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Background
The first match of this series saw a pile of runs scored in both innings ultimately leading to visitors grabbing the victory from host’s mouth.
Australia convincingly chased down the mammoth total of 208 posted by India.
This was India’s highest total against Australia in T20.
However, despite needing 55 from the last 4 overs, heroics from Matthew Wade made sure that Australia chased the total with 4 balls still remaining.
It seems like Indian team cannot catch a break in the midst of their preparations for the T20 World Cup.
Injuries have rattled the squad with Ravinder Jadeja missing out while Bumrah is likely to recover soon after remaining absent from the team for a long time.
Initially, Indian Top Order was a worry as batters were not finding their form.
Now that runs have started coming, Indian Death bowling is becoming a concern.
Excerpts from the recent Asia Cup and the last match are evident to that.
Even if India didn’t have Bumrah, Australia too were playing with Warner, Mitchell Marsh and Stoinis.
Harshel Patel and Bhuvneshwar have one of the worst economy rate at the death overs since the start of 2022.
With Bumrah returning soon, India’s bowling will have a sigh of relief.
On the other hand, Arshdeep Singh who has an economy rate of 7 can be a decent replacement in place of Harshel Patel.
India could certainly try him in the series against South Africa.
As far as the batting is concerned, Indian Middle Order looks solid enough with in-form Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. Virat Kohli also seems to be back in runs which is a further good omen for the Blue Shirts.
Australia, on the other hand will be pretty satisfied with the way they won the first debacle.
Even in the absence of some main players, their combination looks in good touch.
Aaron Finch had a good first match with Smith anchoring over at One down. Matthew Wade has been a pleasure to watch at the death overs as always.
Match details
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Date: 23 September 2022
Time: 6:30 pm IST
Head to head past record:
Overall, India and Australia have played 24 T20 games against each other.
India has come out victorious on 13 occasions whereas Australia won 10 matches. One game ended without result.
Probable Playing 11 – India:
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshel Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav/Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal/Ravi Ashwin
Probable Playing 11 – Australia:
Aaron Finch, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Tim David, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Star bowler of the match:
Adam Zampa
Star batsman of the match:
Suryakumar Yadav
Who will win?
Australia having chased the highest total against India will surely be looking to seal the series victory at Nagpur.
Their batting looks in good shape with Cameron Green coming at the top for the first time.
Pitch conditions might also come in play at Nagpur as teams batting first have won more matches here.
India will certainly look to sort out their death bowling issue at the first hand.
If Bumrah is fully fit, he should be a welcoming sign.
Both teams are top tier T20 teams so it will be an interesting clash on Friday.
India can certainly surprise Australia with the help of home conditions.
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