Team India eye historic ODI series win against Australia at The MCG in final ODI of 2018/19 tour

India vs Australia
India will play Australia in the third ODI tomorrow
India and Australia are set to go head to head tomorrow in the final ODI of the 2018/19 India’s tour of Australia as the tour comes to a close. Both teams will be looking for a win here.

Date and Time : 18th January 2019, 7:50 AM IST

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Team India after their magical victory in the last game at Adelaide are now back level in the three match ODI series and will be very confident going ahead.

It should be their series to loose from here after having a such successful overall tour. Chasing almost 300 runs is by no means an easy task and it shows the calibre of this team.

The batting have been so far good in this ODI series and it should be their strong point again in the final game but bowling will need to be a bit better.

On the other hand, Australia will be a bit disappointed with their Adelaide ODI performance after conceding so many runs. But will hope to produce the first game magic once again in the final one-dayer.

Aussies know that they are not in form at the moment and a series win is required to lift their spirits once again and this is what they will go after.

India is on a roll to improve their head to head against Australia in ODI’s and will look to continue the good work.

Team news and possible line-ups

Australia are likely going to play the same XI as in the previous game.

As for India, Khaleel Ahmed is available and will likely play.

Australia XI : Finch (C), Carey (WK), Khawaja, S. Marsh, Maxwell, Stoinis, Handscomb, J. Richardson, Siddle, Lyon, Behrendorff.

India XI : R. Sharma, Dhawan, Kohli (C), Rayudu, D. Karthik, Dhoni (WK), R. Jadeja, B. Kumar, K. Yadav, Shami, K. Ahmed.

Prediction

It’s tough to predict the outcome of this match between two good sides, may the best team on the day which commits less mistakes win the game and the series.

 

Alankrit Mathur

Hi, I am Alankrit Mathur. I have a passion for Football & Cricket. I love to write blogs about the above mentioned sports.

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