Australia defeated India in the bilateral ODI series by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead following their two-wicket win at Adelaide on Thursday. Earlier, the home side had overcome India in a convincing performance at Perth on Sunday.

Australia put India to bat first, but the Men in Blue mustered only 264 runs in the opening essay of the game. Virat Kohli departed for a second consecutive duck, but Rohit Sharma fought his way to put up 73 on the board. He found able support from the likes of vice-captain Shreyas Iyer (61) and Axar Patel (44), as skipper Shubman Gill continued his poor form (9).

Harshit Rana produced a quick cameo of 24 runs towards the end to add some valueable runs to the Indian tally.

Adam Zampa and Xavier Bartlett were the pick of the bowlers for Australia, sharing se

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