India vs Australia: Starc and Marsh star in visitors' 10-wicket thumping of Men in Blue

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Visakhapatnam, Mar 19: Australia restored parity in the three-match ODI series as the visitors thrashed India by 10 wickets in the second ODI here on Sunday. Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Marsh starred in the win as the pacer took a five-for to bundle out the hosts for just 117 in 26 overs.

Marsh then scored 66 not out while forging an unbeaten 121-run stand for the opening wicket with Travis Head, who scored 51 not out. The duo played aggressive cricket as the target was chased down in 11 overs.

Starc earlier made full use of helpful conditions to bundle out India for 117 in 26 overs as he finished with a spell of 5/53. His ninth five-wicket haul in ODIs along with fine display from Sean Abbott (3/23) and Nathan Ellis (2/13) gave Indian batters no chance to settle down on seaming and swinging conditions.

Among Indian batters, Virat Kohli scored 31 while Axar Patel remained 29 not out in a horrific batting collapse. Rohit Sharma could score just 13 at the top after Shubman Gill was gone for a duck.

Suryakumar Yadav's poor show in the ODI format continued with a first-ball duck while last-match hero KL Rahul could only score 9. Ravindra Jadeja's 16 was the third-highest score by an Indian while rest of the batters, excluding Rohit, couldn't touch the double figures.

All the Indian bowlers were taken to the cleaners as well by the Australian openers with Mohammad Siraj giving away 37 runs in three overs while Mohammad Shami gave 29 runs in as many overs.

Hardik Pandya, who scored just 1 run with the bat, gave away 18 runs in 1 over while Kuldeep Yadav's single over costs 12 runs.

Brief Scores: India: 117 all out in 26 overs (Virat Kohli 31, Axar Patel 29 not out, Mitchell Starc 5/53, Sean Abbott 3/23, Nathan Ellis 2/13).

Australia: 121 for no loss in 11 overs (Travis Head 51 not out, Mitchell Marsh 66 not out).