India eyes to level the T20 series against Australia

India and Australia is going to face each other in the last match of t-20 series on Sunday.As the second t-20 match was called off due to heavy rain in Melbourne, Australia continued to lead the series with 1-0.  So in this series decider game India's effort to draw the series will be strongly challenged by the mighty Australia.

After the marginal loss in the 1st t-20 , India came back strongly in the 2nd match. The hefty batting line up of Australia broke like the house of cards as the Indian bowlers took the team up on the driving seat.  But unfortunately luck favored the Baggie greens as the match was abandoned due to rain. As per the report Indian team management wants to play with the same team while a big change is expected in Australian squad as the left arm pacer Mitchell Starc comes in as a replacement of injured Stanlake.

Australia (probable XI) : 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 D'arcy Short, 3 Chris Lynn, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Ben McDermott, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Nathan Coulter-Nile/Mitchell Starc, 9 Andrew Tye, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Jason Behrendorff.

The only debate for In appear if they want to get Yuzvendra Chahal into the XI. It's tough with the balance of side they have, but the success of Kuldeep Yadav may yet make it tempting.

India (probable XI) : 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli (capt.), 4 KL Rahul, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Khaleel Ahmed/Yuzvendra Chahal.

The pitch report of Sydney Cricket Ground indicates towards a low scoring match and recent history of Big Bash League proved the same. The pitch of scg is slow turner alike MCG. Weather forecast is better for Sunday and there is no forecast of rain.

The only previous T20I between the two teams at the SCG was memorable match as India chased down 198 off the final ball in 2016.

Among the few many mistakes that India made to let go their chances of an early lead in the three-match T20I series against Australia, one of them was Virat Kohli promoting KL Rahul up the order to bat at No.3, while he batted at No.4. A result, both failed to affect the scoreboard. Many experts are left surprised and disappointed with Kohli's gamble. So the Indian captain needs to return to his no 3 positions with KL Rahul looking a bit off-color and the middle order of team India have to take more responsibilities in order to level the series.

Overall a exciting match is coming tomorrow at SCG. Can India level the series ? I'm going with Team India. Who are you going with? Let's comment on our blog/ social media pages.

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Writer: Arpita Mishra and Subham Dey

Read here the 1st T20I Match Report: AUSTRALIA HOLDS THE NERVE AND CLINCHED THE VICTORY IN A NAIL-BITING MATCH AT GABBA

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