Earlier than the beginning of the second ODI between India and Australia on the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, legendary wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist was seen sharing a selfie with former captain Rohit Sharma, reviving reminiscences of their time collectively on the now-defunct Deccan Chargers within the Indian Premier League (IPL). The interplay went viral, with followers celebrating the bond between two gamers who as soon as shared a dressing room greater than a decade in the past.
Rohit and Gilchrist performed collectively for the Deccan Chargers between 2008 and 2010. Beneath Gilchrist’s captaincy, the Hyderabad-based franchise famously received the 2009 IPL title. The Australian later moved to Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), the place he performed till his IPL retirement in 2013, whereas Rohit joined the Mumbai Indians, main them to 5 IPL titles. Forward of the toss, the 2 had been seen having a chat and taking a selfie. The previous Australian cricketer posted the selfie video on his Instagram story, captioning it, “Go Chargers Go”.
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Coming to the match, Australia captain Mitchell Marsh received the toss and selected to bowl first. The hosts made three modifications to their taking part in XI, bringing in Alex Carey, Adam Zampa, and Xavier Bartlett as they seemed to seal the ODI sequence after profitable the primary match in Perth.
However, India went with an unchanged lineup, displaying religion in the identical XI that suffered a seven-wicket loss within the sequence opener in Perth. Nevertheless, India’s innings acquired off to a poor begin. After surviving a couple of overs from Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, India misplaced two fast wickets inside the first eight overs. Captain Shubman Gill (9) and veteran Virat Kohli (0) each fell to pacer Xavier Bartlett, inserting India’s scorecard at 22/2 after eight overs. Rohit, who returned to the ODI setup after a seven-month break, was attempting to regular the innings alongside Shreyas Iyer.
Australia (Enjoying XI): Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Matthew Quick, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey(w), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
India (Enjoying XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
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