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A minute's silence was observed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (Photo-Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

India vs Australia, 2nd T20I Match: After the cancellation of the first T20I match in Canberra, now the teams of India and Australia have come to Melbourne to register victory. In this match, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first. During this, players of both the teams have entered the field wearing black bands. Before this, players of India and Australia observed one minute silence and paid tribute to young cricketer Ben Austin. Ben died on 30 October.

Tribute to Ben Austin

17 year old player from Melbourne ben austin His neck was injured during practice on October 29. This rising star player died during treatment on Thursday, October 30. This caused a wave of mourning in Australian cricket. During this period, tributes were paid to him everywhere.

To pay tribute to Ben Austin, the players of India and Australia came to the field wearing black armbands during the second T20I match, but before that, the players and fans of both the teams kept a minute of silence and prayed for the peace of Ben Austin's soul. During this time there was silence in the Melbourne Cricket Ground for a minute.

For Ben ❤️ pic.twitter.com/nOB2juC7GO

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) October 31, 2025

Team India's bad start

After the first match in Canberra was washed out due to rain, Team India is hopeful of winning this match. Although Team India, which came to bat first after losing the toss, had a very bad start and its 4 wickets fell at the score of only 32 runs.

Captain Suryakumar Yadav, Shubhman GillSanju Samson and Tilak Verma have returned to the pavilion. Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has taken 3 wickets so far. Team India had made a great start in the first T20I match, but in this match the situation became very thin. A series of 5 T20I matches is being played between India and Australia. Team India has not lost any T20I match since Asia Cup 2025. Team India won the Asia Cup title by defeating Pakistan.