THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Nov  26, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Opener Yashasvi
Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan led India's batting charge to set up a convincing
44-run win over Australia in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday.

Jaiswal smashed a 25-ball 53 and fellow left-hander Kishan hit 52 off 32
deliveries to help India to 235-4 after being invited to bat first in
Thiruvananthapuram.

Spinner Ravi Bishnoi and fast bowler Prasidh Krishna took three wickets
each as the hosts kept Australia down to 191-9 and extend their lead to 2-0 in
the five-match series.

Batsmen ruled as Jaiswal lay the foundations for India's mammoth total with
key contributions from fellow opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who made 58, and Rinku
Singh's unbeaten nine-ball 31.

Jaiswal, who smashed nine fours and two sixes, raced to his fifty in 24
balls but soon fell to fast bowler Nathan Ellis, who got three wickets.

Kishan, a wicketkeeper-batsman, raised his fifty with a six off leg-spinner
Tanveer Sangha before he got out to Marcus Stoinis.

But the left-handed Rinku finished off the innings with a flurry of
boundaries and sixes.

In reply, Australia fell to 58-4 including Steve Smith (19), previous-match
centurion Josh Inglis (two) and Glenn Maxwell (12) back in the dug-out.

Tim David, who smashed 37, and Stoinis, who hit 45 off 25 balls, attempted
to hit back in their partnership of 81 as the two hit six fours and six sixes
between them.

Bishnoi broke the stand with his leg-spin to dismiss David who mistimed a
hit to long-on.

Stoinis was the next to go as the wheels came off the chase and Krishna got
two more to nearly end the batting team's hopes.
Skipper Matthew Wade struck an unbeaten 42 off 23 balls to reduce the
margin of loss for Australia, who last week lost the opener four days after
being crowned champions of the ODI World Cup.

The third T20 is on Tuesday in Guwahati.