Australia will square off against India in the third ODI of the series at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. The SCG is known to be a batting wicket, and thus Virat Kohli would want to get back amongst the runs after two consecutive ducks in the series.
The SCG wicket to also known to assist the spinners and India would want to include in-form Kuldeep Yadav in the final XI. There is no doubt that Yadav has been unlucky to be warming the benches, as he deserves his place in the team.
On the other hand, an inexperienced Australian team has played with a lot of aplomb in their home conditions, with players grabbing their chances.
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Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma needs four sixes to complete 350 maximums in ODIs. He will become the second batter after Shahid Afridi to reach the milestone. The former Pakistan batter has hit the most sixes in ODIs.
Virat Kohli needs 49 runs to complete 2500 runs against Australia in ODIs.
Shreyas Iyer needs 83 runs to complete 3000 runs in ODIs.
Travis Head needs 22 runs to complete 3000 runs in ODIs.
Mitchell Starc needs three wickets to complete 250 scalps in the ODI format.
Australia ODI Squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
India’s ODI squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
