IND vs AUS 2nd T20 Live Score: Australia won by 4 wickets

37 Shivam Dube (2019-25)
27 Pascal Murungi (2022-24*)
24 Jasprit Bumrah (2021-25)
20 Manish Pandey (2018-20*)
19 Mohammad Shahzad (2016-21)

52 vs Aus Melbourne 2008
40 vs Aus Melbourne 2025
33 vs SL Colombo RPS 2021
33 vs NZ Dubai 2021
31 vs Aus Colombo RPS 2012

Suryakumar Yadav | India captain: (on Hazlewood) Absolutely. The way he bowled in the powerplay - if you’re four down early, it’s very difficult to recover. Credit goes to him, he bowled really well. (on Abhishek) He’s been doing this for a while now. He knows his game, knows his identity, and it’s good he’s not changing it - that’s what’s brought him success. Hopefully, he sticks with it and plays many more knocks like this for us. (Quick turnaround for the next game) We need to do the same thing what we did in the first game - bat really well if we’re batting first, put nice runs on the board and then come out and defend.

Mitch Marsh | Australia captain: Exactly! We got a good toss to win - there was a bit of moisture underneath. Hoff (Hazlewood) is a great bowler, and when there’s a little in the surface, he makes it count. I thought we bowled collectively really well, kept attacking for wickets, and set the game up nicely. Since the last World Cup we've really tried to build out a squad of, you know, hopefully 25 players that can, if needed, if required, can come to the World Cup and really feel a part of this team and feel connected to everyone. So, you know, we've got some great young talent coming through Australian cricket and the guys were brilliant tonight. (fourth Aussie to go past 2000 T20I runs) I was a bit nervous at 10 off 10, but got going again. Head at the other end takes the pressure off, as he always does. So, yeah - nice to get the chase done. I have so much respect for the Indian cricket team and it's going to be a great three games.

Suryakumar Yadav tries to glide one fine but edges to Josh Inglis — who holds on this time.
SKY c Inglis b Hazlewood 1(4)
India in trouble after a fiery start from Abhishek Sharma.
Score: IND 32/3 (4.3 ov) | Abhishek Sharma at the crease, Tilak Varma joins him.

India lose their second wicket as Sanju Samson falls LBW to Nathan Ellis for 2(4) after a review showed three reds. The surprise call to send Samson at No.3 fails to pay off.

A curious switch at the top as Shubman Gill takes first strike today, despite Abhishek Sharma opening last game. The move didn’t quite pay off early — Gill copped a nasty blow to the helmet from Hazlewood but continues after concussion checks. Five dots in the first over as Australia start strong.

Early scare for India. Shubman Gill has taken a sharp rising delivery on the helmet, prompting an immediate concussion check from the medical team. The ball climbed awkwardly, catching Gill flush on the head as he tried to pull.

Hazlewood to Gill, no run.
A fiery first delivery and drama straightaway — Shubman Gill was given LBW first ball, reviewed immediately, and India breathed a sigh of relief as ball-tracking showed it missing the stumps. To add to the chaos, Australia also missed a run-out chance in the same moment, allowing Gill to survive a nervy start in Melbourne.

Before the start of play in Melbourne, players from India and Australia observed a solemn two-minute silence to honour Ben Austin, the 17-year-old Melbourne cricketer who tragically passed away after a training accident earlier this week.

Austin suffered a fatal neck injury during a net session despite wearing protective gear, drawing heartbreaking parallels to the loss of Phil Hughes in 2014. Tributes have poured in across the cricket community, with Cricket Victoria and Cricket Australia expressing deep condolences.

Mitchell Marsh has now won 19 tosses in T20Is and has opted to chase in each of the 19 instances!

: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis(w), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood

“Yashasvi Jaiswal is around the corner — he will feel he should play as well. Making him sit also brings pressure.”

“Shubman Gill came here with good form… but if you look at his last three games, he hasn’t converted. There will be some pressure on him,” Chopra said, referencing Gill’s Asia Cup opportunity that went unfinished.