AUS vs IND Fantasy Prediction: Australia vs India 3rd T20I – 8 December (Sydney). The visitors would aim for a white-wash, whereas the host will play for respect.
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Hosts Australia will take on India in the 3rd T20I match of the three games T20I series. The visitors would aim for a white-wash, whereas the host will play for respect
Australia have already lost the series and would try to avoid the white-wash. The majority of their players are injured whereas, they won’t risk the players before the test series. Matthew Wade was brilliant with the bat in the last game, whereas Zampa has been leading the bowling line-up well.
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India, on the other hand, have won the series and would aim for a white-wash. Hardik Pandya proved his ability to the world in the last game whereas, Natarajan has been immense with the bowl. This Indian team is looking in fine form at the moment.
Pitch Conditions and Weather Details
This ground always produces good batting tracks with a little help for the spinners. The average 1st innings score in T20Is here is 168 runs.
Total T20I Games: 7; Bat 1st Won: 2; Bat 2nd Won: 5
We can expect clear skies throughout the game.
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Probable XI for both sides:-
Australia – D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Sean Abbott, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Swepson.
India – KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, T Natarajan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar.
Match Details
Three Match T20I Series
Match: Australia vs India Third T20I Match
Date and Time: 8 December, Tuesday- 1:40 PM IST
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Where to Watch: Sony Ten1 and Sony Six
Top 4 Batting Order
Australia
D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade, Steven Smith, and Glenn Maxwell.
India
KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, and Sanju Samson.
Death Over Specialists
Australia
- Andrew Tye and Daniel Sams
India
- T Natarajan and Deepak Chahar
AUS vs IND Fantasy Wicket-Keeper
KL Rahul and Matthew Wade will be our wicket-keeper in this game. Rahul has scored 81 runs in the series whereas, Wade scored a brilliant half-century in the last match. Both of them are aggressive players and are going to open the innings.
AUS vs IND Fantasy Batsmen
Steven Smith and D’Arcy Short will be our batsmen from Australia. Smith played a brilliant knock in the last game whereas, Short has been a disappointed everyone till now. The strike-rate of Smith in T20I cricket is 130.51 whereas, Short is a proven T20 match-winner.
[You can pick Hardik Pandya instead of D’arcy Short]
Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan will be our batsmen from India. Virat and Dhawan played brilliant knocks in the last game of the series. Kohli’s T20I average is 49.88, whereas Dhawan’s average is 28.29. Both of them are reliable players.
AUS vs IND Fantasy All-Rounders
Moises Henriques will be our all-rounder from Australia. Henriques has scored 56 runs in the series whereas, he has picked three wickets as well. He has an illustrious T20 career of more than 3000 runs whereas, he has picked 111 wickets in his bowling as well.
[Hardik was brilliant in the last game but, he is not bowling at the moment whereas, he is going to play a limited number of deliveries]
AUS vs IND Fantasy Bowlers
From Australia, the duo of Andrew Tye and Adam Zampa will make it into our team. Zampa has bowled some tight lengths in the series whereas, Tye has picked 196 T20 wickets in 144 games. Both of them are genuine wicket-takers.
Yuzvendra Chahal and T Natarajan will be our bowlers from India. Nattu has picked five wickets in the series whereas, Chahal has picked four. Chahal has been brilliant in the middle-overs whereas, Natarajan is fabulous at the death.
Match Prediction: India are the favourites to win this game.
Top Names for the Captaincy Role:-
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul
Top Names for the Vice-Captaincy Role:-
Both the captain’s pick + Matthew Wade and Steve Smith
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Fantasy Disclaimer
All our selections are based on in-depth and astute analysis of the players partaking in the match, pitch report and a perusal of other reasoning. Please incorporate a slew of factors while crafting your own side with this article serving as a guide to the match and players.
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