Starc and Marsh lead Australia to rapid 10-wicket rout of India in second ODI

19.03.2023 - 16:15 theguardian.com

Mitchell Starc ripped through India’s lineup with five wickets to lay the platform for a crushing 10-wicket Australia win in the second one-day international in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

Chasing 118 to win after Starc claimed 5 for 53 for his ninth five-wicket haul in ODIs in a fiery spell earlier in the day, Australia romped home in only 11 overs to level the three-match series at 1-1 and set up a thrilling finale in Chennai on Wednesday.

Mitchell Marsh cracked an unbeaten 66 in 36 balls – a knock that included six sixes – while Travis Head made 51 not out to get the tourists over the finish line without losing a wicket.

Australia put India in to bat and struck early as Starc had Shubman Gill caught at point for a duck with a wider ball in the first over.

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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting expects his country's pace-bowling stalwart Mitchell Starc and leg-spinner Adam Zampa to do the star turn when the ODI World Cup is held in India later this year. Starc, 33, was in sublime form during the three-match ODI series against India recently picking up eight wickets, including a five-for in the third game at Visakhapatnam, as the visitors won the series 2-1. The tall quick made India's T20 specialist middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav look like a sitting duck, dismissing him for nought in the first two fixtures. Zampa, after being ignored for the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series, also packed a punch in ODIs, grabbing four wickets in the third game at Chennai as Australia won the decider by 21 runs.

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