Today India and Australia are going to play last match (decider) of the 5 Match ODI Series.
India didn't foresee this situation, but it is one they'll willingly embrace, given their next 50-over match will be a World Cup warm-up in London on May 25.
By Virat Kohli's own admission, his team has been served two wake-up calls. India have gnawing matters to address, starting with the team management's reading of pitch and ground conditions. The team has been sloppy on the field, question marks remain over the identity of the No.4 (yes, still!) and the strongest bowling composition is still to be determined. Thankfully, Shikhar Dhawan's return to form in Mohali pruned that list by one.
When: India vs Australia, 5th ODI, March 13, 2019, 13:30 ISTWhere: Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiWhat to expect: As per weather reports temperature should be around 25 degrees Celsius, pleasent afternoon. Kotla surface has slowed down over the years, making target defence an attractive proposition.
India Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit BumrahAustralia Probable XI: Aaron Finch (c), Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff/Nathan Lyon
Facts
- If India lose the series, it will be their first ODI series defeat at home since losing 3-2 to South Africa in October 2015.
- There have been only four previous instances of a team winning a series after being 0-2 down: SA vs Pak in 2003, Ban vs Zim in 2005, Pak vs Ind in 2005 and SA vs Eng in 2016.
- Rohit Sharma needs 46 more runs to the milestone of 8000 runs. If he gets there in his next innings, he will be the joint third fastest to the landmark
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