VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA: Mitchell Starc’s 5-53 and a blazing 66 by Mitchell Marsh helped Australia demolish India by 10 wickets within the second one-day worldwide to stage the sequence at 1-1 on Sunday.

Starc, a left-arm fast, rattled the Indian batting together with his tempo and swing to bundle out the opposition for 117 in 26 overs in Visakhapatnam.

Openers Travis Head (51) and Marsh, who smashed six sixes in his 36-ball blitz, then took aside the Indian bowling to romp residence in 11 overs and stage the three-match sequence with one recreation left.

Australia completed the chase with 39 overs to spare and bounce again from their opening loss.

Starc led the workforce’s deadly assault with the wicket of Shubman Gill for a duck after the vacationers determined to bowl first after in a single day rain.

Two successive strikes from Starc to get returning skipper Rohit Sharma for 13 after which Suryakumar Yadav, out for a second straight first-ball duck, pushed India onto the again foot.

KL Rahul performed out the hat-trick ball however lasted for simply 11 extra deliveries earlier than falling leg earlier than wicket to Starc, who returned figures of 4-31 in his first spell of six overs.

Skipper Steve Smith took a surprising one-handed catch at first slip to dismiss Hardik Pandya for one off the bowling of Sean Abbott, who took three wickets.

Smith went full stretch to his proper and was airborne when he took the catch off an edge from Pandya, setting social media abuzz with reward for his “superman” effort.

Virat Kohli tried to hit again for India with a rating of 31 that included 4 boundaries earlier than he was trapped in entrance by Nathan Ellis.

Wickets stored tumbling and the departure of Ravindra Jadeja, the hero from Friday’s first match in Mumbai, for 16 off the bowling of Ellis added to India’s woes.

Starc wrapped up the innings together with his ninth ODI five-wicket haul. Axar Patel, who got here into the workforce instead of Shardul Thakur, was unbeaten on 29 after hitting two sixes.

The left-handed Head and Marsh got here out firing as they smashed Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami to all components of the bottom.

Head started the assault with two straight boundaries off Siraj and Marsh quickly joined the cost with a string of fours and sixes.

Marsh, who hit 81 in his workforce’s opening loss, hit two straight sixes off Pandya to achieve his fifty off 28 balls.

Head quickly raised his fifty and Marsh hit the successful boundary to take the sequence decider to Chennai on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: Wasim Akram, former Pakistan captain and a legendary pacer, has mentioned that Saudi Arabia may kind its correct cricket workforce because the Kingdom recurrently hosted tournaments, including he needs to see the sport “evolve” within the Gulf nation.

Akram made his first-ever journey to the Saudi capital of Riyadh in February this yr the place he held a gathering with the chairman of the Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation (SACF), Prince Saud bin Mishal, to debate the way forward for the game within the Kingdom.

In an interview with Arab Information, Akram spoke in regards to the rising cricket expertise in Saudi Arabia, saying although he didn’t get an opportunity to witness Saudi cricketers, he wish to go to the Kingdom once more.

“I might like to go and see the expertise, and I’m certain, they will kind a correct cricket workforce, the place they will really beat the affiliate international locations,” the previous pacer mentioned.

“However for that, they have to have home common leagues, and that too, like I mentioned earlier, on turf pitches. That’s crucial for Saudi cricket to evolve.”

Akram’s go to adopted the latest strengthening of cricket ties between the 2 international locations. In January, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Najam Sethi, mentioned his nation was ready to share its experience within the sport with Saudi Arabia the place cricket is more and more rising in recognition.

The identical month, Javed Afridi, who owns the Pakistan Tremendous League franchise Peshawar Zalmi, introduced that his workforce was going to play exhibition matches within the Kingdom, Arab Information reported .

“I met with the chairman of the Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation, who’s a really eager and avid fan of cricket,” Akram mentioned.

“And naturally, there are a whole lot of expats: Pakistanis, Australians, Indians, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans. All of them are there, and so they love one sport, that’s cricket. The [Kingdom] has about 16 districts, and so they do put up common tournaments, [but] I believe what they want is a correct cricket floor and turfs, that’s the place Saudi cricket will evolve.”

Akram added he went to Riyadh for the primary time and was amazed to see town.

“The climate was unbelievable,” he mentioned. “It was chilly really. It was about 11 to 12 levels. And basically, the site visitors was in all places. However other than that, the nation is evolving. It has advanced a lot.”

Since its institution in 2020, the SACF has launched a collection of main initiatives, together with a nationwide cricket championship, a company cricket match, a league for expatriate staff, and social applications in a number of cities.

It oversees 15 official associations representing the game in 9 areas and has introduced plans to arrange extra associations within the remaining areas to make sure that cricket actions are held throughout the Kingdom.