The Indian batters have struggled up to now within the ongoing ODI collection towards Australia. The tempo and bounce that the likes of Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc generated from the tracks in Perth and Adelaide had been too sizzling to deal with for Shubman Gill and Co. The Males in Blue misplaced the primary two video games within the three-match collection and can look to salvage satisfaction within the last encounter, which is ready to be performed on the Sydney Cricket Floor on Saturday, October 25.
On the eve of the fixture, former Australian captain Michael Clarke opined that each Starc and Hazlewood could be in motion, with the latter rising with most wickets. The cricketer-turned-commentator additionally predicted that Virat Kohli, who registered geese within the first two ODIs, could be the best run-getter within the collection finale.
“I’ll say they’re going to follow Starc and Hazlewood, and I am going to go together with Joshy for main wicket-taker within the recreation. I’ve gone with Virat up to now; he is received two geese. I’ll go together with Virat Kohli for main run-scorer on this recreation. Hazlewood main wickets, and Virat main run-scorer,” Clarke stated on the Beyond23 Cricket Podcast on Friday, October 24.
Clarke backed India to keep away from a clear sweep on Saturday. He feels {that a} win for the vacationers within the last ODI will function a shot within the arm for them as they gear up for the following five-match T20I collection towards the Males in Yellow.
“And I’ll say India win, so 2-1 India wins. I predicted 2-1 Australia, so I do not thoughts if India wins this recreation, certainly one of my predictions, proper? However yeah, look, I simply hope it is a actually good recreation of one-day cricket. India will not need to go dwelling with out a win, and like I say, you are main into the T20s as properly, so loads of the gamers will go into that format eager to take some confidence. I am hoping it is a good recreation,” he added.