Sunday blockbuster awaits as India and Australia collide in the series finale

With the series currently levelled after a chaotic outing at Nagpur, both India and Australia would be hoping to seal the fray at Hyderabad as a perfect Sunday evening will be in the making with two mavens of the shortest format of the game all set to roll.

Despite a win at Nagpur, Team India will have to keep an eye on their bowling that has drifted south in the first couple of games with the Australian batters making hay. The death bowling has been a particular area of concern with the team management still to decide who would be the perfect fit for those crucial overs in the end.

Australia’s beeswax wouldn’t be any different as the Indian batters have seemed in exemplary touch and the kind of imperious dominion that they have stitched together in the first couple of games can bring about a handful of forced changes to the visitors’ bowling unit.

India has so far savoured a decent sway with their batters. With a few changes hither and yon, they may be jumbling their bowling-line up for different results, especially keeping in mind the kind of assistance that the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has to offer. 

Head-to-head:

Matches played: 25

India: 14

Australia: 10

Match Details:

India vs Australia

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium

25th September

7:00 PM

Squads:

India:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.

Australia:

Aaron Finch (Captain), Steven Smith, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Daniel Sams, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis