🏏Australia vs. India: 3rd ODI at Rajkot on 27/09/2023 D/N🏏 - Page 3

They did not try Axar PAtel at all

how can he be in playing 11 for world cup

Thanks for the tag

Shuffling is done in both the teams.. Nice.. Looking forward to Sundar's performance.

One question.... Weather reports kya hain

NileshN: "What a funky team India has chosen. "

Ajesh: "Team selection is many a times real wonder. Sometime you have 4-5 openers in the team. Today you havent enough!"

Mukunth : "Probably a weird India 11 that no one would have expected! On the aussie side, with due respect to Rohit and Virat, is Zampa just hidden for this match?" I believe Zampa is being rested.

Originally posted by: Ocean_breeze

One question.... Weather reports kya hain

Cheers..

Washington Sundar gets the nod ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin for today's game.

Thanks for the tag Madhu.... all the best India!

Amal Krishna : "The combination is perfect for the Aussies, they might stick with this for their World Cup matches, except for Tanveer Sangha. "

Andrew McGlashan notes it is the first time in three years that Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood have been named to play together in the same ODI team.

On paper, this is the last ODI for these two teams before the all important World Cup. While they’ll still have a couple more warm-up games before the actual tournament, this game will serve as an opportunity to make sure everything is strapped in tight and bolted firmly in place. While the Indian team looks largely settled, there still are a couple of questions that remain unanswered and consequently, a couple of spots up for grabs. Most notably, this game will be a chance for Ravichandran Ashwin, who’s remarkably somehow found himself back in the fray just before another World Cup, to make sure he books his tickets to the grand tournament as a player. There’s also a middle-order slot up for grabs with three different players, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan vying for it and a solid performance in today’s game may go a long way in tilting the odds in their favor. India’s senior stalwarts are expected to return for this game and they’ll be looking to field an XI that’s as close to the one they’ll want to field in the World Cup. For Australia, it’s one final opportunity to get some vital preparation in these conditions. Stick around then, toss and teams coming your way shortly.

There's a special guest at the venue! Cheteshwar Pujara is around and was seen greeting some of the players