Mahendra Singh Dhoni's effort - in vain
At the Nehru stadium, Kochi, Australia outplayed India in all departments of the game to win the second One-Day International by 84 runs.
Batting first, Australia scored an imposing 306 for 6 in their 50 overs and then bowled out India for 222 in 47.3.
Andrew Symonds and Brad Haddin scored scored 87 each to make Australia's huge total of 306 for 6.
Symonds hit nine boundaries and two sixes in his 83-ball knock, while Haddin hit eight boundaries and three sixes off 69 deliveries. Haddin was named man of the match
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the top scorer with 58, while Robin Uthappa scored a quick 41 as the rest of the batsmen folded without much resistance.
The third one-day international will be played in Hyderabad on Friday, October 5.
| Australia | 306-6 (50) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| *A Gilchrist | c Tendulkar b Zaheer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Hayden | b Pathan | 75 | 89 | 5 | 3 | 84.27 | |
| B Hodge | c Dhoni b Sreesanth | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| M Clarke | st Dhoni b Pathan | 27 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 71.05 | |
| A Symonds | c and b Sreesanth | 87 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 104.82 | |
| B Haddin | not out | 87 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 126.09 | |
| J Hopes | c Dravid b Sreesanth | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| B Lee | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| B Hogg | |||||||
| M Johnson | |||||||
| S Clark | |||||||
| Extras: 21 ( b:4 lb:2 nb:0 w:15) | |||||||
| Total: 306-6 (50) | Curr. RR: 6.12 | |||||||
| FOW: *A Gilchrist (3-1, 1), B Hodge (8-2, 3.1), M Clarke (66-3, 15.4), M Hayden (160-4, 31.1), A Symonds (268-5, 46.5), J Hopes (297-6, 49.2) | |||||||
| India | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO | |
| Zaheer Khan | 10 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.50 | |
| S Sreesanth | 9 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7.44 | |
| I Pathan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.70 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.70 | |
| R Powar | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| S Tendulkar | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.33 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.33 | |
| India | 222-10 (47.3) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| G Gambhir | b Johnson | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.85 | |
| S Tendulkar | c Symonds b Clark | 16 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 64.00 | |
| R Uthappa | lbw b Clark | 41 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 136.67 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Hayden b Hopes | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| R Dravid | c Johnson b Hogg | 31 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 64.58 | |
| *MS Dhoni | c Hodge b Hogg | 58 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 65.91 | |
| I Pathan | run out (Hogg) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | st Gilchrist b Clarke | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| R Powar | b Clarke | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 94.44 | |
| Zaheer Khan | c Hodge b Hogg | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.43 | |
| S Sreesanth | not out | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | |
| Extras: 27 ( b:4 lb:6 nb:7 w:10) | |||||||
| Total: 222-10 (47.3) | Curr. RR: 4.67 | |||||||
| FOW: G Gambhir (11-1, 3.1), S Tendulkar (58-2, 8.5), Yuvraj Singh (79-3, 11.4), R Uthappa (87-4, 14.2), R Dravid (136-5, 25.1), I Pathan (139-6, 27), Harbhajan Singh (154-7, 30.3), R Powar (179-8, 35), Zaheer Khan (190-9, 39.2), *MS Dhoni (222-10, 47.3) | |||||||
| Australia | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO | |
| B Lee | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.29 | |
| M Johnson | 9 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.11 | |
| S Clark | 6 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | |
| J Hopes | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.71 | |
| M Clarke | 9 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | |
| B Hogg | 9.3 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.21 | |
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