India and Australia eye series win in Hyderabad T20I

India is all set to play Australia in the 3rd and final T20I in Hyderabad which will decide the series. India have already won the one-day series and can be called as the favorites.

Date and Time : 13 October 2017, 7:00 PM IST

Venue : Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Australia will be very happy with the way they played in the second T20I and will be very confident going into the 3rd T20I.

They made India look ordinary, with their all-round efforts. First they restricted India to only 118 and then chased it down with over four overs to spare.

Jason Behrendorff was the hero in Guwahati as he troubled the Indian batters. But they would want David Warner to come back into form.

On the other hand, India will be having some worries as Indian batting failed miserably on Tuesday and Bowlers didn’t bowl that well either.

Team news and possible line-ups

Australia will likely stick with the winning combination on Friday night. It means that Daniel Christian and Kane Richardson will continue to sit out.

As for India, They will probably be having the same playing XI as well. But if India could make one change then it could be Manish Pandey being replaced by Dinesh Karthik.

Australia XI : Warner (C), Finch, Henriques, Head, Maxwell, Stoinis, Paine (WK), Coulter-Nile, Tye, Zampa, Behrendorff.

India XI : Kohli (C), R. Sharma, S. Dhawan, M. Pandey, Jadhav, Dhoni (WK), H. Pandya, B. Kumar, K. Yadav, Bumrah, Chahal.

Prediction

It will be tightly contested game on Friday night. To predict a winner will be quite tough. But since India are playing at home, they know the conditions better, so have an edge. The visitors though have players who have played in IPL. So, let’s wait and watch the best team win.