Powered by captain Virat Kohli's 40th ODI hundred and some brilliant performances by the bowlers, India defeated Australia by 8 runs in Nagpur to take 2-0 lead in 5-match series.
With only four ODIs remaining before the World Cup, the hosts will look to finalise the "two available spots" in an otherwise settled squad.
With only four ODIs remaining before the World Cup, the hosts will look to finalise the "two available spots" in an otherwise settled squad for the all-important tournament.
Out of four times, Australia have only won once at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
Australia leg-spinner backed his captain Aaron Finch to return to form with the bat soon as he is a world class player and is high on morale.
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The wrist spinner duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have been regular feature in India's ODI format confining finger spinner R Ashwin to the sidelines and relegating Ravindra Jadeja as the third specialist spinner.
With only four ODIs remaining before the World Cup, the hosts will look to finalise the "two available spots" in an otherwise settled squad for the all-important tournament.
After victory in first ODI against Australia, Kohli has now surpassed Sir Vivian Richards in the list of most wins after 64 ODIs as captain.
Finch was put on the hot seat after Smith and Warner were suspended on charges of ball tampering, however, since then his performances with the bat has taken a beating.
While the 33-year-old remained not out on 81, Dhoni played a calm and composed knock of 59 not out off 72 balls as India cruised to victory to win by 6 wickets against Australia.
Jadhav has had multiple breakdown due to a dodgy hamstring which also included a near six month lay-off due to a surgery, but that did not stop the all-rounder from bringing India home on Saturday.
Kedar Jadhav was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match for his unbeaten 81 off 87 balls and figures of 1/31 from seven overs.
India produced a clinical bowling performance, led by Mohammed Shami, to restrict Australia to 236 for seven from their 50 overs.
The duo of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav involved in an unbeaten partnership of 141 runs to take India across the line.
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In the Indian probable 15-member squad, there are two slots which are still to be claimed and the four contenders are K.L. Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar and Siddarth Kaul.
India and Australia will look to fill the gaps when they take on each other in the five-match ODI series, starting on Saturday in Hyderabad.
MS Dhoni, who was present at the jersey unveiling event, said he is proud to hand over the legacy of the Indian jersey to future generations.
Skipper Finch also praised Maxwell for his impressive batting display during the T20I series against India.
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