"India being usual slow starters in an overseas series in SENA countries the first Test will be crucial. That they aren't playing proper first class games before that as well as in the week long gaps between some Test matches could work against them," Sunil Gavaskar said.
Will Pucovski played only one Test match for Australia but he remained the talking point due to multiple concussion injuries throughout his career. He was considered the next big thing in Australia but injury concerns especially with the ball hitting his head repeatedly ruined his career.
"Don't get me wrong, India is an absolute superstar side and extremely challenging but I'm extremely hungry to turn things around and make sure we get that trophy back," Nathan Lyon said on Australia's recent poor record against India in Tests.
Australia are scheduled to play three T20Is against Scotland and as many T20Is and five ODIs against England away from home in September. Pat Cummins has been rested ahead of the home summer while Mitchell Marsh continues to be the captain of white-ball squads.
IND-C vs AUS-C WCL 2024: Four Indian legends scored brilliant fifties to post a huge total of 254 while batting first and then bowlers shone to restrict Australia to a 168 total to enter the final. India will take on Pakistan in the final match in Birmingham on Sunday.
The inaugural edition of the World Championship of Legends is closing in on its climax with semifinals set to be played today. Pakistan will face West Indies in the first semifinal while the India and Australia will lock horns in the second semifinals. Here's the pitch report of County Ground.
"Regarding our bilateral matches, we have consulted extensively with stakeholders, including the Australian government, and chose to postpone our last couple of series with the Afghanistan Cricket Board on human-rights grounds," Cricket Australia's CEO said.
Cricket Legends from six nations India, Pakistan, Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies will take part in a 10-day tournament in England starting on July 3. The former cricket stars Yuvraj Singh, Shahid Afridi, Kevin Pietersen and Jacques Kallis will feature in the opening edition.
After losing to India, Australia had to wait for the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh clash to end to know if they will be making it to the semifinal of T20 World Cup 2024. With this dependency, Warner couldn't get a proper farewell on the field after he got out while chasing 206 against India.
After being forced to bat first in the crucial Super 8 game, India lost their star batter Virat Kohli on a duck in the second over but Rohit Sharma's explosive innings gave India a sensational start in powerplay at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.
IND vs AUS Playing XIs: Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first in their last Super 8 game against India in St Lucia. Australia recalled their star pacer Mitchell Starc who replaced Ashton Agar in Australia's playing XI.
IND vs AUS Dream11 Prediction: India and Australia are set to face off each other in their last Super 8 game of the T20 World Cup 2024 at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet with a semifinal berth up for grabs.
Josh Hazlewood's statement of knocking England out with a possible deliberate play against Scotland rung alarm bells in the last couple of days. But Aussie pacer Pat Cummins denied any such possibility stating that Hazlewood's comments weren't serious.
England would need Australia to beat Scotland by a specific margin to qualify for the Super 8 round. But the Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood hinted at knocking England out of the tournament with a deliberate play. While ICC rules don't allow such a thing to happen, here's what England coach had to say..
AUS vs ENG Pitch Report: The defending champions England will clash against the 2021 winners Australia in the biggest cricket derby in the 17th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 at Bridgetown's Kensington Oval on Saturday.
Australia vs Oman Dream11 Team: Australia, led by Mitchell Marsh, are starting their campaign in the T20 World Cup with this match while Oman are coming off after falling short in the super over against Namibia. Who can be your captain and vice-captain in Dream11 Fantasy? Know here...
Australia played a couple of warm-up matches in the lead up to the tournament beating Namibia comfortably but lost to the West Indies by 35 runs. They will now play their first group game of the World Cup against Oman on June 6.
Australia will start T20 World Cup campaign with a game against Oman on June 5 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown in Barbados. Discussions are in progress over the look of their bowling attack but it looks very much certain that Hazlewood, Starc and Cummins will start.
Australian cricket team will hold all three titles ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and World Test Championship at the same time if they emerge victorious in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. David Warner and Virat Kohli are also chasing major records in the upcoming ICC even in the USA and West Indies.
Australia announced their T20 World Cup squad on May 1 naming injured Mitchell Marsh the captain for the tournament. The all-rounder got injured while playing for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and has given an update on his recovery.
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