India vs Australia Live Score, 2nd T20I: Bishnoi, Axar hand IND momentum, AUS chase 236

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Marcus Stoinis hits Ravi Bishnoi for consecutive sixes as Australia keep themselves in the hunt. AUS: 82/4 (9 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Mukesh Kumar is introduced after the powerplay and he starts with a four-run over.

Prasidh Krishna is reintroduced in the attack and he too finds a wicket. Steve Smith tries to clear the square leg fence but doesn’t get a desired connection and is brilliantly caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal in the same region. He falls for 19(16). AUS: 67/4 (8 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Glenn Maxwell arrives to the party as Axar Patel bowls the final powerplay over. He welcomes the spinner with a boundary and one ball later dispatches a fullish delivery him for a maximum.

However, he is caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal in the final ball of the powerplay. Tries to go for the aerial route but the ball travels straight to the fielder. He falls for 12(8). AUS: 53/3 (6 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Ravi Bishnoi is on a roll as he picks his second wicket in as many overs. This time he gets rid of Josh Inglis, who is caught by Tilak Varma for 2(4). AUS: 39/2 in 4.2 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: India introduce spin from both ends as Axar Patel joins the attack. He makes an economical start and concedes a couple of singles in his over. AUS: 38/1 (4 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Ravi Bishnoi is introduced in the attack and he provides India with the first breakthrough in his first over. He cleans up Matthew Short for 19(10). AUS: 36/1 (2.5 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Prasidh Krishna shares the new ball with Arshdeep and he is hit for a couple of boundaries by Matthew Short.

Smith finishes the over with a maximum as Australia race to 31/0 in 2 overs.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Steve Smith and Matthew Short arrive in the middle to start the 236-run chase. Arshdeep Singh leads the attack for India and he is hit for a boundary by Short. Slightly full and it is driven towards cover.

Smith then hits another four as he lofts the ball towards long-on, which bounces right before the fence. AUS: 11/0 (1 over)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Gaikwad welcomes Nathan Ellis with a six but departs in the next ball. He is caught by Tim David at long-on and falls for 58(43).

Tilak Varma arrives in the middle and connects a fullish ball for a maximum over deep cover. Rinku then gets a boundary in the fifth ball as India post 235/4 in 20 overs.

Rinku returns unbeaten on 31(9)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Sean Abbott is back into the attack and he starts with a length ball, which is hit for a boundary towards mid-wicket by Rinku Singh.

Rinku Singh then hits the pacer for a maximum in the third ball, which takes India beyond the 200-run mark.

The fourth and the fifth ball is then hit for a boundary and Rinku finishes the over with a maximum. IND: 215/3 (19 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Ruturaj Gaikwad too completes his half-century as he takes a double in the first ball of the 18th over bowled by Nathan Ellis.

He then gets rid of SKY later in the over, who is caught by Marcus Stoinis for 19(10). IND: 189/3 (17.4 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Suryakumar Yadav goes straight down the ground against Zampa, connects it well as the ball sails over the boundary rope straight into the sidescreen. IND: 183/2 (17 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Marcus Stoinis gets rid of Ishan Kishan for 52(32). Pitches a wide delivery and Ishan chases after it, connects it well despite losing balance but the ball goes straight to Nathan Ellis at third-man.

Suryakumar Yadav joins proceedings and opens account with a six. IND: 173/2 (16 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Ishan Kishan smashes Tanveer Sangha for a couple of sixes, which helps him get to his half-century in just 29 deliveries. IND: 164/1 (15 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Ishan Kishan hits Glenn Maxwell for a six and follows it up with a boundary.

Gaikwad too joins the party and hits the all-rounder for another maximum.

23 runs come in his over as IND reach 147/1 in 14 overs.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Ishan Kishan slog sweeps a tossed up delivery by Tanveer Sangha for a boundary. IND: 124/1 (13 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Marcus Stoinis is reintroduced in the attack and he pitches it bit short, straight into the arc of Ishan Kishan, who sends the ball for a maximum towards mid-wicket. IND: 116/1 (12 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: The boundaries dry up a bit but the pair of Ishan Kishan and Gaikwad have kept rotating strike. Zampa gives five singles in the 11th over as IND reach 106/1 in 11 overs.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Sean Abbott is recalled into the attack after an expensive first over. He concedes seven runs in the over as India reach 101/1 at the midway stage.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Another economical over by Tanveer Sangha as five runs come in his over. IND: 94/1 (9 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Tanveer Sangha, right-arm leg break, comes to bowl the seventh over and starts decent as four runs come in his over.

Ishan Kishan then hits Adam Zampa for a boundary in the next over as India race to 89/1 at the end of 8 overs.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Yashasvi Jaiswal smashes Nathan Ellis for three boundaries in a row, which also takes him to his half-century. He takes 24 balls to reach the milestone.

Ellis, however, gets rid of him in the final ball of the powerplay. Gets a thickish edge and the ball is caught by Adam Zampa at short third-man. He falls for 53(25). IND: 77/1 (5.5 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Adam Zampa is introduced in the attack and Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad combine to hit the spinner for a boundary each. IND: 62/0 (5 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Yashasvi Jaiswal hits Sean Abbott for three fours in a row as India get off to a flying start.

The fourth delivery is dispatched for a six over the mid-wicket fence. The fifth ball is hit for another maximum, this time over the square leg fence. IND: 52/0 (4 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Australia bring in Glenn Maxwell. He gives Yashasvi some width and the batter steps down the track and lofts it over cover for a boundary.

He then sweeps a fullish ball, coming on the pads towards the square leg region, which bounces just before the boundary ropes.

Gaikwad joins the party in the final ball of the over and he slaps a ball, wide of the off stump square of the wicket for another boundary. IND: 28/0 (3 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Nathan Ellis will share the new ball duties with Stoinis. He starts with an economical over as just three runs come in it, out of which one was wide. IND: 13/0 (2 overs)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: A length ball by Stoinis, width offered and Gaikwad pushes the ball towards covers, which races away to the fence. IND: 10/0 (1 over)

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad arrive in the middle to kick-off the proceedings.

Marcus Stoinis leads the attack for Australia.

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna

Australia: Steven Smith, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade(w/c), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Australia make two changes as Adam Zampa comes in for Jason Behrendorff.

India field same playing XI.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: The captains arrive for the toss. Matthew Wade wins the toss, opts to bowl.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: “I expect there to be uneven bounce and little bit of turn.” Matthew Hayden

He adds: “It’s a chase wicket, with dew making it easier.”

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: A day before the match Jason Behrendorff confirmed that everyone is available for selection. So there’s a possibility of Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell being included in the playing XI.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Coming back to India vs Australia, across 6 T20Is Rinku Singh averages 97 and has a staggering strike-rate of 194. He played a key role in India’s 209 chase in the previous encounter, performances which has inspired his teammates.

India’s young prodigy Tilak Varma addressing the press on Saturday said: “I like finishing games too and I am learning from Rinku [Singh]. He’s doing it very consistently for India.”

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: For now what we know is Gujarat Titans have not released their skipper and India’s premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Several reports had emerged in the past couple of days of him being traded to his previous franchise Mumbai Indians.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: The IPL auction for the upcoming season is scheduled to take place at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on December 19. This will be the first time that the auction will be held outside India.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: SRH, who had an underwhelming season in the previous edition, have let go of Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Adil Rashid.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders have released veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. India speedster Umesh Yadav and all-rounder Shardul Thakur have also been released by the franchise, which also include Litton Das, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Ahead of the big clash, the IPL franchise have released their player retention list. Ben Stokes is one of the big name released by CSK, who have also released Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Ambati Rayudu, Kyle Jamieson, Akash Singh, Sisanda Magala.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Suryakumar Yadav smashed a brilliant 80 off just 42 balls in the first T20I. So when asked to Australia pacer Jason Behrendorff on how to stop him, he replied in jest, “Give the ball to someone else may be.”

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: If we look at some of the recent matches at the venue there is some help in the surface for the bowlers.

Arshdeep Singh and Deepak Chahar ran riot in the last T20I played here, as they combined to reduce South Africa to 9/5 in 2.3 overs.

Then in a World Cup warm-up encounter between Australia and Netherlands, Mitchell Starc picked up a hat-trick.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Mukesh Kumar was exceptional with the ball in the previous encounter and conceded just five runs in the final over with power-hitters Tim David and Marcus Stoinis on strike.

He failed to pick a wicket but conceded just 29 runs in his full quota of overs.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: India will head into the contest full of confidence. They competed their highest ever T20I run-chase in the previous despite the senior pros rested for the series.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: According to weather forecasting website AccuWeather, showers are expected in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. However, only a brief spell of rain is forecasted – at 2PM IST – which is likely to end within an hour. While the weather will largely remain cloudy throughout the day, skies are expected to be mostly clear during the night. As such, rain is not likely to force delays during the match, which starts at 7PM IST (toss takes place a half-an-hour before the start).

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Josh Inglis smashed a ton and Steven Smith chipped in with a 50-plus score as Australia piled 208/3 batting first.

India then get off to a terrible start as Ruturaj Gaikwad walked back for a diamond duck. Yashasvi Jaiswal too departed shortly. However, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan stabilised things and Rinku Singh once again grabbed the limelight with his finishing prowess. India chased down the target with one ball to spare and won the match by two wickets.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the 2nd T20I between India and Australia, which will be played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.

India are 1-0 up in the series and will look to double the advantage when the match gets underway at 7:00 pm. Stay tuned for live updates!