[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]In the second One-day International played here on Sunday, Mitchell Starc led Australia to a 10-wicket victory against India that tied the series at 1-1 with his 5-53 performance.
With his speed and swing, left-arm fast Starc shook the Indian batting order and bowled them out for just 117 in just 26 overs.
Openers Travis Head, who hit 51, and Mitchell Marsh, who smashed 66 off 36 balls, then took apart the Indian bowling to romp home in 11 overs.
Australia finished the chase with 39 overs to spare and bounce back from their opening defeat to hand India their biggest ODI loss in terms of balls remaining.
Starc led the team’s lethal attack with the wicket of Shubman Gill for a duck after the tourists decided to bowl first after overnight rain.
“It was a great day for us,” man-of-the-match Starc told broadcasters Star Sports.
“I think the bowling unit was pretty spot on. I guess the conditions helped the ball swing a bit but I think we bowled really good areas. We were probably on the more aggressive side when we started to get a few wickets in the powerplay.”
Marsh applauded Starc and stood out with a blistering knock that contained six fours and six sixes.
“That was enjoyable to observe. You are aware of his abilities with the white ball, particularly when he swings it. He is the world’s best,” declared Marsh.
India was put on the back foot when Starc struck again in quick succession to dismiss returning captain Rohit Sharma for 13 and then Suryakumar Yadav for a second consecutive first-ball duck.
KL Rahul survived the hat-trick ball for just 11 more deliveries before being leg-before-wicket by Starc, who finished his maiden six-over performance with figures of 4-31.
“He is a quality bowler. He’s been doing it for years for Australia with the new ball,” Rohit said of Starc. “We kept falling to his strength. Failure was from our batsmen.”
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The left-handed Head and Marsh came out firing as they smashed Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami to all parts of the ground.
Head began the attack with two straight boundaries off Siraj and Marsh soon joined the charge with a string of fours and huge sixes, one of them into the second tier of the packed stands.
Marsh, who hit 81 in his team’s opening loss, hit two straight sixes off Pandya to reach his fifty off 28 balls.
Head soon raised his fifty and Marsh hit the winning boundary to take the series decider to Chennai on Wednesday.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
