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India v Australia ODI series
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World champions face off
The upcoming one-day series between India and Australia will see
a face-off between two world champions. While Australia has been
ruling the one-day circuit for over nine years now, India is the
new Twenty20 world champions. Australia will also be looking to
redeem themselves after their loss to India in the semi-final of
the ICC World Twenty20. But they arrive here without their key fast
bowler Shane Watson and middle-order batsman Michael Hussey.
With Ricky Ponting and Nathan Bracken likely to miss out the first
few matches, and India riding on the momentum of the win in
South Africa, it can be expected that this series will be a closely-fought one.
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With Shane Watson out and Nathan Bracken set to miss the first few games, Stuart Clark, along with Brett Lee, will have to lead Australia’s young fast bowling attack.
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Australia: (probable)
1 Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Michael Clarke, 4 Brad Hodge, 5 Brad Haddin,
6 Andrew Symonds, 7 Adam Voges/James Hopes, 8 Brad Hogg, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Stuart Clark, 11 Mitchell Johnson.
India: (probable)
1 Sourav Ganguly, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Rahul Dravid, 6 MS Dhoni
(capt & wk), 7 Robin Uthappa, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 RP Singh.
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| Your guide to who's hot and who's not in the India v Australia ODI series. |
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Matthew Hayden
Hayden topped the batting charts in the ICC World Twenty20 with 265 runs
from six matches with a whopping strike-rate of 188.40. Smarting from the
defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe, Australia came back strongly against England
and with Hayden plundering 67 off 43 balls. He was named ICC’s ODI Player of
the Year and included in the Test and ODI teams of the year for his 1368 runs
from 26 matches at 62.18 between September 2006 and April 2007.
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Stuart Clark
Clark is in the elite group of bowlers with four-wicket hauls in Twenty20 matches. With 12 wickets at 12 in the World Twenty20 and
comparisons to Glenn McGrath with regard to his accuracy, Clark
will find his nagging line useful to trouble batsmen on the otherwise
unhelpful sub continental pitches. India’s young batsmen, Robin Uthappa,
Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni may have to curb their attacking style
in order to negotiate Clark’s bowling.
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Yuvraj Singh
Six sixes an over aside, Yuvraj is an explosive middle-order batsman and
can also rotate the strike and work with the tail when required. In the World
Twenty20 he often took India to dominant positions with his power-hitting.
In the last year he averaged a healthy 41.76 from 26 ODIs batting mostly at No.
5 or lower. Apart from offering a part-time left-arm spin bowling option to his
captain, Yuvraj also saves a considerable amount of runs through his energetic fielding.
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RP Singh
RP made an impressive comeback into the one-day side in India’s
tour of England taking 13 wickets at 28.07 from 10 ODIs and was
rewarded with a place in the Twenty20 squad. He managed 12 wickets
including 3 for 26 in the final against Pakistan. But while the seven
ODIs against Australia will be a chance for RP to cement his place in
the side, he will have to contend with Irfan Pathan who is making his
one-day comeback with this series.
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Michael Clarke
is not exactly out of form but he is out of practice.
Clarke got only two innings in the World Twenty20 and didn’t make a
mark at all scoring a total of three runs. He also gave away 72 runs
at an economy of over 10 runs an over. But he did remarkably well in
the World Cup in West Indies averaging 87.20 from 11 matches. And India
is a memorable place for Clarke as he made his Test debut in Bangalore
with a century in Australia’s innings victory.
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Brad Hogg
hasn’t played international cricket since the World
Cup in April and might be a touch rusty after the Australian winter.
But Hogg took 21 wickets at 15.80 a piece from 11 World Cup matches.
However he has never been successful in India - having played there
in 1996-97, 2003-04 and 2006-07 with only six wickets at 50.16.
In the Champions Trophy last year, he got to play only two matches
both against West Indies and managed only one wicket.
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Harbhajan Singh
had a poor World Twenty20 and is now making
his comeback to the one-day side after being dropped following
India’s exit from the World Cup. Since April last year, he has
taken 30 wickets in 32 matches and he will be hoping that the
selectors retain him in the squad beyond the first three one-dayers.
With Ramesh Powar having a successful tour of England, Harbhajan
will be under further pressure. What must come as a relief to him
is the leg spinner Piyush Chawla has been ruled out of the series.
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Dinesh Karthik
was another Indian player to have a fairly
ordinary World Twenty20 with only 28 runs from four matches.
Karthik was also in poor form during the England tour, performing
a shade better when he was sent lower down the order than when he
was asked to bat at No. 3. His sloppy fielding during the tour was
also a cause for worry since India will be depending on its younger
players to restrict Australia to chase able totals.
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Mitchell Johnson
is a fast bowler in the mould of Brett Lee,
except that he is a left-armed bowler. He took eight wickets
in the World Twenty20 and will be hoping to break into the
Test team with some solid performances against India. Johnson
played three matches in last year’s Champions Trophy in India
though that may not be enough for him to assess playing
conditions this time around. With Shane Watson out and
Nathan Bracken expected to join the squad later, Johnson
is likely to be in the XI for most of the matches.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
will be leading the one-day squad for the
first time, but the success in the World Twenty20 would have
boosted his confidence and with the return of Sourav Ganguly,
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, Dhoni will have experienced
heads to turn to when in need. But as seen in South Africa,
he brings his own brand of cricket and aggression on to the
field and how he rotates the players in the series will
be interesting to observe.
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