The second match of the three T20 match series between India and Australia will be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Stadium in Nagpur today. To put it in the biggest cliche tone of cricket, it is a do-or-die match for Team India. If the Indian team loses today, the series will have to be lost. If you win, then there will be an occasion for celebration.
A celebration that we haven’t celebrated in five years. The last time our team achieved the feat of defeating Australia in a T20 International on Indian soil was in 2017. Since then Australia has beaten us on our own land four times in a row.
India vs Australia 2nd T20: Match Preview
This time too, with what intentions the Australian team has come, we had seen it in the first match in Mohali. In that match, the Kangaroos made such a powerful counterattack as if they were defeating us in hockey, not in cricket.
In hockey, we have long become accustomed to losing against Australia, but in cricket, we have become not only equal to them but also better in many ways. In Tests and ODIs, we beat Kangaroos in both Australia and India, but T20 spoils the fun. We are heavy on them in Australia, but in this format, they are proving to be better than us in our own homes.
As if their players are telling us that by playing in the IPL, they have adopted the soil of India in this format. So much is at stake in the match. In such a situation, if our team wins today, then it is made to celebrate. In the match starting at 7.30 pm, the Indian team can also make major changes in the playing XI.
