New Delhi: Rohit Sharma and Co. will look to ride on their winning chariot as they take on Australia at the Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia. India and Australia’s World Cup journey has been a tale of two contrasting situations. While the men in blue had a shaky start to their WC campaign, the Aussies had blasted away England in the first game.
It felt that the Aussies had carried their ODI World Cup form from 2023 to 2024. However, towards the fag end of the tournament, Australia got the first jolt against Afghanistan. On the other side, after surviving some close calls in the initial matches against the USA and Pakistan; India found its form in the perfect time to thrash Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
As said earlier, it’s going to be a stop-start-stop day by the looks of it.#IndvsAus #t20worldcup pic.twitter.com/JRRPmUeRgl
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India will be the more comfortable and confident team out of the two going ahead of the match. However, given the World Cup trajectory of Australia, the Kangaroos are surely not giving up without a fight.
How can both teams line up against each other?
India’s probable XI:
India has found the perfect sync as their T20 caravan crossed the sea to reach the Caribbean from the USA. Moreover, India’s perfect balance of bat and ball can be fathomed from the way the men in blue have dominated games against Afghanistan and Bangladesh. One of the main game changers for India has been Kuldeep Yadav who has formed a deadly trio along with Axar and Jadeja. Naturally, India is most likely going ahead with the same XI.
Playing XI- Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia’s probable XI:
The decision to rest Mitchell Starc and play Ashton Agar has not gone down among the various pundits and commentators of Cricket Australia. This concern has been especially accentuated after the abysmal performance of Agar in the last game against Afghanistan on the field. Starc has been in phenomenal form since his IPL 2024. Naturally, a direct swap between Starc and Agar is the only change that Marsh can go ahead of the big match.
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Playing XI- Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Where to watch the India vs Australia match?
Fans can watch this thrilling and breathtaking match on Disney+Hotstar as well as the Star Sports Network.