AUS vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction: 36. This number will haunt Indian cricket for years to come. That manic one hour at Adelaide will be replayed again and again to show how a world-class batting line-up was brought to its knees by the quality and disciplined bowling effort. However, the -mortem can wait. For now, Team India has bigger worries. As everyone gears up for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, India has made 5 changes in the team to fix the gaping holes in the team. Without Kohli, without two front-line bowlers, a debutant opener and a part-time captain, Team India will face a tough challenge at Melbourne. On the other hand, Australia will be keen to make it 2-0 in the series. They will also be aware of the fact that minus the third day Adelaide, they lagged behind India in the first Test. This is a mistake they can not afford and hence expect Australia to come out all guns blazing. Let’s look at the AUS vs IND prediction.
Fixture: Australia vs India; Australia vs India Test series
When: 26 December, 05:00 AM IST
Venue: Melbourne cricket ground
Head to Head:
Total games: 99
AUS: -43
IND: – 28
Drawn: 27
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AUS vs IND Playing 11
AUS Team News: David Warner and S Abbott are ruled out of the Test.
Playing combination: Australia will go unchanged in this Test match. M Wade and J Burns will open the batting with M Labuschagne, S Smith, and T Head forming the middle-order. C Green and T Paine will bat at 6 and 7 respectively while P Cummins, M Starc, J Hazlewood, and N Lyon will form the bowling artillery.
AUS Playing 11:
J Burns, Matthew Wade, M Labuschagne, Steven Smith, T Head, C Green, P Cummins, N Lyon, A Tye, Mitchell Starc, J Hazlewood
IND Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: Team India has announced their playing XI, making 5 changes. S Gill replaces P Shaw, R Pant replaces W Saha while M Siraj will replace injured M Shami. R Jadeja’s occupies the place vacated by V Kohli.
Playing combination: Debutant S Gill will open the batting with M Agarwal. C Pujara will continue to bat at 3 while A Rahane and H Vihari will move one place ahead in Kohli’s absence. R Pant, R Jadeja, and R Ashwin will form India’s remaining batting line-up. J Bumrah, U Yadav, and M Siraj will handle the bowling department.
IND Playing 11:
M Agarwal, S Gill, C Pujara, A Rahane, H Vihari, R Pant, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, M Siraj, U Yadav, J Bumrah
In AUS vs IND Dream 11 prediction, M Labuschagne and S Smith will carry Australia’s batting while M Starc is their key weapon. If they bowl last, expect Lyon to play a big role. On the other hand, India will rely on C Pujara and A Rahane to get runs and J Bumrah as the key wicket-taker. The duo of R Jadeja and R Ashwin could be critical too.
AUS vs IND Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: R Pant
Batsmen: S Smith, M Labuschagne, C Pujara, A Rahane
All-rounder: R Jadeja
Bowlers: P Cummins, N Lyon, M Starc, J Hazlewood, J Bumrah
Captain and vice-captain:
S Smith didn’t click in the last game but he still remains a key threat. He averages 79 against India. So he is a good choice for captain.
C Pujara looked solid during his 43-run knock in the first Test. So expect him to get more runs in this Test. He has made 5883 runs in 73 Tests and averages 48.22 with 18 hundreds and 25 fifties.
J Hazlewood was India’s chief tormenter in the last innings as he claimed five wickets for 8 runs. His immaculate line and lengths will be effective in this Test too.
R Jadeja has improved a lot as an opener recently and his bowling in overseas Tests has been effective too. He has 213 wickets in 49 Tests and has scored 1869 runs as well. He averages 35.26 with the bat 24.62 with the ball. In 2019, he averaged 62.85 with the bat and made 5 fifties in 10 innings.
Australia are certainly the better team in this game in terms of form and history. However, Team India has a playing XI which is ideal for these conditions and has good balance as well. So in the AUS vs IND Dream11 today match prediction, expect IND to win the game.