Australia vs India: Virat Kohli records back-to-back ODI ducks as home side complete series victory at Adelaide Oval
Cooper Connolly (61no off 53 balls) steers Australia to two-wicket win over India in second ODI after late batting wobble chasing 265; Australia take unassailable 2-0 lead in three-match series, which concludes in Sydney on Sunday; five T20s follow before Australia play England in Ashes
Thursday 23 October 2025 13:38, UK
Virat Kohli suffered his second duck in a row as Australia beat India by two wickets in the second one-day international in Adelaide to secure a series win with a game to spare.
Kohli followed his eight-ball nought in the series opener in Perth on Sunday - which India lost by seven wickets on DLS - with a four-ball blob on Thursday, pinned lbw by Xavier Bartlett as the tourists posted 264-9 after being put in to bat.
Australia eclipsed that total with 22 deliveries to spare after a wobble to take an unassailable 2-0 lead ahead of the third and final game in Sydney on Saturday.
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That fixture precedes five T20s - the home side's final action before the Ashes series against England from November 21.
Matthew Short (74 off 78) and Cooper Connolly (61 not out off 53) hit half-centuries for Australia in the run chase.
Connolly steered the hosts to victory after they had lost three wickets for 14 runs to slip to 260-8 once India off-spinner Washington Sundar (2-37) broke a sixth-wicket stand of 59 from 39 balls between Connolly and Mitch Owen (36 off 23).
Rohit Shama had top-scored in the India innings with a 97-ball 73 and Shreyas Iyer hit 61 before becoming one of four victims for leg-spinner Adam Zampa (4-60).
Zampa dismissed India's four, five and six with his wicket of Shreyas, dragging on, followed by Axar Patel (44) caught at long-off and KL Rahul (11) bowled on the pull.
Seamer Bartlett's 3-39 included having India captain Shubman Gill (11) caught at mid-off by opposite number Mitchell Marsh in the seventh over of the match.
Josh Hazlewood - set to play a massive role in Australia's Ashes defence - recorded figures of 0-29 from 10 overs, with captain Marsh saying at the presentation that it was "the best none-for I have ever seen".
