India restricted Australia to 132/7 from 19 overs in the second T20I of their three-match series before rain forced the match to be abandoned.
Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl as India looked to get back on track in the series after losing the first T20I by four runs on the D/L method.
They couldn’t have enjoyed a better start as Aaron Finch departed for a golden duck, edging behind to a Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivery.
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Chris Lynn’s search for a substantial score on the international stage continued as he could only muster a run-a-ball 13 before holing out to Krunal Pandya from a Khaleel Ahmed slower ball.
The young left-arm seamer’s work wasn’t done there, as he struck in his next over, as D’Arcy Short dragged a length ball onto his stumps to have Australia in a difficult spot at 35/3 after 5.3 overs.
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Marcus Stoinis departed soon after, finding Dinesh Karthik at deep point from a short and wide ball from Jasprit Bumrah. India’s bowlers continued to choke the Australian batting, with Glenn Maxwell bowled by Krunal Pandya as he struggled to replicate his powerful striking from the first match of the series, finding the boundary only once in his 22-ball 19.
Ben McDermott was Australia’s guide through the rest of the innings, finishing with 32 from 30 deliveries. Nathan Coulter-Nile, who came into the side after Billy Stanlake injured himself in the warm-ups, struck some hefty blows in a cameo of 18 from nine balls.
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The Australian batting was able to find some rhythm in Ahmed’s last over, as McDermott combined with AJ Tye to take 19 runs and hurt the 20-year old’s figures, as he finished with 2/39 from his four overs.
Rain led to a premature end to the Australian innings, and constant showers saw India’s target revised on a number of occasions before the match was finally called off.
Australia will enter the final match of the series at the SCG with a 1-0 lead.
