IND vs AUS: India lost in Adelaide after 17 years, Australia captured the ODI series

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|24-10-2025

Australia won the ODI series (Photo-GETTY IMAGES)

Australia vs India, 2nd ODI: After losing the Perth ODI, Team India also lost the match in Adelaide and with this they also lost the series. In this match, India batted first and scored 264 runs and in reply, Australia achieved this target by losing 8 wickets. Australia's victory was decided by its bowlers and then its batsmen. First, young fast bowler Xavier Bartlett took 3 wickets. Zampa also got four successes and after that Matthew Short scored a half-century and Connolly and Mitchell Owen did excellent batting to help their team win the match and the series. This victory is also special because Australia has defeated India in an ODI match in Adelaide after 17 years.

India's poor performance in Adelaide

Like Perth, also in Adelaide team india The toss was lost and Australia chose to field. India had a bad start, captain Gill was out after scoring 9 runs. Kohli could not even open the account. For the first time in his career, he got out for zero in two consecutive ODI matches. However, after this, Rohit and Iyer made a century partnership and made the comeback of Team India. Rohit played an innings of 73 runs and Iyer scored 61 runs. Akshar Patel scored 44 runs. Team India somehow managed to reach 264 runs.

Australia won the match

The target of 265 runs proved to be low for Australia. The team had a bad start, Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 11 runs. Travis Head also played an inning of 28 runs but Matthew Short made a comeback for Australia by scoring 74 runs in 78 balls. Matthew Renshaw scored 30 runs. When Alex Carey was out after scoring 9 runs, it seemed that Team India would make a comeback. But young player Cooper Connolly scored an unbeaten half-century and Mitchell Owen scored a quick 36 runs in 23 balls to help Australia win the match. The third ODI match will be played in Sydney on 25 October. Now the target for Team India will be to save the series from being a clean sweep.