India will seek to come back strongly after losing the first ODI comprehensively by seven wickets to Australia in Perth. The second ODI will be played at the historic Adelaide Oval on Thursday, October 23. Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan proposed that the Men in Blue may think about recalling Kuldeep Yadav for the second ODI. During the first ODI, India failed to include any specialist spinner in their team. All-rounders Washington Sundar and Axar Patel were given the spin-bowling responsibilities. According to Pathan, Kuldeep could replace either Sundar or Harshit Rana. Sundar scored 10 with the bat and picked up one wicket in the two overs he bowled. On the other hand, Rana gave away 27 runs in his four-over spell. Also Read | Former CSK Batter Claims He Could Have Scored 5,000 More Runs Than Sachin Tendulkar Kuldeep has been in sparkling form, winning the Player of the Tournament award during the T20 Asia Cup 2025. He topped it with the Player of the Series award during the two Tests against the West Indies at home. Kuldeep has played three ODIs against Australia on Australian soil previously. The left-arm wrist spinner has taken three wickets with an economy rate of 5.90. Other than reinstating the 30-year-old into the playing XI, Pathan did not make any other alteration for the second ODI. India will hope their key three batters go on all guns blazing on Thursday. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli scored 8, 10, and 0, respectively. KL Rahul was the top-scorer with a comfortable 38 off 31 deliveries to take India to 136/9 in 26 overs as the match was shortened owing to rain. Australia achieved the revised 131-run target in 21.1 overs. Irfan Pathan's playing XI for second ODI Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav/Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav/Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.