The second and final Twenty20 cricket match between India and Australia will be played in Melbourne tomorrow. All India Radio, Delhi, will broadcast live commentary of the match from 1.30 P.M. onwards. The hosts lead the two-match T-20 series one-nil after winning the first encounter played in Sydney yesterday.Stung by a prolonged losing streak in what has turned out to be a nightmarish tour, a hapless India will now look to avoid a Twenty20 whitewash when they lock horns with the hosts tomorrow. Completely outclassed in the humiliating 0-4 Test loss against Australia, India had hoped for redemption in the limited over format. However, they again succumbed to a 31-run defeat in the first Twenty20 yesterday.India's young legs did show some energy on the field but at the batting crease, they were no different to their Test seniors. In the bowling department too, the Indians failed to make early inroads in the Australian line-up. Australia, on the other hand, have been simply ruthless so far. After mauling India in the Test series, the hosts notched up a convincing victory in Sydney last night. They would now look to complete a twenty20 clean sweep against the visitors tomorrow. Both the teams have not yet announced their final Elevens. The members of the two squads are:Australia: George Bailey (capt), David Warner, Travis Birt, Daniel Christian, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, AaronFinch, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Clint McKay, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Matthew Wade and Brad Hogg. India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel, Rahul Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja and Manoj Tiwary. Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Paul Reiffel Match referee: Andy Pycroft. The match will start at 2.05 p.m. IST.
News On AIR | February 2, 2012 9:35 PM
T20 cricket: Ind will take on Aus in Melbourne tomorrow