India are set to take the field at the Bellerive Oval with several questions hanging over their team selection. Suryakumar Yadav’s side was tormented by Josh Hazlewood in their previous T20I in Melbourne, a game that once again exposed the main weakness that has bugged India in recent times: their choice of playing XI.
Playing on a lively track at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, India went in with Harshit Rana batting at No. 7, no Arshdeep Singh in the line-up, and three spinners in total. This was in sharp contrast to Australia, who used just two overs of spin in the entire match and unleashed their battery of fast bowlers on the Indian batting line-up.
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The result was predictable.
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