IND vs AUS 3rd ODI Predicted XI: Umran Malik to get a go after carnage from Mitchell Starc in Vizag?

The
Indian
batting
unit
collapsed
for
the
second
consecutive
time
as
the
hosts
were
bundled
out
for
117
–
their
fourth
lowest
total
in
a
home
ODI.

As
many
as
seven
batters
got
out
for
single
digits.
Australia
pacers
Mitchell
Starc,
Sean
Abbott
and
Nathan
Ellis
picked
five,
three
and
two
wickets
respectively.

Former
India
captain
Virat
Kohli
top-scored
for
India
with
31
off
35,
while
Axar
Patel
stayed
unbeaten
on
run-a-ball
29.
Middle-order
batter
Suryakumar
Yadav
registered
his
second
consecutive
golden
duck
in
the
series.
Starc
trapped
him
in
front
of
the
stumps
and
couldn’t
stop
smiling
wryly
while
the
right-hander
walked
back
to
the
pavilion.

The
tormenting
did
not
stop
there
for
India.
Australia
openers
gunned
down
the
target
in
just
11
overs
to
hand
India
their
biggest
defeat
in
terms
of
balls
remaining.
The
crushing
defeat
has
raised
a
lot
of
questions
in
a
year
when
India
are
gearing
to
host
the
ODI
World
Cup
in
October-November.
Notably
India
were
four
down
for
39
while
chasing
189
in
the
first
ODI.

The
top
and
middle-order
has
crumbled
in
both
the
matches.
The
Men
in
Blue
have
been
exposed
against
swing
and
left-arm
pace
bowling
once
again.
Also,
in
the
second
ODI
India
went
in
with
three
spinners.
Australia
had
only
one
spinner
in
Adam
Zampa.
Did
India
fail
to
read
the
condition?
Are
India
playing
an
extra
bowling
all-rounder
because
of
their
lack
of
confidence
on
the
specialist
batters?

All
these
questions
will
have
to
be
answered
ahead
of
the
third
ODI.
India
played
an
extra
bowling
all-rounder
in
Shardul
Thakur
in
the
first
ODI
and
included
Axar
Patel
in
the
second.
Will
India
take
cue
from
Mitchell
Starc’s
sensational
bowling
display
in
the
first
two
matches
and
take
the
brave
call
of
including
an
express
pacer
like
Umran
Malik
in
the
playing
eleven.
In
case
such
surfaces
are
on
offer
in
the
World
Cup,
grooming
the
23-year-old.

IND
vs
AUS:
Surya
set
to
get
another
opportunity

In
the
absence
of
injured
Shreyas
Iyer
and
any
other
middle-order
batter
in
the
squad,
Suryakumar’s
place
in
the
eleven
is
not
at
all
under
threat.
Ishan
Kishan
was
the
only
specialist
batter
not
in
the
eleven
of
the
second
ODI.
The
Jharkhand
batter
did
get
a
chance
to
open
with
Shubman
Gill
in
the
absence
of
Rohit
from
the
first
ODI
but
he
failed
to
make
any
impact
and
could
manage
only
three
runs.
Regardless,
Rohit
has
backed
Suryakumar
and
stated
that
the
Mumbai
batter
would
get
a
longer
run
to
prove
his
worth.

The
team
more
or
less
picks
itself
naturally
and
just
two
decisions
have
to
be
made
–
Umran
Malik
in
place
of
an
extra
bowling
all-rounder
(Shardul
and
Axar)
or
Washington
Sundar
in
place
of
left-arm
spinner
Axar
as
the
third
spin
option.
With
Ravindra
Jadeja
back
in
the
ODI
squad,
India
already
have
a
left-arm
spinner
who
can
bat
in
the
top-order.
Inclusion
of
Washington
will
increase
variety
in
India’s
spin
attack
and
be
in
sync
with
their
idea
of
batting
deep.

IND
vs
AUS:
Chennai
Pitch
report
to
play
major
role
in
decidiing
playing
11

A
lot
will
boil
down
to
the
pitch
conditions
in
Chennai.
MA
Chidambram
track
is
usually
known
for
its
slow
track.
However,
rain
is
the
forecast
in
the
lead
to
the
match
and
that
means
that
pacers
will
again
have
a
role
to
play
early
in
the
innings.
Also,
the
last
time
India
played
here,
the
pitch
aided
pacers
under
the
lights
and
West
Indies
chased
down
the
288-run
target
with
eight
wickets
and
13
balls
to
spare.
Kuldeep
Yadav
and
Jadeja
failed
to
pick
a
single
wicket
despite
bowling
their
full
quota
of
10
overs.
Deepak
Chahar
and
Mohammed
Shami
picked
a
wicket
each.
Pace
bowling
all-rounder
Shivam
Dube
leaked
68
runs
in
just
7.5
overs.

India
should
look
to
challenge
themselves
and
show
an
aggressive
intent
by
picking
three
genuine
pacers.

India
Predicted
XI
for
3rd
ODI
in
Chennai:
Rohit
Sharma
(c).
Shubman
Gill,
Virat
Kohli,
KL
Rahul
(wk),
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Hardik
Pandya,
Ravindra
Jadeja,
Kuldeep
Yadav/Washington
Sundar,
Umran
Malik,
Mohammed
Siraj,
Mohammed
Shami