The stakes are high for both these ODI heavyweights to assert their dominance in the next five games, which promise to be thrilling.
The last couple of bilateral ODI series between these teams yielded enormous numbers, as the batsmen made merry throughout. Things don’t look any different this time around as well, keeping in mind how deadly both India and Australia are with the bat.
For Australia, getting off to a victorious start in the first game will mean a great deal. As an ODI side, they are rusty, to say the least, as their two out of three games in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 were washed out and they lost in the only completed game against England.
Thereby, it becomes imperative for the Steven Smith-led outfit to field its best XI right from the very offset. Below, we have a look at the predicted Australian XI for the first ODI against India at Chennai.