IND Vs AUS 2nd T20I Match Live: The second match of the T20 series between India and Australia will be played today on Friday, 31 October. This match will be held at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The first T20 match against Australia was canceled due to rain. There is a possibility of rain in the second match today also. There is a possibility of 87 percent rainfall in Melbourne today on 31st October. If rain hampers the second T20 match, then this match may also be affected.
What time will the second T20 match start?
India-Australia second T20 match will start at 1:45 pm Indian time. The toss will take place at 1:15 pm, half an hour before the start of the match.
India’s squad for T20 series
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh and Jitesh Sharma.
Australia’s squad for T20 series
Mitch Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Xavier Bartlett, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Sean Abbott, Matthew Short, Ben Dwarshuis and Tanvir Sangha.
India in a strong position
The Indian team remains in a strong position in T20 cricket. India is currently the T20 World Champion, because India had won the title of T20 World Cup 2024. But at that time the command of India’s T20 team was with Rohit Sharma. After making India win the T20 World Cup, Rohit retired from this format. Team India has also recently won the T20 Asia Cup 2025, in which Suryakumar Yadav took over the captaincy of the team.
The Indian cricket team has come under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav to play a five-match T20 series with Australia. Shubhman Gill has been made the vice-captain of the team. Jasprit Bumrah was not a part of the earlier ODI series played against Australia, but Bumrah is playing the T20 series.
