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AUS vs IND Dream 11 Prediction for 3rd T20I: Preview| Australia calls up Mitchell Starc

By Omkar91

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Australia vs India T20I match. We are covering AUS vs IND Dream 11 Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the third T20I match. The match is to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.

India’s hopes of continuing their incredible run of seven consecutive bilateral series win in T20Is was washed away by the incessant rain at the MCG. The Melbourne weather had the final say and the match was called off with Australia’s first innings score 132/7 in 19 overs.

India went into the second T20I with the same playing XI. Indian bowling set the MCG on fire and the Australian batting lineup collapsed against the visitors. Bhuvneshwar and Khaleel Ahmed made the opening dents while Maxwell was sent back by Krunal Pandya. India’s all five bowlers picked a wicket each.

The pleasing aspect of the rain-shortened game for Australia was the knock from Ben McDermott. The youngster was not able to convert the trust shown by the selectors so far and the inning of 32 from 30 will boost his confidence. Coulter-Nile and Tye added crucial runs as well. Australia’s bowling remained untested as there was no further play.

When and Where:

AUS vs IND, 3rd T20I, India tour of Australia, 2018-19
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
November 25th, Sunday, 13:20 IST

Venue details:

Average first innings score: 164
Average second innings score: 146

Last T20I match played:

NZ 117/9 (20 overs) lost to AUS 96/3 (11.3 overs) by seven wickets on 3^rd Feb 2018. The pitch favored fast bowlers this time as Tye (4) and Stanlake (3) grabbed seven wickets. Boult-Southee combined to take three wickets as well.

Squads:

AUS:
Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey (vc, wk), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, D’Arcy Short, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.

IND:
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed.

Team News:

India:

Virat Kohli returns to the squad and shall lead the side. MS Dhoni remains rested and will not feature.

At the toss for the second match, Kohli spoke about how he trusts his players to perform and they needed to improve the things by little.

India went in with the same playing XI and decided to back both Krunal Pandya and Khaleel Ahmed. The duo paid back with sterling performances and proved Kohli’s belief correct.

After the performance in the second T20I, India is unlikely to tinker with the playing XI.

Australia:

Australia had also decided to go in with the same playing XI but Billy Stanlake was injured just before the game. Nathan Coulter-Nile was included in his place.

Stanlake’s ankle sprain has pushed him out of the third T20I. Mitchell Starc has been named as his replacement.

Starc will likely to replace N Coulter-Nile or Jason Behrendorff.

Australia opened with Short and Finch in the second match as well. Lynn, Maxwell, Stoinis, McDermott followed them. Carey was the gloveman.

Tye and Behrendorff will lead the bowling. Stoinis, Short and Maxwell will be the filler options. Starc will be the attacking options.

Probable Playing XI:

AUS:
Aaron Finch (c), D’Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Alex Carey (wk), Adam Zampa, Andrew Tye, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff/Nathan Coulter-Nile

IND:
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed