Where: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
When: Thursday Mar 24, 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT, 19:30 AEDT, 21:30 NZDT
ODI Head to Head: Played: 104, Wins: Australia 61, India 35, No Result: 8.
Last meeting: Oct 20, 2010 – Australia 289-3 (50 ov) mislaid to India 292-5 (48.5 ov) by 5 wickets
World Cup Head to head: Played: 9, Wins: Australia 7, India 2
World Cup Last meeting: Mar 23, 2003, Australia 359 (50 ov) degraded India 234 (39.2 ov) by 125 runs.
Selection Table:
Likely Australia team: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Mike Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krezja, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait.
The Australians were good knocked about by Pakistan, though no ardent changes will be made, with a likes of John Hastings as well as Callum Ferguson, with Dave Hussey expected to skip out due to his brother’s attainment upon a sub-continent.
Likely India team: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Virender Sehwag earnings after being spoken fit, whilst Ashish Nehra is expected to lapse after blank a West Indies game, to accelerate a gait attack. Suresh Reina as well as Ravichandran Ashwin to have way.
X-Factor:
Australia: Ricky Ponting – a Australian captain has copped it all in new times – losing a Ashes upon home dirt as well as struggling to have runs commanding his be concerned list. But if there is a single thing we can equate on, when required, is a large diversion from a Tasmanian. It competence have been 8 years ago, though a skipper piled upon an widespread 140 a last time they met India in a World Cup event – it usually happened to be a last in 2003. It would be opposite all odds to envision as most runs for Ponting upon Thursday, though they do not call him ‘Punter’ for nothing. Cometh a hour, cometh Ricky Ponting.
India: Virat Kohli – not mostly lifted amongst a names of Tendulkar, Sehwag, Gambhir, though should be when articulate about a strength in a Indian batting line-up. Kohli is usually 22, nonetheless ranked in a tip 3 batsmen in a universe for one-day internationals, as well as has shown as most during a Cup with 200-plus runs. The Australian conflict might be targeting a likes of Sehwag who can positively rip a diversion apart, though watch for this youngster entrance in, continually during series 3 though could be lower, as he will not fright a gait of Lee, Johnson as well as Tait, as well as could post a measure upon a large stage.
Summary: The Indian side is full of batting talent, though light upon bowling. The Australian side has a batting talent, though have not shown it so distant during a Cup, as well as have been reason up by a rather stout bowling attack.
The throng will no disbelief be an successful cause for a co-hosts, as India have been scheming to lift a crater for a initial time given their solitary feat in 1983, as well as expectancy is doubtful to be a weight upon their luminary batsmen.
Australia have not been a widespread force ala 2003 as well as 2007, though have nonetheless to infer themselves opposite an in-form side during this Cup – with their usually Test republic scalp entrance with a seven-wicket win over New Zealand, though a Kiwis’ pre-Cup form was zero reduced of inhuman in a one-day format. The Aussies mislaid to Pakistan, as well as had their strife with Sri Lanka abandoned, as well as with their initial genuine exam in a impressive person stages to come in a form of India, it seems their reason upon a Cup – that has been given 1999 – is about to end.
India’s organisation theatre form has had the flaws – scraping out a tie opposite England, as well as losing to South Africa notwithstanding posting 296 – though they have been underneath some-more pressure, opposite more-fancied opponents, as well as their formula have clearly rebuilt them improved for a break game, as against to Australia’s soothing run in their group.
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