AUS vs IND: Shane Warne predicts Australia to beat India 2-1 in Test series
Cricket | December 15, 2020 9:01 ISTShane Warne has predicted Australia to beat India 2-1 in the upcoming Test series.
Shane Warne has predicted Australia to beat India 2-1 in the upcoming Test series.
Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has named his choice for India wicketkeeper in the playing XI for the upcoming four-match Test series against Australia.
Langer also came in support of under-fire opener Joe Burns and further confirmed that Marnus Labuschagne will not open for Australia in the Test series.
Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border picked the players from each side who could be key in the Tests between India and Australia.
Under Virat Kohli's captaincy, India humbled hosts Australia 2-1 in 2018-19 for their first series win Down Under after seventy years of trying.
The Australians are fretting over the form of Joe Burns who has been their regular opener with David Warner.
Lyon, who has 390 Test scalps, could become the third spinner in Test history to get to 400 wickets after Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Harbhajan (417).
Saha averages 30 plus in 37 Tests with 1238 runs and three hundreds in his kitty.
Saha, 36, was selected ahead of Pant in the first warm-up game against Australia A.
Even as Vihari showed great composure and patience in collecting his runs, Pant was quite at ease while clearing the fence.
Virat Kohli-led Indian side is set to begin its title defence of the Border-Gavaskar trophy with the pink-ball Test in Adelaide from December 17.
Labuschagne said that he is preparing to bat at practice sessions and is not worried if he opens or bats at three.
On Virat Kohli's standing in world cricket, Chappell said the batting maestro is aware of that but not obsessed with it.
Green was hit when tailender Jasprit Bumrah smashed a fierce straight drive at the Australian who was unable to react in time.
According to a report, Indian opener Rohit Sharma has passed the fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Bengauru.
The Indian batting order faced an embarrassing collapse on Day 1 of the second practice-match against Australia A.
Cummins is looking forward to the challenge of bowling to Indian captain Virat Kohli, who has already become one of the game's greats after a decade of brilliance with the bat.
Pat Cummins has said that he wants a fair balance between the bat and ball in the upcoming four-Test series between Australia and India.
If the team management decides to go with Green as a fifth bowling option, wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade could be shown the exit door.
Another area of interest for India will be who will don the wicketkeeper's gloves. Saha played the first warm-up and India could field Rishabh Pant in the second.
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