Australia has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series by defeating India by two wickets in the second ODI. Australia won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first. India scored 264 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs despite half-centuries from Rohit Sharma (56 runs) and Shreyas Iyer (54 runs).

While chasing the target, Australia lost two wickets at the score of 54 runs, but Matthew Short (74 runs) took charge of the innings and scored a half-century. Matt Renshaw (30 runs) supported him well. India took the wickets of Renshaw and Alex Carey, which increased the pressure on Australia. After this, Harshit Rana sent Short to the pavilion, but Connolly (61* runs) balanced the situation of the match and led the team to victory.

Short scored the most runs for Australia, while Connolly remained unbeaten and ensured the team’s victory. Mitchell Owen (36 runs), Matt Renshaw (30 runs), Travis Head (28 runs), Mitchell Marsh (11 runs), Alex Carey (9 runs), Mitchell Starc (4 runs) and Xavier Bartlett (3 runs) also made important contributions.

For India, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Washington Sundar got two wickets each, while Mohammad Siraj and Akshar Patel took one wicket each.

In this way, after winning the match, Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, and will now need only one win to win the series in the third ODI.

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