Records made in India vs Australia 2nd ODI at Eden Gardens

India are controlling the second one-day global as Australia struggle to cope with extreme heat and humidity.

Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav took a hat-trick to help India comfortably beat Australia by 50 runs in the second one-day worldwide at Eden Gardens on Thursday and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

His Uttar Pradesh teammate, Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged three wickets in the match as well as India won the match and took a 2-0 lead in the series.

The tourists lost their last eight wickets for 112 runs when in good shape to chase down a moderate score of 253 from the home side in Kolkata. So, if the fast bowlers bend their backs, they can make an impact.

David Warner and Hilton Cartwright found it tough to put bat to ball in the first two matches and that has had a cascading effect.

This brought captain Steven Smith (59) and Travis Head (39) together, and they added 76 runs for the third wicket.

With three key batsmen getting out within a space of 18 runs, it seemed India might lose their way. As a senior player coming back to these conditions, you must know the conditions.

Chahal bowled tight lines and bamboozled the Australia middle order. The skipper looked resolute against pace and spin, and his dismissal was the turning point.

Kuldeep’s triple strike snuffed out Australia’s hopes of squaring the series as the visitors were reduced to 148-8 in the 33rd over. Then he trapped Ashton Agar in front with a loopy leg-break. The outfield retained moisture following a brief shower and late evening dew, which meant the Indian bowlers struggled to grip the ball for the latter part of the innings. During the post-match presentation, Kuldeep revealed that it was wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni’s advice that helped him get a hat-trick.

The temperature also rose in the tone of the contest as Marcus Stoinis and Virat Kohli exchanged words. “This is a special feeling”.

Dhoni joined in and bowled some good length deliveries; he cannot get anything wrong, can he? The first to achieve this was Chetan Sharma against New Zealand in Nagpur in the 1987 World Cup. The other notable partnership was made between Kohli and Kedar Jadhav (24) – 55 runs for the fourth wicket. Nathan Coulter-Nile also returned 3-51.

– Ajinkya Rahane jumps in on the wrist spinner bandwagon. If you get off to a good start and the spinners come on, it is a different ball game. But that became 131/3 a little later, with Manish Pandey (3) departing cheaply.

Under Kohli’s captaincy, India have played 37 ODIs – winning 29 of those games.