Three three-match One-Day International series between Australia and India is in the most interesting possible situation going into the decider.
Australia 1, India 1, with winner to take all at the iconic MCG in Melbourne on Friday January 18,2019
Australia won the first ODI in Sydney by 34 runs and India won the second in Adelaide by six wickets.
India have never won a bilateral ODI contest on Australian soil, and their only two series’ wins in this format have come in 1985 (World Championship of Cricket) and 2008 (CB Series)
Things are gradually falling in place for both sides.
Australia came into the series in poor form, low confidence, and with questions over their combinations. Two games in, they've made good strides in identifying some key options for the World Cup.
India were largely settled and in form, and have taken steps towards filling in some crucial gaps in their line up.
India won the toss and chose to field
Yuzvendra Chahal's maiden 6-wicket haul (6/42(10 Overs) - the best bowling figures for an Indian in Australia enable India to restrict Australia to 230 in the series decider on an overcast day in Melbourne on Friday January 18,2019
Australia were put on the backfoot right from the onset with Bhuvneshwar Kumar striking early twice to take out both openers, before Chahal compounded their woes with a six-fer to rattle the middle and lower order.
Peter Handscomb's measured fifty was the only solace for the hosts, helping them avoid a sub-200 collapse.
Squads:
Australia (XI): Aaron Finch(capt), Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Jhye Richardson, Billy Stanlake, Peter Siddle, Adam Zampa.
India: Virat Kohli(capt), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, K Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar.
Australia 1, India 1, with winner to take all at the iconic MCG in Melbourne on Friday January 18,2019
Australia won the first ODI in Sydney by 34 runs and India won the second in Adelaide by six wickets.
India have never won a bilateral ODI contest on Australian soil, and their only two series’ wins in this format have come in 1985 (World Championship of Cricket) and 2008 (CB Series)
In fact, this is only the second bilateral ODI series India have played in Australia, losing 4-1 in 2016 when they toured
Australia came into the series in poor form, low confidence, and with questions over their combinations. Two games in, they've made good strides in identifying some key options for the World Cup.
India were largely settled and in form, and have taken steps towards filling in some crucial gaps in their line up.
India won the toss and chose to field
Yuzvendra Chahal's maiden 6-wicket haul (6/42(10 Overs) - the best bowling figures for an Indian in Australia enable India to restrict Australia to 230 in the series decider on an overcast day in Melbourne on Friday January 18,2019
Australia were put on the backfoot right from the onset with Bhuvneshwar Kumar striking early twice to take out both openers, before Chahal compounded their woes with a six-fer to rattle the middle and lower order.
Peter Handscomb's measured fifty was the only solace for the hosts, helping them avoid a sub-200 collapse.
Squads:
Australia (XI): Aaron Finch(capt), Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Jhye Richardson, Billy Stanlake, Peter Siddle, Adam Zampa.
India: Virat Kohli(capt), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, K Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar.
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