India vs Australia 3rd ODI is being played today at Sydney Cricket Ground. Once again Team India lost the toss, Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bat first. This is the 18th consecutive time that India has lost the toss in ODI. Australia is maintaining an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. India has made 2 changes in the playing 11 in the third ODI.

Prasidh’s chance with Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep Yadav has got a place in the playing 11 in the third ODI. There were 2 changes in this match, Prasidh Krishna is also playing the match along with Kuldeep. Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy have been dropped.

Playing XI: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicket keeper), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj.

One change in Australia’s playing 11

Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Carey (wicket-keeper), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

Shubhman Gill’s name should not get this stigma!

Australia has already won the series by winning the first and second ODIs played in Perth and Adelaide. Now India is fighting the battle of respect today, if Team India loses this match too, then it will be the first time in history when Australia will clean sweep India in an ODI series in its own country.

RO-KO record in Sydney

Virat Kohli has scored a half-century (89) in only one of the 7 ODI matches played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He has scored 146 runs in 7 matches at an average of 24.33. What is more worrying than this figure is that Kohli has been out for zero in the last two matches. This has happened for the first time in history.

Rohit Sharma has played 5 ODI matches at Sydney Cricket Ground, his record has been better than Virat Kohli. In Sydney, Rohit has scored 333 runs at an average of 66.60, which includes 1 century and 2 half-century innings.

In the first ODI match played in Perth, the Indian team was able to score only 136 runs, but Australia got the target of only 131 runs. Team India struggled to reach the score of 136 in the stipulated 26 overs, in which KL Rahul contributed the maximum of 38 runs. Akshar Patel scored 31 runs and debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy returned unbeaten after scoring 19 runs. But how did it happen that India scored 136 runs, but Australia got the target of 5 runs less than that.

Why should Australia aim for less runs?

Rain interfered in this match being played in Perth. A lot of time was lost due to rain, due to which the overs were reduced to 26 overs in each innings. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and even captain Shubman Gill could not score big.

The Indian innings ended at 136 runs, but due to Duckworth-Lewis rules, Australia was given a target of 131 runs. Actually, the rules of DLS also depend on the remaining overs and remaining wickets.

How to get a new target from DLS?

Based on the Duckworth-Lewis rule, the revised target is given keeping in mind many aspects. According to the rules, the target is given to the other team keeping in mind the remaining overs, remaining wickets, how many runs the team batting first scored and at what time the match was interrupted.

Since the Indian team had lost 9 wickets, this was also one of the reasons for Australia getting less target. Had the Indian team been all out before the scheduled 26 overs, Australia could have got a target of less than 131 runs.

Also read:

Team India scored 136 runs in Perth ODI, then why did Australia get the target of 131; Know ICC’s rule regarding this