India vs Australia 2017: Spinner Kuldeep Yadav and skipper Virat Kohli led India to a memorable 50-run win against Australia in the second ODI at Kolkata. India take 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Smith further said there is no personal battle with Kohli and credited him for creating a fit group.
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India and Australia will play only their second ODI at the Eden since their TVS Cup final in November, 2003 but a forecast of rain, induced by low pressure and monsoon, is threatening to spoil the contest.
There was a brief spell of rain in the morning on Wednesday but by afternoon the sun came out although not in full force.
Kuldeep also elaborated how the pressure that he has created on Warner may enable him to get his wicket quickly.
Smith said his most memorable ODI innings was century in the 2015 World Cup semi-final against India.
Smith believes the world champions have a quality squad to bounce back in the series.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni continues to play a leading role in constructing India's victory even after stepping down as the captain earlier this year.
Another shortened contest between India and Australia is also within the realms of possibility, as Kolkata has been lashed by spells of heavy showers over the past few days.
India were slated to train in the evening session but seeing the ground reality they were quick to cancel the session.
Pandya smashed 24 runs of Zampa's over which proved to be a decisive moment during the first ODI of the tour.
"I don't think you'll see any country playing more than three one-day matches in a series in the future," Sutherland further added.
The 'men-in-blue' looked relaxed as they headed straight to the team hotel along with their support staff and chief coach Ravi Shastri.
Yuzvendra Chahal, who took three wickets for 30 to be one of the architects of India's win, said having left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav at the other end made things easy for him.
Australia fell short by 26 runs while chasing 164 for a win from 21 overs under D/L method, and Smith said the partnership between Hardik Pandya-MS Dhoni in the India innings turned out to be the game-changer.
Hardik Pandya put in an impressive all-round performance as India beat Australia by 26 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-curtailed first ODI on Sunday.
The India captain also complimented his bowlers for restricting Australia after the visitors were set a revised target of 164 off 21 overs in the rain-curtailed match.
Kuldeep Yadav (2/33) and Yuzvendra Chahal (3/30) ran through the Australia's middle and lower order as India took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series in Chennai.
Dhoni becomes the fourth Indian batsman to achieve the feat in the ODI format after Sachin Tendulkar (164), Rahul Dravid (145) and Sourav Ganguly (106).
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