Team India will look to bounce back when they take on Australia in the second ODI at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Australia is leading 1-0 in the series after a 10 wickets win in Mumbai ODI.
In the first ODI, nothing went right for India as they suffered a big 10 wickets loss. Virat Kohli needs to return at his position number 3 and Shikhar Dhawan - KL Rahul has to work on their strike rotation and Rohit Sharma needs to be more careful in the first five-six overs and lower order batsmen need to work on their finishing skills. In the bowling Bumrah, Shami, Yadav, and Shardul didn't look at their best and they need to perform in a unit in this do or die match.
On the other hand, Australia had a perfect game in Mumbai and they will look to repeat that in Rajkot as well. Starc and Cummins as a pair have been excellent for some time and Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson and Ashton Agar are also doing a good job in the supporting role.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the second ODI between India and Australia in Rajkot
Head to Head -
| Venue | ODIs | Won by IND | Won by AUS | Tied | NR |
| India | 62 | 27 | 30 | 0 | 5 |
| Australia | 51 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| Neutral | 25 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| Overall | 138 | 50 | 78 | 0 | 10 |
ODIs record at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot -
India - 2 losses in 2 ODIs
Australia - Yet to play
2 - Both the ODI matches at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot have been won by the team batting first (Eng by 9 runs vs IND, 2013) and (SA by 18 runs vs IND, 2015).
14 - Kuldeep Yadav has taken only 14 wickets at an average of 54.0 in his last 15 ODI matches.
100 - Kuldeep Yadav needs 1 more wicket to complete 100 wickets in ODI cricket.
100 - Pat Cummins needs 2 more wickets to achieve the milestone of 100 ODI wickets.
1000 - KL Rahul needs 64 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.
9000 - Rohit Sharma needs 46 more runs to become the seventh Indian batsman to achieve the milestone of 9000 ODI runs.
