Probable XI –
Australia –
Aaron Finch (C), D’Arcy Short, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (WK), Moises Henriques/Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green, Ashton Agar, Sean Abbott, Josh Hazlewood/Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa
India –
KL Rahul (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (C), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Matthew Wade
2. Lokesh Rahul
3. Aaron Finch
4. Steven Smith
5. Shreyas Iyer
6. Virat Kohli(C)
7. Glenn Maxwell(VC)
8. Hardik Pandya
9. Josh Hazlewood
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
– Virat Kohli will be the safest captain pick as he has scored runs at an average of 65 in head to head matches against AUS.
– Glenn Maxwell is in top form with the bat so might score 40-50 runs in no time especially while batting first.
– Matthew Wade has scored runs at an average of 41 in 4 T20I matches against IND which makes him a good punt.
– Hardik Pandya will be crucial especially in this format as we have seen during IPL & recently concluded ODIs too.
– Shreyas Iyer though failed in the ODIs but he has been good in T20s so migh play good knock in this match.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Lokesh Rahul
2. Aaron Finch(VC)
3. Steven Smith
4. Virat Kohli
5. Shikhar Dhawan(C)
6. Glenn Maxwell
7. Ashton Agar
8. Hardik Pandya
9. Sean Abbott
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Deepak Chahar
– Shikhar Dhawan & Aaron Finch have been decent in T20s in H2H so they can be good C VC picks.
– Deepak Chahar is a must pick especially while bowling first as we have seen during IPL.
– Yuzvendra Chahal & Sean Abbott are good credit saver picks.
– Ashton Agar was good during last ODI match so might prove to be a good punt.
Grand League Combination –
1. Matthew Wade
2. Steven Smith
3. D’Arcy Short
4. Virat Kohli
5. Glenn Maxwell
6. Hardik Pandya(C)
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Manish Pandey
9. Adam Zampa
10. Josh Hazlewood
11. Jasprit Bumrah(VC)
– Expecting domination from IND since they look more strong on the papers.
– Jasprit Bumrah can be a good VC pick in GL as he has done well especially in T20s.
– Hardik Pandya will be a lethal pick especially while batting first.
– Manish Pandey & D’Arcy Short will be good picks considering their numbers in T20s