India vs Australia 2nd ODI: 3 reasons why Australia starts as the favourites

#1. The Australian pace attack

The Australian team has an extremely potent pace attack that can rattle any batting line up.

The Australian team has an extremely potent pace attack that can rattle any batting line-up. There is the uncanny Mitchell Starc, who with his toe crushing yorkers and well directed bouncers can create doubts in the minds of even the very best of batsmen.

Then, there is Pat Cummins, who with his explosive pace and his ability to extract extra bounce off the surface complements Starc very well. Then, there is Kane Richardson, who with his subtle variations in pace and length is a tricky bowler to handle especially at the death. And these three men played a pivotal role in restricting India to a modest total of 255.

Starc took 3/56, including the important wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer. Cummins took out Shikhar Dhawan and the explosive Rishabh Pant, and Richardson accounted for Ravindra Jadeja. If the Australian pacers can strike early, then they will definitely give Australia the edge in the second ODI as well.