successful Sydney connected Saturday earlier nan nations meet successful 5 T20 matches starting adjacent Wednesday.