India won the toss and elected to bat first in the second One Day International match played against Australia at the Nehru Stadium, Poona. India already 1-0 in the series, made two changes to their team. Sunil Joshi, the left-arm spinner came in to the side in place of Ajit Agarkar while left-handed batsman Dinesh Mongia made his debut replacing the injured Virendra Shewag. Australia made some serious changes to their team. Darren Lehmann, Andrew Symonds and Nathan Bracken replaced Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne and Ian Harvey. Sourav Ganguly’s poor run of form with the bat continues. He made just four runs, before being bowled by McGrath, off the inside edge in the seventh over.