Australia and India are set to face off in the second ODI at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, October 23, 2025. After their dominant seven-wicket win in the first ODI at Perth, Mitchell Marsh’s men will look to seal the three-match series, while India will be eager to bounce back and level it 1-1.
AUS vs IND, The first ODI saw the Australian pacers dismantle India’s top order in a rain-affected clash. Both sides now aim to put on a strong performance under clearer skies in Adelaide.
AUS vs IND Toss Update: Marsh Opts to Bowl, Gill Hopes for an Uninterrupted Game
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first, saying that players always enjoy playing on the Adelaide surface. He also emphasized the importance of capitalizing on the opportunity to secure the series early.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑶𝑫𝑰,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉. “𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚.”
Meanwhile, Indian skipper Shubman Gill shared that he would have preferred to bowl first too, but expressed confidence in setting a big total while batting first.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔,” 𝑮𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍.”
Kuldeep Yadav Sidelined Again as India Stick to Same XI
India has retained the same playing XI from the Perth ODI, meaning Kuldeep Yadav continues to miss out. The visitors have opted for two spin-bowling all-rounders and three pacers, sticking with the same combination that didn’t quite click in the series opener.
Australia, on the other hand, made three changes — bringing in Alex Carey, Adam Zampa, and Xavier Bartlett for Josh Philippe, Matt Kuhnemann, and Nathan Ellis.
AUS vs IND, 2nd ODI — Playing XIs
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
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