India vs Australia: KL Rahul impresses from behind the wicket with his fast hands in Dhoni's absence | Watch

New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: Stand in wicket-keeper for Team India KL Rahul displayed a brilliant performance with the globes in the second ODI between India and Australia held at SCA Stadium, Rajkot. The 27-year-old who earlier shined with bat at No.5, stumped Aussie skipper Aaron Finch in the 15th over bowled by Ravindra Jadeja. The dismissal at such a lightning pace was a reminder of MS Dhoni's quick work behind the stumps. Finch had scored unbeaten 110 runs in the previous match that India lost by 10 wickets.

Earlier today, KL Rahul scored 80 runs off just 52 balls with the help of 6 fours and three sixes while playing at No.5 position. It was after a long gap of 2013 that a No.5 batsmen scored at a strike rate above 150 while batting at that position after MS Dhoni.  

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In the match, India scored 340/6 in 50 overs and other batsmen Shikhar Dhawan (96), captain Virat Kohli (78) and Rohit Sharma (42) also contributed with the bat. For Aussies, Adam Zampa was the pick of the bowlers. He ended with figures of 50/3 in 10 overs. 

 

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In reply, Australia were bowled out for 304 runs in 49.1 over. Openers David Warner and Aaron Finch, who posted a record 258-run stand to help Australia stroll to a win in the first ODI, could not do a repeat of their heroics with the former being dismissed in the fourth over. Steve Smith was the top-scorer with 98 runs, Labuschagne added 47 runs. For India, Shami scalped three wickets while Saini, Yadav and Jadeja scalped a couple of wickets each.

 

The decisive third ODI will be played on Sunday at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.