Team India are on backfoot in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia, as the duo of Travis Head and Steve Smith put the Aussies in cruise control at the end of the opening day.
After the Aussies were put in a spot of bother early in the game – they lost their opening three wickets within 76 runs – Travis Head produced a counter-attacking knock, taking the Indian pacers down with a flurry of boundaries early in his innings.
Head eventually ended the day on an unbeaten 146 off just 156 deliveries, while Steve Smith remains only five away from his century. For India, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, and Shardul Thakur picked a wicket each; however, they failed to resist the Aussie comeback during the second session.
As the match moves into Day 4, India will be hoping for early breakthroughs.
Match Details:
- Match: Australia vs India
- Date: 10 June 2023
- Time: 3:00 p.m
- Venue: The oval
Australia vs India Prediction Dream 11
Steve Smith and Travis Head capped off an impressive display by Australia against India on the fourth day of the World Test Championship 2023 final at the Oval London on Saturday.
Australia ended Day-1 with Travis Head and Steve Smith powering the Baggy Greens to 327/3, staying unbeaten at their respective scores of 146 (156) and 95 (227) respectively.
Australia vs India Fantasy Cricket Tips
India picked four seamers and one spinner, Ravindra Jadeja, for the WTC Final. India’s decision to leave out R Ashwin was slammed by some experts, like former Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
In the current World Test Championship cycle since 2021, R Ashwin claimed 61 wickets — which makes him the third overall — at an average of 19.67. That average marks him as the second best bowler having bowled more than 250 overs.
Meanwhile, World No 9 Ravindra Jadeja who comes in 12th for number of wickets claimed with 43, and ninth in the world when average of bowlers having bowled over 250 overs was considered.
Australia vs India Head-To-Head
Star Indian middle-order batter Virat Kohli has warned his team about the dangers that lie ahead of the WTC Final against Australia.
Speaking to Star Sports, Kohli said, “I think The Oval will be challenging, we won’t get a flat wicket and batters need to be cautious. We will need to concentrate on our focus and discipline.”
Australia vs India Playing 11
India XI: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma (c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav
Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
Australia vs India Players Stats
Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
Australia vs India Weather Forecast
On Day 4, the weather is expected to be sunny and bright throughout the whole day in London, as reported by Hindustan Times.
Australia vs India Pitch Report
Another lovely day, light winds and it is nice and warm by English standards. This time yesterday, there were cloudy skies but today is bright. Yesterday, the pitch played tough in the first session with the sideways movement and some uneven bounce.
You could be led astray seeing the grass cover, but this is how an Oval pitch generally is. When the ball has been hitting the bare patches, it is causing uneven bounce.
The pitch is very dry underneath the grass, but the taller Australian ballers will cause the pitch to degrade quite a bit. We both expect the ball to be spinning by day 3 and 4, reckon Nasser Hussain and Kumar Sangakkara
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