Background
India won the toss and opted to bowl in the first ODI against Australia. Fans can watch the match live at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai live on the Star Sports channel and the Hot Star app.
Australia Tour:
Australia, who are touring India, lost the 4-match Border-Gavaskar Test series to India by 2-1. The first match of the 3-match ODI series will be played today. After losing the Test series, the Australian team is trying to win the ODI series. Likewise, the Indian team is also looking to continue the success in the Test series. Thus, it is expected that there will be no shortage of excitement in today’s match.
Indian Team Status:
India captain Rohit Sharma is not playing today’s match due to personal reasons. Due to this, Pandya is acting as the captain of the Indian team in today’s match. Apart from that, Subman Gill and Ishan Kishan will be the openers for the Indian team. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer is completely out of the series due to injury. Due to this, midfielders such as Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav have to play with additional responsibility. To continue in the Indian team for the World Cup series, KL Rahul is forced to perform well in this series. Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav have to act with discipline in the bowling.
Australia Team Standings:
The Australian team also proved to be as strong as India in all aspects. The team’s captain Cummins withdrew from the one-day series due to personal reasons. After this, Steven Smith will take over the captaincy of the Australian team. All-rounders Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh have returned from injury to join the team, giving them a boost. David Warner is also ready for the run chase. Adam Zamba, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Ellis provide confidence in the bowling.
Is Kohli a record holder?
Star player Virat Kohli, who scored a century in the Ahmedabad Test, is expected to enter the field with added confidence. Kohli has scored 46 centuries in total with 3 centuries in the last 7 innings in ODI cricket. Hence, Sachin needs just 3 hundreds to equal the top scorer in ODIs. Kohli also needs one more century to equal Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most centuries against Australia (9 centuries). Even if Virat Kohli, who is on his way to the top, reaches a hundred runs in any game in this series, it will be a new milestone.
face to face:
India and Australia have faced each other 143 times in ODIs so far. Australia has won 80 of these and India has won 53 of them. Not finished in 10 games. This will be the 11th time that Australia will play a live ODI series on Indian soil. In the previous 10 series, both the teams have won 5 times each. The Indian team has so far played 19 one-day matches at Wankhede where today’s match will be held and has won 10 and lost 9. This included playing 4 matches against Australia and losing 3 of them. The Indian team has taken the oath in all 6 ODIs played in the country this year. Similarly, Australia have won their last 6 ODIs. It will also be interesting to see whose winning streak will come to an end.
Indian Team:
Subman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Lokesh Rahul, Hardik Pandya (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Tagore, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami
Australia Team:
Travis Head, Steven Smith (capt), Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Josh English, Maxwell, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zamba, Sean Abbott