A player that strikes fear into the hearts of the bowlers once he comes into to bat. Aaron Finch is known for mostly for taking the ariel route and his devastating knocks. Hailing from Colac, Victoria, Finch is an explosive batsman who has made a mark all over the world. Finch made an instant impact in 2009 for his hard knocks in the T20 Big Bash League. His knocks saw him earn a T20 spot in the Australia squad in 2011, followed by an ODI call up in Jan 2011, and finally got the baggy green in October 2018. Since Steve Smith and David Warner were banned in 2018 following their involvement in the ball tampering controversy in South Africa, Finch was made captain for the limited overs. Overall, Finch has played for almost every franchise in the Indian Premier League. He also led Melbourne Renegades to the finals of the T20 BBL.
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The one-year bans handed to Steven Smith and David Warner will end on March 29 and they will be eligible to play at least one ODI against Pakistan in Austrlia's five-match series.
His opposite number Finch made it clear that Glenn Maxwell will come up the order after playing a major part in the T20 series victory.
Finch's rough patch has extended to the T20s as he was out for zero and eight in the two T20Is which Australia won to claim their maiden series win in the shortest format in India.
India were handed a narrow three-wicket loss in the first T20I of the two-match series by Australia in Vizag.
Maxwell rued that he could have finished the game and said he still has a lot of work to do to secure a ticket to the World Cup.
The Aussies are fresh from playing in the Big Bash League where top-order batsman D'Arcy Short bagged the player of the tournament award and became the first player to score 600-plus runs.
Finch will lead Australia in the upcoming limited-overs series in India starting February 24 where they would play 2 T20Is and 5 ODIs.
On his part, Mayank knew that focusing on the game was more important but still he couldn't help but reply to the Australian ODI captain.
The right-arm bowler said his small stint in the BBL would help him strengthen his chances of playing in the upcoming 2019 World Cup.
India (234/3) beat Australia (230) by 7 wickets in Melbourne to clinch 3-match series 2-1. MS Dhoni 87* Jadhav 61*
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Dhoni averages 52.95 while batting at number four, which is higher than his current career-average of 50.11 over 333 games.
Jhye Richardson (4/26) and Jason Behrendorff (2/39) took six wickets among themselves to give Australia a 34-run win in the first ODI against India at the SCG.
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After winning a historic Test series a few days ago, India aim to repeat the performance under the lights with the white ball.
Like India, Australia will kick off their 2019 World Cup preparations in Sydney, albeit they have a Test series against Sri Lanka in between.
Siddle who last played an ODI for the Kangaroos in November 2010 is set to don the yellow jersey after a huge gap of 8 years.
The return of Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon and Usman Khawaja marks a major overhaul of the ODI side just six months before the World Cup.
Opener Aaron Finch, who has scored only a single half-century in three Test matches, might be axed from the playing XI and as per reports, did not bat in the nets.
Ganguly tagged an indiatvnews.com report about Waugh's post in a tweet saying: "Australian cricket selection at its lowest ever."
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