India vs Australia Live Score, 2nd ODI: Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill pummelled splendid centuries as India knocked the stuffing out of Australia in the 2nd ODI at Indore's Holkar Stadium. First, Iyer creamed a fine century - the third of his ODI career before cramps and fatigue got the better of him. Despite getting a reprieve, Iyer perished for 105 but not before adding a 200-run partership with Gill, who not too long after, completed the 6th century of his ODI career but perished soon after.

After Australia stand-in captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bowl against India, Josh Hazlewood struck in his second over to dismiss Ruturaj Gaikwad cheaply. Iyer, walking in at 3, started briskly, smashing four boundaries in 11 balls and brought up the fifty partnership with Gill in just 29 deliveries. With India reaching 79/1 in 9.5 overs, rain stopped play, but fortunately, it did not last long as bright sunshine returned in no time.

The clock is ticking as the World Cup draws near. India have been consistently impressive in every aspect, and the outcome of the first ODI against Australia on Friday further exemplifies their proficiency. With the series still up for grabs and considering their current form and the outcome of the Mohali game, India finds itself with an excellent opportunity to establish an unassailable 2-0 lead today in the 2nd ODI at Indore.

However, more importantly, this is the final opportunity for players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Shreyas Iyer, and Suryakumar Yadav to make a lasting impression before the return of senior players such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Kuldeep Yadav for India's last official match before the World Cup. Shreyas, in particular, is eager to find his form after missing out on a flat track in the previous match. Designated as India's number 4, Shreyas' fitness was a topic of discussion during the Asia Cup, and he has been unable to spend significant time at the crease due to various reasons. A back spasm kept him out of the business end of the Asia Cup, and an unfortunate run-out ended his brief 8-ball stay in the center. Shreyas hopes to score big in the upcoming two games to boost his confidence and that of his team leading into the global event.

Ashwin made a tidy bowling comeback but struggled to trouble Australian batters on a flat track. He couldn't generate much turn, and his flatter deliveries were easily dealt with by the opposition. While the champion spinner still has a chance to make a last-minute entry into India's World Cup squad if Axar Patel isn't fit in time, the team management expects more from the 37-year-old than what he delivered.

India managed to secure a comfortable victory in the first ODI, even in the absence of four top-tier players, including skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. They now stand in good stead to clinch the series at the Holkar Stadium, known for producing high-scoring encounters. After enduring unusual heat and humidity in Mohali, the players will welcome the respite brought by recent rain, which has lowered the temperature. While the previous game had several positives for India, notably the performances of Mohammad Shami and Suryakumar Yadav, there are still some questions that need answering as the World Cup approaches in early October.

Australia, like India, was missing key players in the opening match, including Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell, and Josh Hazlewood. Captain Pat Cummins hinted that they might be ready by the third game in Rajkot on September 27. Australia had previously won a series in India earlier this year but now finds themselves in a must-win situation on Sunday. While Josh Inglis showed promise with a run-a-ball 45, the middle-order needs to find more consistency.

Here are some pointers regarding 2nd ODI between India and Australia:

- Shubman Gill scored his 6th ODI century and the fifth of this year.

- Shreyas Iyer notched up his 3rd ODI century before departing for 105.

- Rain stopped play with India on 79/1 in 9.5 overs. Shreyas Iyer unbeaten on 34 and Gill 32.

- Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill added a rampant fifty-run stand off just 29 balls.

- Josh Hazlewood dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad cheaply to give Australia an arlybreakthrough.

- With Pat Cummins rested, Australia stand-in captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bowl.

- India are without Jasprit Bumrah, who has been rested for the 2nd ODI but will return for the final game on Wednesday.

- The 2nd ODI at Indore is being looked at as a high-scoring contest given the short boundaries of the Holkar Stadium.

One last chance for India and Australia to tinker before big guns return

 On a day where Thakur leaked 78 runs in 10 overs, Shami returns with figures of 5/51 in the first ODI vs Australia.

Before the T20 World Cup in Australia last year, Pakistan Cricket Board shared a video where Mohammed Shami can be seen sharing tips to Shaheen Shah Afridi at the sidelines of a net session. “I have been following you since I started bowling and I am a big fan of your wrist position,” Shaheen had said to Shami. All of those traits Shaheen was talking about Shami’s upright wrist position were visible on Friday afternoon, when he bagged 5/51 in the first ODI against Australia.

Mohali is certainly not Edgbaston or Manchester and over the years, it has turned into one of the flattest tracks in the country. Friday was no exception as on a batting-friendly surface, Shami swung the ball both ways and sent a timely reminder as to why he should be starting every game at the World Cup.

He started off with a loosener which was slapped past a deep backward point by Mithcell Marsh. Two balls later, Shami the magician, sent down an ideal out-swinger that Marsh had no answers to. It was the classic Test match length, one that Shami relies so extensively on, that undid Marsh. As he got one to land around the off-stump channel, Marsh had no choice but to commit to playing it. But this one from Shami landed on the seam and moved just enough to take the outside edge and Shubman Gill at the first slip, accepted the catch gleefully.

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The best was yet to come. David Warner, who always finds it difficult against Shami, was all at sea again. The Australian was hardly using his feet and was seen tamely caught at the crease, pushing and prodding. As Shami repeatedly beat the outside and inside edge, the frustration was beginning to build on Warner as he even made a futile attempt of charging down the ground. Warner faced 11 deliveries from Shami and managed to score just a single.

Shami’s incredible seam position has been the standout feature in his bowling, courtesy his wrist position. His childhood coach, Mohammed Badruddin, explains his ward’s hard work behind his immaculate art, on which he has worked on for the past twenty years. “Every day he will take one old ball home. His father once showed me the stain of red balls on the wall in front of his bed. He used to throw the ball and then will catch it just to perfect his wrist position,” reminisces Badruddin.

“How many balls have lost its shape. Everyone talks about his wrist position, but very few people know about the work he has put in to perfect it. I have seen so many bowlers with good wrist positions, but it won’t be the same after a while. The reason is they don’t work hard to perfect it,” he says.

After his initial burst (4-1-16-1) in extreme hot and humid conditions, where he bowled at full steam, Shami took a breather. And by the time the 33-year-old returned for the second spell he looked totally charged up again as he cleaned up Steve Smith, who was beginning to threaten India, with a nip-backer, which took the inside edge and rattled the stumps. And off the last ball of his second spell, he nearly had Cameron Green, who almost chopped on thanks to the late movement which left the Australian in two minds whether to leave or play.

Apart from his ability to take wickets with the new ball, Shami also prefers bowling with a slightly old ball as it brings reverse-swing into the equation. On a day where India rested Mohammed Siraj, and Shardul Thakur ended up on the expensive side giving away 78 runs in the 10 overs he sent down, Shami made another compelling case for his inclusion.

Though he is very much part of the plan, India are not prepared to field all three of Shami, Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah together as it would leave them with a long tail if one factors in Kuldeep Yadav as well. It is the reason India have been preferring Thakur over Shami, even though the former doesn’t always finish his quota of 10 overs. There is also the other concern around Shami, who is known to be expensive at the death that even at the IPL, Gujarat Titans preferred to use him mostly with the new ball.

At Mohali, Shami showed he is not that bad at death. For a bowler, who rarely uses his variations at the death, Shami used the slower deliveries to good effect. When Marcus Stoinis smoked him for consecutive boundaries in the 47th over, Shami came back stronger by cleaning him up. Then off his last over, he picked up the wickets of Matthew Short and Sean Abbott courtesy clever change of pace. First up, Short was caught at mid-wicket and two balls later, Abbot chopped on as Shami finished his quota of 10 overs with 5 for 51..!

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England registered a largely comfortable 48-run win over Ireland in the second ODI at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Saturday (September 23). Young leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed registered his career-best ODI figures of 4-54 to derail Ireland's chase and although the visitors added 129 runs for their last three wickets, the result was never in doubt. Earlier in the day, Will Jacks had also got to his highest individual score in ODIs while Sam Hain kickstarted his 50-over career with a fluent 89.

Chasing a competitive target of 335, Ireland started with a bang, much like their opponents in the first half of the game. George Scrimshaw, one of England's four debutants, had a horror beginning due to a flurry of no-balls that allowed Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie to make a brisk start. Boundaries came aplenty, some even off those no-ball and the Free Hits were also duly dispatched. Before England could get a grip of things, Ireland were racing towards 50 well inside four overs.

To his credit, Scrimshaw bounced back and broke the opening partnership with a ripper. He had Balbirnie caught at slip with a lovely delivery and Matthew Potts struck on the first ball of the next over to castle Stirling. These strikes halted Ireland's momentum briefly but Harry Tector kept the scoreboard ticking with his brand of fluid strokeplay. Unfortunately for the visitors, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals despite having a healthy run rate in the chase. The introduction of Rehan then changed the complexion of the game drastically.

In his brief career so far, Rehan has shown the knack to bowl genuine wicket-taking deliveries and while the consistency is a work in progress, he has managed to trouble the best of batters across the various white-ball formats. Ireland had no clue about dealing with his potent googly and fell like a pack of cards to his guile. His spin partner Tom Hartley went wicketless but the left-arm spinner also bowled a tidy spell to put in the squeeze on the tourists. From 103-3, Ireland found themselves on the brink at 157/7.

Statistically, the equation still was gettable with the Trent Bridge surface staying good for the entirety of the game. But the lack of wickets meant that it needed a miracle for England to be beaten. George Dockrell, who had earlier enjoyed a good outing with the ball, led the resistance along with the no. 8-11 as the tourists kept chipping away at the target. England's inexperienced bowling attack struggled to close out the game earlier and barring Brydon Carse, the seamers were quite inconsistent in their spells. Eventually, the scoreboard pressure and the lack of planning from Ireland's batters let them off the hook.

Earlier in the day, England's gen-next batting line-up ended with a strong score but given the platform and surface, they left about 25-30 runs out there. Phil Salt and Ben Duckett were guilty of throwing away their starts but Jacks and Hain ensured that they batted deeper into their respective innings. Duckett and Carse provided the ideal supporting knocks needed to push the score past the 330-run mark. Ireland were indisciplined with the new ball and leaked plenty of runs in the first PowerPlay but came back well thereafter.

Dockrell along with Craig Young were the pick of the bowlers and the latter's twin strikes in his first spell was what allowed Ireland to claw their way back into the game. The visitors kept taking wickets at regular intervals and barring the first 10 overs, generally found the right lengths to ensure that England never ran away with the game completely. The good length deliveries weren't as easy to hit but as is the case with Trent Bridge, the margin for error is also very small for the pacers. Ireland did well to keep England to 334 but in the end, that proved more than enough for the World Champions as they took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the three-match series with a game to spare.

Brief scores: England 334-8 in 50 overs (Will Jacks 94, Sam Hain 89; George Dockrell 3-43, Craig Young 2-38) beat Ireland 286 in 46.4 overs (George Dockrell 43, Barry McCarthy 41; Rehan Ahmed 4-54, George Scrimhaw 3-66) by 48 runs

 Sachin Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He was born on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai, India. Tendulkar had an illustrious international cricket career that spanned over two decades, from 1989 to 2013. 

Some key highlights of his career include:

1. Scoring 100 international centuries, a record that still stands.

2. Becoming the highest run-scorer in both Test and One-Day International (ODI) cricket.

3. Being the first player to score a double century in an ODI.

4. Winning the Cricket World Cup with the Indian team in 2011.

Tendulkar's impact on the sport and his status as a cricketing legend have earned him immense respect and admiration from fans and fellow cricketers worldwide.