Friday, October 15, 2010

IND v AUS 1st ODI Preview at Kochi - India vs Australia Squad for First One Day


After thrilling test series bitter rivals India and Australia will meet in the 1st ODI of three match series on Sunday, 17th October, 2010 at Nehru Stadium, Kochi in a day game and timing will be 3:30 GMT, 9:00 IST.

India will be without their regular openers Sehwag, Tendulkar and Gambhir as Shikhar Dhawan and M Vijay will open the inning and much will depend on them for a good start as both players doing well in IPL as openers. Saubrabh Tiwary may got a chance in place of Rohit Sharma while Dhoni, Raina, Yuvraj and Kohli should do well. Bowling is looking good with the return of Praveen Kumar, Asish Nehra and R Aswin.

Australia also without Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson but the return of ODI specialist Warner, Marsh and Cameron White will boost their chances to register their first win. Michale Hussey nad James Hopes must support in the middle as they have a chance as their bowling is looking weak.

Indian Playing 11 for 1st ODI at Kochi:

M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma/Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni (Capt/wk), R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel

Australian Playing 11 for 1st ODI at Kochi:

David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Michael Clarke (Cap), Cameron White, Michael Hussey, James Hopes, Tim Paine (wk), Clint McKay, Nathan Hauritz/Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Doug Bollinger

1 comment:

For Cricket Lovers said...

After winning the superb Test Series Against Australia, India is in good form and we are expecting a good show from them in ODI series, Unfortunately our seniors are injured and this time to show the talent of Fresh Face who are making debut
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