The 3rd ODI which is supposed to be played at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi will be shown as a series decider match for Australia if they win they are in and a loss would mean India winning the bilateral series. Basically, all the rest matches left in the series are must-win for the Kangaroos to bounce back in the series.
The Stadium has a fast outfield where middle overs will play an important role in bowling side’s favor. A sunny day is expected to come up during the match and the temperature can be nearly around 26°C. Spinners would play a crucial role in the game.
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The last time both these teams played a match at this venue was in 2013 where only Australia was given the opportunity to bat by the Weather as an unseasonal rain occurred at Ranchi which washed away the match. Glenn Maxwell alongside George Bailey went on to hit the 90s which posted a challenging total for the Indians. The match was left with no result and tomorrow we can expect a result as there is none prediction for any Rain like situation. MS Dhoni will be the key as he will be playing on his home ground and his fans would expect a big Show from the player.
Team News
With Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma unable to score big runs this series, there can be an eye for KL Rahul coming in and also Rayudu can be dropped and youngster Rishabh Pant can be given a chance to bat in the middle overs and Vijay Shankar can bat at No.4 position which is still being experimented since 3 years after Yuvraj has not featured for the team. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s bowling is suitable to the Ranchi pitch and he can play a major role while sharing the new ball with Jasprit Bumrah in the first 10 overs to threat the Australian player’s early wickets.
Australia may not show many changes compared to India they would like to improve from their mistakes at Nagpur, Finch finally scored 30+ runs breaking his run-drought will see himself in confidence mode and will strive to score for the Ranchi Match. Maxwell will be another key in the Australian batting unit as he has tasted the flow of scoring big on that venue where they will be playing the coming match. Lyon can be replaced with another pace bowler or can be played thinking to control the flow of runs in the middle overs.
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Statistics
- Virat Kohli needs to score 76 runs to surpass Rahul Dravid’s tally of 10,768 and will become the third highest run-scorer scorer in the Indian team of all-time.
- MS Dhoni requires 33 runs to score 17,000 International runs and it will make him the 6th Indian batsmen to do so.
- Ravindra Jadeja just needs two more wickets to go ahead Irfan Pathan who has 173 ODI wickets and doing so Jadeja would sit on the number 8th position in the list of most ODI wickets by Indian bowlers.
The 3rd ODI will be played at the JSCA International Stadium Complex on March 8 at 1:30 PM.
