Highlights, India vs Australia, 1st ODI at Chennai: India take 1-0 lead
Highlights, India vs Australia, 1st ODI at Chennai: India take 1-0 lead
Good afternoon! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of India vs Australia 2017. Australia are set to play five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20Is) in India starting with the first ODI today. Here, you will get the live updates and scores from the first India vs Australia ODI. The match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. India, with back to back series victories, will be the hands down favourites for the match and the serie, ,while Australia will be eager to revive their overseas performance with this series before they go Down Under for The Ashes.
India stunned neighbours Sri Lanka at their home, pulling off a whitewash. A series of three Tests, five ODIs and a T20I was thoroughly dominated by the visitors. However, Australia will pose a bigger challenge, despite their weakness against spin. Their troubles will double up playing in subcontinent conditions but the squad consists of talented players to combat all difficulties and perform amidst all odd, making the series one to watch out for.
Australia, on the other hand, have a lot to prove in this series. Their encounter in Bangladesh ended in a never before 1-1 draw. With the bat, David Warner and Steven Smith will be the two names, they will depend upon to counter-attack the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Shikhar Dhawan will be missed by the hosts as he is away to help his ailing wife. The spinners will surely be a threat to the visitors at Chennai. A high-scorer is on the cards.
Squads:
India: Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma (vc), Virat Kohli (c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.
Australia: David Warner (vc), Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), James Faulkner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Kane Richardson.