Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh led from the front as Australia clinched a four-wicket victory over India in the second match of their T20I series on Friday. 

After the first match in Canberra was abandoned due to rain, Hazelwood took three wickets, and Marsh plundered 46 runs in front of a capacity crowd at Melbourne Cricket Ground. 

Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first, and they made a lightning start with the ball in hand as Shubman Gill (five) became Hazlewood's first victim of the day. 

Australia continued in the ascendancy as Sanju Samson (two), Suryakumar Yadav (one), Tilak Varma (0) and Axar Patel (seven) were dismissed before the ninth over. 

But Abhishek Sharma's 68 from 37 kept India competitive, though the remainder of the tourists' batting order failed to impress apart from Harshit Rana, who scored 35. 

The tail end of India's attack saw two more batters dismissed for a duck as they finished 125 all out, and Australia wasted little time in getting their chase up and running. 

Marsh and Travis Head put together a blistering 51-run opening partnership before the latter was removed in the fifth over, though Josh Inglis quickly restored order at the crease. 

A middle-order collapse that saw Inglis (20), Mitchell Owen (14) and Matt Short (0) dismissed, threatened to derail Australia, but Marcus Stoinis struck the winning runs with 40 balls to spare. 

Australia win the second T20I by 4 wickets.#TeamIndia will look to bounce back in the next match.

Scorecard https://t.co/7LOFHGtfXe#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/rVsd9Md9qh

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 31, 2025

Data Debrief: Hazelwood masterclass sets up Australia

Marsh's decision to bowl first proved a brilliant one as Hazlewood set the tone for Australia with his first three balls of the innings, and he never looked back. 

He had 3-6 from three overs and India were 40-4 after the powerplay, with Hazlewood's eventual figures of 3-13 his fourth-best figures in T20Is, behind Sri Lanka (4-12), England (4-30) and West Indies (4-39). 

The 34-year-old also moved alongside Mitchell Starc as Australia's joint-second-highest wicket taker in the shortest format on 79, a tally only bettered by Adam Zampa (131).