Chasing 118, Australian openers Travis Head (51* off 30) and Mitchell Marsh (66* off 36) barely flinched as Australia ran via India within the second ODI to seize a 10-wicket win and stage the sequence 1-1 going into the decider in Chennai.
The duo wrapped up the chase inside 11 overs, with 234 balls to spare. Probably the most ever in India males’s ODI historical past. Earlier worst was 212 balls remaining in opposition to New Zealand in January 2019.
“It’s very uncommon that each of us go on the identical time,” mentioned Head submit match on his partnership with Marsh. “All through my expertise opening the batting, if one man goes, you attempt to assist that. Right now it was a brief whole, we each felt like going. We performed actually calculated. It was a pleasant partnership, very fulfilling.”
He additionally added, “Good to contribute, actually good to get a partnership going. We had been a bit settled at this time and took our time. Final sport, I went arduous early to push the envelope. It’s good to have the massive fellow (Marsh) on the different finish when he hits them into the highest tier. We had been hoping that considered one of us will get away.”
Marsh had additionally prime scored within the first ODI in Mumbai when he nailed 81 runs off 65 deliveries on a wicket most batters on both facet discovered troublesome to hold on.
“It was a little bit of enjoyable,” he mentioned post-match. “All the time good to get a superb begin once you’re chasing a small whole like that. I hoped Head would get off to a flier and I might play it gradual. To be trustworthy, I’ve been having fun with enjoying swing and batting up the order. (On Starc) He’s been good, it’s horrible standing at slip when he bowls as a result of it flies at about 80 miles an hour off the sting. However it’s nice to see him bowl like this, we now have a uncommon likelihood to win an away sequence in India.”