{"id":682,"date":"2025-10-31T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=682"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:07:51","slug":"australias-hazlewood-humbles-india-in-second-t20-ahead-of-world-cup-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Hazlewood humbles India in second T20 ahead of World Cup | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Australia beat India by four wickets with 6.4 overs to spare in dominant display in second T20 of five-game series.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 31 Oct 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">31 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div 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aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A Josh Hazlewood masterclass with the ball and a batting blitz by Mitchell Marsh carried Australia to a dominant four-wicket win in the second T20I against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Fast bowler Hazlewood took 3-13 and racked up 15 dot balls in a devastating opening spell on Friday as Australia bowled out India for 125 in front of a crowd of 82,438 at the sporting colosseum.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Captain Marsh smashed 46 off 26 balls and shared in a 51-run opening partnership with Travis Head before the hosts reeled in the modest total with 40 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p>With the series-opener in Canberra washed out by rain on Wednesday, Australia will take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series into the third game in Hobart on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>India opener Abhishek Sharma top-scored with 68 off 37 balls, further enhancing his burgeoning reputation with a fine first fifty on Australian soil.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was one of only two India batters to reach double figures on a lively pitch that offered pace and movement off the seam.<\/p>\n<p>With Marsh winning the toss and electing to field, Hazlewood had Shubman Gill given out lbw on the first ball.<\/p>\n<p>While the decision was overturned on review, Hazlewood followed up with a short ball that crashed into the crest of Gill\u2019s helmet.<\/p>\n<p>A shook-up Gill slogged Hazlewood to be caught for five, triggering a top-order collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Hazlewood removed Suryakumar Yadav for one, the skipper\u2019s fourth single-digit score in six matches, before dismissing Tilak Varma for a duck two balls later with a top-edge caught by wicketkeeper Inglis.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of Hazlewood\u2019s four-over spell, India were in huge trouble at 32 for four.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ball feels like it\u2019s coming out really nicely at the moment in whatever format I\u2019m turning up and playing,\u201d said man-of-the-match Hazlewood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just put the ball in the right areas, don\u2019t try too much and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharma made a bright start amid the Hazlewood onslaught, smashing 14 runs off paceman Xavier Bartlett (2-39) in the first over he faced.<\/p>\n<p>He and Harshit Rana (35) combined in a 56-run stand for the sixth wicket to save India from embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>But Bartlett recovered well from his bruising early spell, dismissing Rana and Shivam Dube (4) in quick succession, the latter brilliantly pouched by a diving Inglis.<\/p>\n<p>Another sharp catch in close by Sean Abbott saw Kuldeep Yadav depart for nought before Nathan Ellis (2-21) dismissed Abhishek lbw, ending India\u2019s hopes of a decent total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br 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