India vs Australia 2nd ODI: India's top order collapse again, Virat Kohli fails to rescue

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India's top order has taken another tumble in the 2nd ODI against Australia at the YS Rajasekhara Stadium in Vizag on Sunday (March 19).

Winning the toss, Australia captain Steve Smith put the hosts into bat and they haven't made the best of starts.

India's top order collapse, Again

It is another day of top-order collapsing for India, now twice in a row in this series. Shubman Gill was the first one to depart as he was picked up in the third ball of the match. India's captain Rohit Sharma, who has made a return after missing the Mumbai ODI, has also departed for just 13 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav's consecutive Golden Ducks

And to make matter worse, Suryakumar Yadav got his marching orders in the very first ball as Mitchell Starc trapped him fair and square. It is back-to-back golden ducks for SKY as India lost three wickets within the first five overs.

Although Kohli and Rahul were building a partnership, the latter has bitten the dust scoring 9 runs and went back to the hut.

Australia's pace star Mitchell Starc has picked up four wickets as the host find themselves in a spot of bother in Vizag. Sean Abbott has picked up the other wicket, which was of Hardik Pandya.

India collapsed in Mumbai as well

In the previous match in Mumbai, it was the same tale as the Indian top order made a sorry surrender in front of the Australian pacers. Ishan Kishan (3), Shubman Gill (20), Virat Kohli (4), Suryakumar Yadav (0) all departed cheaply as India were tottering for 39/4 while chasing a modest total of just 189 runs. But KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja took them home with some decent batting.

Virat Kohli fails to rescue India

Virat Kohli was the final hope for the home side but he is gone as well. Kohli was exquisite the while he stayed and scored 31 runs off 35 balls. Kohli was fantastic in the Test series. Kohli also has a superb record in ODIs in Vizag as the batter has scored 556 runs in his last 5 innings at the venue, hence the expectation was high on him. But Nathan Ellis has picked him up as the Indian stalwart gave his wicket away yet again after a fantastic start.

India vs Australia 2nd ODI: Jadeja and Axar at the crease

Back to this match, India are currently 80/6 as Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel are at the crease. Kohli has looked immense so far and Jadeja will be fresh from his fantastic all-around performance from the last match.

The pair will have to steer the ship as any further batting mishap can have significant ramifications on India's quest to seal the ODI series in Vizag.

Can the two all-rounders take India out of the mud? The next hour or so will give us the indication.