We have opted for a fantasy cricket team based on the recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Probable XIs
Rohit Sharma will miss this game due to personal reasons, while there is no official news on Shreyas Iyer’s back injury.
India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik/Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Pat Cummins will not feature in this series.
Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith (c), Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis/Sean Abbott
Pitch Report
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
(Based on the last three games)
1st innings average score: 324
2nd innings average score: 285
Wickets per innings: 6
Type: Excellent for batting
Wins
Batting 1st: 33%
Batting 2nd: 67%
Fantasy Tips of The Day
In contemporary Australian cricket, Adam Zampa is the leading wicket-taker (27) versus India. He has dismissed Virat Kohli eight times in international cricket.
Mohammed Siraj has bagged 25 wickets, without going wicketless even once in his last 10 ODIs. Talk about striking big!
Against Australia, Virat Kohli has amassed 2,083 runs at 55 including eight centuries and 10 fifties.
David Warner has accumulated 990 runs at 52 against India. When he last batted in an ODI at the Wankhede Stadium, he smashed 128* off 112.
Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja’s all-round brilliance has hurt Australia in the past. While Pandya has added 480 runs at 69 and taken seven wickets, Jadeja has collected 436 runs at 23 and picked 28 wickets.
Compared to his overall average of 62 against the men in blue, Steven Smith averages an impressive 53 in India, including the highest score of 131.
Out of 23 wickets against Australia, 20 have come at home for Kuldeep Yadav.
Travis Head made it to the Best11 in three of the last five ODIs, scoring 337 runs including a hundred and two fifties.
Mitchell Starc has scalped 17 wickets, including the best figures of six for 43 against India.
Three out of seven centuries registered at the venue in the last three games have belonged to openers.