CENTURION: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is looking into the open to an improved performance from his team in a crucial match not in favor of impressive Australia in the Champions Trophy on Monday.
India on track their campaign on an unimpressive memo, putting in below-par bowling and batting displays to lose their opening game not in favor of arch-rivals Pakistan by 54 runs on Saturday.
Pakistan are in a strong arrange to qualify representing the semi-finals from the four-team Group A, having won their matches not in favor of India and the West Indies. Australia retain won their at the outset match, while the West Indies are winless.
The top two sides advance to the last-four.
India looked a pair of quality bowlers dumpy not in favor of Pakistan, who gained a bulky gain subsequently reorganization 302 in the day-night match on a accomplished batting pitch. Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra unaccompanied impressed, last with 4/55.
“We didn’t bowl well. I tried whatever we had, but the captain can’t really walk off and bowl. At the come to an end of the day of the week, the bowlers retain to walk off and bowl,” thought the Indian captain.
“It’s all in relation to adapting to conditions. We be supposed to retain adapted to the conditions. We possibly will retain ready a assortment better. Frankly speaking, I concept I was dumpy of three bowlers. I didn’t know who to fork to.”
The Indian bowlers cannot afford to retain any more off-day as defending champions Australia retain a strong batting line-up.
Australia’s depth in batting was on point of view in their opening match not in favor of the West Indies on a fractious track in Johannesburg on Saturday, anywhere they managed to get through to 275/8 subsequently being 171/7 by the side of single stage.
Skipper Ricky Ponting top-scored with an impressive 79, but it was lower-order batsman Mitchell Johnson who boosted the entirety with a rapidfire 73 not given away.
“It was particularly strict come off first on. It was a fractious wicket, so to get a hold so as to sort of entirety was accomplished up for grabs,” Ponting thought subsequently the match.
“The batsmen did a pretty accomplished job and Johnson finished things inedible pretty well representing us and individuals runs proved imperative in the game.”
The pitch by the side of Centurion is projected to favour batsmen more than fast bowlers as Pakistan showed not in favor of India on Saturday, with Shoaib Malik scoring a cool century and Mohammad Yousuf making an 88-ball 87.
Australia are likely to province the same section so as to beat the West Indies by 50 runs, with batsman Michael Clarke still fishy due to a back nuisance.
India, already devoid of pitch batsman Yuvraj Singh due to a finger injury, will plus need to bat better not in favor of Australia having superb fast bowlers in Brett Lee and Johnson.
Teams (from):
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt.), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Rudra Pratap Singh, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Virat Kohli.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Michael Clarke, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Tim Paine, Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron pallid.
Umpires: Tony knoll (NZL) and Billy Bowden (NZL)
Television umpire: Asad Rauf (PAK)
Match judge: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
Match Name: Champions Trophy 9th ODI
Teams: India v Australia
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Time: 1800 IST
Channel: Star Cricket
