Indian cricket team currently ranked no.1 will be facing world no.2 Australian team in bilateral series. Australian cricket team is touring the subcontinent to play 1T20 and 7 ODI matches against India. Last time Australia came here to play four match test series where they lost 4-0. Indian team has been in a good form especially in ODIs winning the Champions Trophy 2013, Celkon Trination Series in West Indies and Series in Zimbabwe while the later side has struggled. The positive for Australian team is that they won the Natwest Series against England after losing the Ashes Test Series 3-0.
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| India-Australia Cricket Series 2013 |
India tour is going to be an acid test for the Australian team before they go into the Ashes Cricket Series. Indian star batsman Yuvraj Singh is making his comeback into ODI squad making the ODI team stronger in middle order. On the other side, Australian team is touring the sub-continent without their regular skipper Michael Clarke who is struggling with injury. George bailey has been declared as the captain for India tour.
CRICKET-SCHEDULE
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Format
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Timing
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Venue
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10-10-2013
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T20
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Day-Night
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Rajkot
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13-10-2013
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ODI
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Day-Night
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Pune
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16-10-2013
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ODI
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Day-Night
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Jaipur
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19-10-2013
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ODI
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Day-Night
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Chandigarh
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23-10-2013
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ODI
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Day-Night
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Ranchi
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26-10-2013
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ODI
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Day-Night
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Cuttack
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30-10-2013
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ODI
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Day-Night
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Nagpur
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02-11-2013
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ODI
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Day-Night
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Bangalore
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AUSTRALIA SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA-INDIA CRICKET SERIES 2013
Australia is eying on their third successive limited over series victory over India in India. They believe that the IPL 2013 experience and Champions League Twenty20 experience will help them to perform well in Indian conditions. They have players like Mitchell Johnson, Glen Maxwell, Shane Watson, James Faulkner and Nathan Coulter-Nile who played in recently concluded Champions League T20 in India. The absence of the regular skipper from the squad is going to hurt them very badly.
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| George Bailey- Australian ODI Cricket Team Captain |
Team Members : George Bailey (Captain), David Warner, Shane Watson, Steve Smith, Callum Ferguson, Glen Maxwell, James Faulkner, Clint Mckay, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Adam Voges, Nick Maddinson, Phil Hughes and Moises Henriques.
INDIA SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA INDIA CRICKET SERIES 2013
India has been in good form in this cricket calendar year. India will be playing in their courtyard so they will start as the favorites to win the ODI series against Australia. MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan were in very good form in the Champions league so it will boost them to perform well. Star all-rounder looked in excellent form against the West Indies A and in NKP Salve Challenger series so his presence will be a big plus for team India.
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| Mahendera Singh Dhoni- Indian Cricket Team Captain |
Team Members : MS Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindera Jadeja, Ambati Raydu, Shami Ahmad, Bhuwneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar and Jaydev Unadkat.
In my view India is favorite to win the ODI series, but you can’t take mighty Australian so lightly. Australian team is known for their fighting spirit so we are going to see the same for sure in T20 and Odi series against India starting from 10th October in Rajkot. Whoever wins this ODI series will also have top ODI ranking, means if India wins the series they will remain world number 1 otherwise Australia will be new No. 1. This series is going to be the series of ODI Supremacy.
Who is your favorite to win this T20 and ODI Series? Can George Bailey fill up the void of Michael Clarke ? Drop your response and views in the comment box.
India cricket team beat australia very badly in home series.Very well done team india.
ReplyDeleteAustralian team put up a great fight in the series to India. India managed to win the series but it was more closer than the result appears @Hafsa.
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