IND vs AUS Dream11 Team Prediction: After some lengthy discussions on the concussion substitute we are back to action inside the ground and are also back to Sydney a change the hosts Australia will be happy about as they won the first 2 ODIs against that were played here. The visitors India though are in a better frame of mind as they come in this match after winning the 1st T20I with a set of players that most thought won’t feature in India’s first playing XI. Interestingly India will also play a practice game in the red-ball format so that will affect the team combination. Let’s look at the AUS vs IND Prediction.
Fixture: Australia vs India; Australia vs India T20I series
When: 6 December, 01:40 PM IST
Venue: Sydney cricket ground
Head to Head:
Total games: 21
AUS: -8
IND: – 12
NR: 2
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AUS vs IND Playing 11
AUS Team News: A Agar is ruled out due to injury while C Green is released from the squad. Nathan Lyon is added to the squad as another spin option. There is still uncertainty about A Finch’s injury. M Stoinis is dealing with a side injury.
Playing combination: There are questions over A Finch’s fitness. If he plays he opens if he doesn’t play Australia will go with M Wade as D Short’s opening partner or even S Smith can open. M Henriques and G Maxwell will bat in the middle order. Australia might again prefer a five-bowler strategy with two spinners which means A Zampa and N Lyon feature in the playing XI with J Hazlewood and M Starc handling the pace department. S Abbott may be dropped due to his form and A Tye could play this game.
AUS Playing 11:
Aaron Finch, D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, N Lyon, A Tye, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
IND Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: R Jadeja is ruled out due to injury and S Thakur replaces him in the squad. J Bumrah or M Shami could be released to play for India A.
Playing combination: KL Rahul and S Dhawan will open the innings with V Kohli at number 3. One among S Samson and M Pandey could make way for S Iyer while Y Chahal will replace R Jadeja’s W Sundar’s spin partner. India could go ahead with SThakur in this game to bolster the lower order as Jadeja’s absence will leave India with a long tail. T Natarajan and D Chahar should complete the pace attack.
IND Playing 11:
1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 S Samson 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 S Thakur, 8. D Chahar 9, W Sundar, 10. Y Chahal 11 T Natarajan
In AUS vs IND Dream 11 prediction, KL Rahul is India’s best T20 batsman while H Pandya has made useful contributions too. In bowling Y Chahal is the strike weapon with D Chahar a key asset with the new ball and T Natrajan’s emergence makes him the X-Factor. Australia on the other hand will expect S Smith and G Maxwell to do the bulk of the run-scoring with A Zampa and J Hazlewood as the key wicket-takers.
AUS vs IND Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: KL Rahul
Batsmen: S Smith, A Finch, S Dhawan,
All-rounder: G Maxwell, M Henricques, H Pandya
Bowlers: A Zampa, J Hazlewood, T Natarajan, Y Chahal
Captain and vice-captain:
KL Rahul has carried his IPL form in this T20I series as he made 51 runs from 40 balls in the 1st game. Rahul made 670 runs in IPL 2020 with an average of 55.83. Expect him to gather more runs in this game.
Y Chahal was outstanding in the first game and won the man-of-the-match. He claimed 3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs and has continued his stellar T20 form. He will be India’s chief bowling asset in this game.
S Smith failed to make an impact in the 1st game but given his recent form, he is a key batter in this game. Smith has made 4368 runs in 183 T20 innings and averages 30.54 and has a good strike-rate of 126.60.
G Maxwell made 167 runs in the ODI series at an average of 83.50 and importantly had a strike-rate of 194.18. Maxwell has a terrific record in T20 internationals and averages 32.87 and has a strike-rate of 158.09.
Team India has gained tremendous momentum by winning the first T20I and the injuries to major players has declined Australia’s strength. So in the AUS vs IND Dream11 today match prediction, expect IND to win the game.