In the second T20 against Australia, the Indian team, batting first, collapsed for 125 runs, a major reason for this was the fall of 4 wickets in the powerplay. Josh Hazlewood alone took 3 wickets in the powerplay, who gave only 13 runs in his spell of 4 overs. Australia won this match by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. When Abhishek Sharma, who came to the press conference after the match, came to know that Hazlewood will no longer play in this series, he was shocked.

Except Abhishek Sharma and Harshit Rana, no other Indian batsman could touch double figures in the second T20. While every batsman seemed to be in trouble against the Australian bowlers, Abhishek was scoring runs at a strike rate close to 200. Abhishek scored 68 runs in 37 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes.

Regarding Josh Hazlewood, Abhishek Sharma said in the press conference after the match, “I have been watching him since the ODI series, I knew that he would challenge us. The way he was bowling today, it was difficult to play in front of him. I wanted to dominate him, but he had his own plans which he was adopting well. For me too, this Spain in front of him was new.”

Josh Hazlewood will not play the next 3 matches

Meanwhile, when the journalist informed him that Josh Hazlewood will not play in the next 3 T20s against India, he was shocked and said, “Is it so? I don’t know but if it is so then it will be a relief. I know that he is a bowler of all three formats. As a batsman, you have to learn to face the best bowlers of the world and this is what I am trying to do.”

Abhishek Sharma got absolute donuts out of Travis Head, but his reaction to finding out Josh Hazlewood wasn’t playing the rest of this series was priceless #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/mMaz0fAnQN

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 31, 2025

Josh Hazlewood was kept from playing the first 2 matches of the T20 series. The first match was canceled due to rain, Australia won the second match by 4 wickets. Hazlewood will now be busy preparing for the Ashes series. India vs Australia 3rd T20 will be played on Sunday, November 2 at Bellerive Oval.

Australia has defeated India by 4 wickets in the second T20 match. Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty tried their best to stop Australia, but could not stop Australia from winning by 4 wickets. India had scored only 125 runs while playing first, Kangaroo team won the small target with 40 balls remaining.

Australia had a small target of 126 runs. The opening pair of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh together took Australia’s score beyond 50 in just 4 overs. Head was out after scoring 28 runs in 15 balls, on the other hand, captain Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant inning of 46 runs in 26 balls. During this, Marsh hit 2 fours and four skyscraper sixes.

Bumrah-Chakraborty’s efforts failed

Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty tried their best to restrict Australia to a small score. Bumrah took 2 wickets giving only 26 runs in 4 overs, at the other end Chakraborty gave only 23 runs in 4 overs and took two wickets. Other bowlers could not leave much impact. Kuldeep Yadav did take 2 wickets, but proved to be very expensive.

When the Indian team came to bat first, only Abhishek Sharma and Harshit Rana were able to score big. Abhishek played an inning of 68 runs in a stormy manner, on the other hand, Harshit Rana, batting at seventh position, played an inning of 35 runs, but he was very expensive in bowling. Harshit had given away 27 runs in just 2 overs.

Australia won after four years

This has happened after five years when Australia has defeated the Indian team in a T20 match on its home ground. Australia last defeated India on its home ground in Sydney in December 2020. This is Australia’s 12th overall win against Team India in T20 International.

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IND vs AUS 2nd T20: Hazlewood created terror in the powerplay, became the highest wicket taker in T20, created history

India vs Australia second T20 match is being played in Melbourne. Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be very good in the first 10 overs. The Indian team had lost the first 5 wickets till the score was only 49. Despite the continuous fall of wickets, Abhishek Sharma continued his stormy batting, but the most talked about person was Harshit Rana, who was sent to bat at number seven.

In the last one year, India’s batting order was completely set from top to bottom. In such a situation, Gautam Gambhir has invited criticism by sending Harshit Rana to the seventh position. The situation was such that Shivam Dubey had to sit on the bench because of Harshit. On social media, people have even started calling Gautam Gambhir the new Greg Chappell.

Gautam Gambhir got trolled

A fan wrote on social media that he is fed up with the partiality in the Indian team, because Harshit Rana is being given a chance by keeping Arshdeep out. One person wrote that I don’t know what kind of attachment Gambhir has with Harshit. People raised big questions on the question of sending Harshit to bat before Shivam Dubey.

Gautam Gambhir’s decision to change the batting order was even called a stupid decision. Another person said that Gautam Gambhir is slowly becoming Greg Chappell, whose aim is to ruin Indian cricket. He said that now that Harshit Rana has been sent to bat above Shivam Dubey, he hopes that Gambhir will be dismissed soon.

Mr. Gambhir is the new Greg Chappel here to ruin Indian Cricket.
Now Harshit Rana is sent before Shivam Dube.
I hope he gets fired soon. https://t.co/dU0Xteu2Qm

—Sahil Paudel. (@sahil_paudel) October 31, 2025

Idiotic decision by Gautam Gambhir to send Harshit Rana before Shivam Dube.#AUSvIND

— Papa ji (@netanyahu332) October 31, 2025

To see your Lord Greatest All rounder Harshit Rana play it was sold out

— Aman Gulati (@iam_amangulati) October 31, 2025

What was that batting plan, seriously?

Samson at 3 ahead of SKY, and sending Harshit Rana to bat when a proper batsman like Dube was available was even strange. Pure confusion out there. #INDvsAUS #StarNiAdugu@GautamGambhir

— LoL’ey (@LoL_bobbey) October 31, 2025

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In the second T20 match being played in Melbourne, India scored 125 runs while playing first. Abhishek Sharma single-handedly played a brilliant inning of 68 runs. The second highest score for Team India was made by Harshit Rana, who played an important inning of 35 runs while batting at seventh position. Apart from Abhishek and Harshit, no other Indian batsman could even touch double figures in terms of runs.

The Indian team had a very bad start. Shubman Gill was out after scoring 5 runs in the third over itself. The team management perhaps made the conditions a little difficult for the Indian batsmen by changing the batting order. Captain Suryakumar, who usually plays at number 3, came at fourth position, while Sanju Samson was sent at third position. As a result, Surya and Samson walked out after scoring 1 and 2 runs respectively.

Due to this strategy, even Tilak Verma, who had maintained his form in the Asia Cup, did not work. Tilak came at number-5, who could not even open the account. Axar Patel looked in good touch, but he too was run out on the score of 7 runs.

Only Abhishek-Harshit should go

The Indian team had lost 5 wickets at the score of 49. Abhishek stood firm at the other end and played a stormy innings of 68 runs in 37 balls. He hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. The team management sent Harshit Rana to bat at number 7 above Shivam Dubey. Taking full advantage of this opportunity, Harshit Rana played an important inning of 35 runs.

Josh Hazlewood was the most successful bowler for Australia, taking three wickets for just 13 runs in 4 overs. Xavier Bartlett and Nathan Ellis took two wickets each and Marcus Stoinis also managed to take one wicket. Two Indian batsmen, Akshar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah were run out.

Josh Hazlewood’s lethal bowling was seen in the India vs Australia second T20 being played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, he bowled 3 overs in the powerplay and took 3 big wickets. He gave only 6 runs and made Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma his victims. With this he made a big record in his name.

In the second T20, Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, India got the first blow on the score of 20, vice-captain Shubman Gill was out after scoring 5 runs after playing 10 balls. He was dismissed by Hosh Hazlewood. After this Sanju Samson became the victim of Nathan Ellis, he could score only 2 runs.

Josh Hazlewood dismissed Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma respectively on the third and fifth balls of the 5th over. On the second ball of the over, the wicket keeper had given up an easy catch of Suryakumar, but Hazlewood bowled the next ball on a good length and was again caught by the wicket keeper. Tilak Verma went to hit a big shot but the ball only went high, the wicket keeper took an easy catch.

Josh Hazlewood created history

Josh Hazlewood has become the joint second bowler for Australia to take the most T20 International wickets. He has equaled Mitchell Starc, taking 79 wickets in T20. Starc also had the same number of wickets, he has retired from T20 International cricket. The highest wicket taker for Australia in this format is Adam Zampa, who took 131 wickets.

Abhishek Sharma played important innings

Half of the Indian team had returned to the pavilion within 50 runs (49), the fifth wicket had fallen in the form of Axar Patel. He was run out. After this, there was a good partnership between Harshit Rana and Abhishek Sharma, while on one hand the Indian batsmen were not able to survive, on the other hand Abhishek completed his half-century in 23 balls.

When And Where To Watch IND vs AUS 2nd T20: The second T20 match between India and Australia will be played today on Friday, 31 October. This match will be held at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The first T20 between India and Australia was washed out due to rain. Batting first in this match, India had scored 97 runs at the loss of one wicket, but rain had spoiled the further play. Now both the teams will enter the Melbourne stadium to play the second T20 match.

What time will IND vs AUS 2nd T20 start?

The second T20 match between India and Australia will start today at 1:45 pm. The toss will take place at 1:15 pm, exactly half an hour before the start of the match. Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav and Australian captain Mitch Marsh will take the field for the toss.

Where to watch the match for free?

The second T20 match between India and Australia can be watched for free on TV. There will be live streaming of this match on DD Sports. Along with this, the broadcasting rights of the IND-AUS match are with Star Sports Network. This match can also be seen live on Star Sports channel.

On which OTT platform to watch live?

All the matches of this ongoing Indian series in Australia can be watched live on the OTT platform Jio Hotstar app or its website.

Indian squad for T20 series

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh and Jitesh Sharma.

Australian squad for T20 series

Mitch Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Philippe, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott, Matthew Short, Ben Dwarshuis and Tanvir Sangha.

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