2017 Australia Tour of India - Australian and Indian Teams Arrive in Kolkata for Second ODI Monday Sep 18,2017

India and Australia landed in Kolkata this afternoon Monday Sep 18,2017 for the second ODI of the five-match series at Eden Gardens on Sep 21,2017 after their thumping win over the visitors in Chennai.

Scorecard

India 281/7 in 50 Overs

Australia 137/9 in 21 Overs(Target 164 Runs)

Match Result - India won by 26 Runs under D/L

MOM -Hardik Pandya(India) for his 83(66 Balls 4x5 and 6x5) and 2/28(4 Overs)

Series Result - India lead the 5-Match ODI Series 1-0

India defeated the world champions by 26 runs by D/L method in a rain-curtailed ODI last night to draw first blood in the bilateral series.

Dhoni (79 from balls) and allrounder Hardik Pandya (83 from 66) shared a century stand to propel India to 281/7 in 50 overs after they were 87-5 inside 22 overs.

Needing 164 Runs in 21 Overs, Australia scored only 137/9 

Dressed it white T-shirts, the 'men-in-blue' looked relaxed as they headed straight to the team hotel along with their support staff and chief coach Ravi Shastri.

"There's no practice schedule today and everyone will be resting," the local Team India manager said at the airport after both the teams landed via a chartered flight at 3.30pm.