Australia vs India 2018: 1st T20I, Brisbane – Match Preview; Finally, the days of anticipation have arrived. India’s tour of Australia has always been the great story with both the sides fighting their hearts out for their respective countries. Both the teams have got their pros and cons, which would floor an excellent road for a thriller in Brisbane.
Team Balance, a question for Australia:
After the infamous ball-tampering incident, Cricket Australia has failed to figure out their best squad across the formats. They fared pretty poorly in international cricket while competing against the giants of the game.
They recently got a bit of respite with the victory against South Africa in the 2nd ODI, but it was restricted to a single day, as South Africans once again knocked out Australia’s confidence.
However, every new game is an opportunity, which would be their motive for now. Aaron Finch is asking the batsmen to deliver the goods more sensibly rather than going for an all-out mode.
It would certainly push them to come good against the Indians. Nonetheless, they have got the ingredients in them to deliver against India, especially, in the bowling section.
Indians enter as favourites:
Perhaps, after a fine time, a visiting team is coming as the favourites to win the game in the Australian conditions. Of late, team India is in top-notch form and displaying the high-quality cricket on the international platform.
The Men in Blue are coming into the game with a fine series victory against the Windies team. However, the new conditions will surely challenge them to come good, but the plan to go early to Australia would work in their favour.
On the batting front, they have got the decent lineup in their ranks, but they would dearly miss the experience of MS Dhoni in the side. The return of Virat Kohli would be a boost for the team.
Coming to the bowling section, the presence of Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the major asset for the team. The duo can exploit the conditions beautifully to yield the results. The spin duo of Chahal and Kuldeep will be the cynosure of the eyes.
Australia vs India 2018: 1st T20I, Brisbane – Match Preview Details
Date – November 21st, 2018, 05:50 PM Local
Venue – The Gabba, Brisbane
Weather forecast – No rain is on the cards. Hopefully, a full game amidst massive crowd would welcome.
Pitch conditions – The Gabba will give an edge to the fast bowlers. The bounce in the wicket will play a villain role to batsmen thus expecting moderate totals on the board.
Squads:
Australia– Aaron Finch(c), Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, D Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa
India – Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, K Khaleel Ahmed