Kohli, bowlers put India 2-0 ahead
Captain hits 92 before Kuldeep takes hat-trick as Australia falls 50 runs short in second ODI.Steve Smith had clearly stated how he desired to celebrate his 100th One-Day International. He desired to score runs and see Australia win. He did score runs, but he couldn't take his side within the line against India in the 2nd ODI in Kolkata, as the house side proved its dominance yet again with a 50-run win to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.
After restricting India to a small 252, Australia lost its way with Smith waging a mostly lone battle which was never likely to be adequate to win the match. The Australian captain scored a gritty 59 off 79 deliveries, but a scientific spell from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in the beginning, and crippling strikes from Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal afterwards, ended the visiting side's hopes of levelling the series. Kuldeep even returned a hat-trick in the latter the main chase, becoming only the next Indian to attain the feat in ODIs, following in the footsteps of Chetan Sharma (v New Zealand in Nagpur, 1987) and Kapil Dev (v Sri Lanka in Kolkata, 1991).
After restricting India to a small 252, Australia lost its way with Smith waging a mostly lone battle which was never likely to be adequate to win the match. The Australian captain scored a gritty 59 off 79 deliveries, but a scientific spell from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in the beginning, and crippling strikes from Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal afterwards, ended the visiting side's hopes of levelling the series. Kuldeep even returned a hat-trick in the latter the main chase, becoming only the next Indian to attain the feat in ODIs, following in the footsteps of Chetan Sharma (v New Zealand in Nagpur, 1987) and Kapil Dev (v Sri Lanka in Kolkata, 1991).
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