Probable XI –
Australia –
Marcus Harris, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (C&WK), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
India –
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Wriddhiman Saha/Mayank Agarwal, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Steven Smith(VC)
3. David Warner
4. Marnus Labuschagne(C)
5. Shubman Gill
6. Cheteshwar Pujara
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Pat Cummins
9. Josh Hazlewood
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Navdeep Saini
– Labuschagne looks safest captain pick as he has scored 266 runs at this venue with the help of a half century & a century in 2 innings and has also looked in supreme touch during this series.
– Steven Smith is a good VC pick considering his consistency in this series & average of 57 with the bat at Gabba.
– David Warner might be a good punt especially considering his average of 68 in 14 innings at this venue & failure of the last game.
– Shubman Gill is scoring quick 40-50 runs so he might get decent points in D11.
– Navdeep Saini will be another good pick considering his last match in which he troubled the AUS batters a lot.
– All the three pacers of AUS are must picks as they have taken wickets consistently at this venue.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. David Warner
3. Marnus Labuschagne(VC)
4. Steven Smith
5. Rohit Sharma(C)
6. Cheteshwar Pujara
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Pat Cummins
9. Nathan Lyon
10. Josh Hazlewood
11. Shardul Thakur
– Rohit Sharma might play a good knock in this big game so making him captain in SL might be a worthy risk.
– Shardul Thakur might be a good punt considering his ability to swing the ball which can trouble the australian batters.
– Rishabh Pant will be the best pick from WK section as he’s scoring decent 50-60 runs consistently.
Grand League Combination –
1. Matthew Wade
2. Marnus Labuschagne
3. Steven Smith
4. David Warner(C)
5. Rohit Sharma
6. Cheteshwar Pujara(VC)
7. Shubman Gill
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Pat Cummins
11. Shardul Thakur
– David Warner might look to play a big knock in this game as he’s having good numbers at this venue.
– Expecting a big knock from Pujara too as he’s scoring decent runs but failing to convert them into big from last couple of matches.
– Matthew Wade might be a good GL Pick as he’s failing continuously from the last two matches.
– Going with batting heavy team since Gabba has batting favored surface.
