Its Do-Or-Die Match For Team India Against Australia In The Sixth ODI At Nagpur

After being humiliated by Australia in the fifth one-day match and being down 1-3 in the series, for Team India it will be a do or die encounter in the sixth tie of the Future Cup in Nagpur on Sunday Sunday.

Australia has taken a 3-1 lead in the seven-match series and a win Sunday will ensure them the Future Cup, with still one match to go.

India will have to display some really good cricket inorder to win the match at the Vidharbha Cricket Association (VCA) ground.

The Indian batting, barring Sachin Tendulkar, collapsed like a pack of cards against a Aussie pace-battery spearheaded by Brett Lee in Vadodara.

Mitchell Johnson ripped apart the Indian batting and then vice-captain Adam Gilchrist joined the party as he spanked the Indian bowlers to all parts of the ground.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell short of ideas. He has a last chance to save his debut series as skipper in Nagpur.

The tournament itself is an acid test for the 26-year-old Dhoni, after the way he led India to victory in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa.

His captaincy came under attack when India lost in Kochi, Hyderabad and Vadodara.

The Indian batsmen will have to spend some more time at the crease and select their shots carefully. The batting looked pathetic in the last match. Johnson’s nagging line, length and pace exposed the Indian batting’s weak spots against quality fast bowling.

The onus will be on openers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. The duo failed to give the hosts a good start in Vadodara – Ganguly departed in the very first over as he was run out after Tendulkar failed to respond to a risky single.

The two, however, scripted India’s only win in Chandigarh as they added 91 runs for the opening wicket. They have to repeat their performance Sunday to give India a much-needed win.

The middle order has to perform well too. It is high time former captain Rahul Dravid found his form.

The bowlers have done fairly in the series but it will need a collective effort from them to help India make it 2-3 here.

Harbhajan Singh and left arm spinner Murali Kartik, who has come back to the side after 20 months, posed a lot of problems for the Australians. Much will depend on this double-edged spin combination to disturb the Australians again.

Teams from:

Australia:
Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (vice-captain/wicketkeeper), Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Adam Voges.

India:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Subramiam Badrinath, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Murali Kartik, Rudra Pratap Singh, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh.

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and A.M. Saheba (India)

Third umpire: Suresh Shastri (India)

Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

India v Australia, ODI series, 2007-08

India vs Australia ODI series will start from 29 September 2007. Australia will play seven ODI matches in the tour. After the ODI series, both teams will play a Twenty20 match as well. Fans are expecting to see an exciting ODI series between India and Australia. India has become the champion of Twenty20 world cup 2007. So, no doubt, India will be inspired to continue their recent success in the ODI series against Australia. On the other hand, Australia could not make it to the final in Twenty20 world cup after being defeated to India in the semi final. So, they will be determined to regain their dominance in world cricket. Australia will try their best to take the revenge of their lose to India in Twenty20 world cup.

The upcoming India vs Australia ODI series 2007 will be something different from the previous India vs Australia series. Australia is now the champion of ICC world cup and India is the champion of Twenty20 world cup. So, India vs Australia ODI series will be a series between two champion teams in two different cricket formats. As the series will be held in India, it is expected that India will make spinning track. So, India must have some advantages against Australia.

India and Australia are two big teams in world cricket. Both teams have lots of success in the world cricket. India is always very strong at home.

So, Australia will face a strong challenge from India. Though it is also true that India got success in Twenty20 world cup, they have to remember that it is ODI cricket that is totally different from ODI cricket. So, they have to assimilate with the ODI format quickly. As neither India nor Australia will play any ODI match before the series, both teams may have problem to cope up with ODI cricket. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the new ODI captain of Indian team. India vs Australia ODI series will be his first assignment in ODI cricket. Dhoni has proved his captaincy quality in Twenty20 world cup but he is yet to prove his ability to captain India in ODI.

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The ODI Series between the World Champions and the T20 World Champions begins on 29th September 2007.

There will be 8 matches in the Series with 7ODI’s and 1 T20.
Since the teams have been announced for the first 3,we have only included those players.

Team

India
MS Dhoni-captain,wicketkeeper
Yuvraj Singh-vice captain
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir
Sourav Ganguly
Harbhajan Singh
Dinesh Karthik
Zaheer Khan
Irfan Pathan
Piyush Chawla
Ramesh Powar
Rudra Pratap Singh
S Sreesanth
Sachin Tendulkar
Robin Uthappa

Australia
Ricky Ponting-captain
Adam Gilchrist-vice captain,wicketkeeper
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Michael Clarke
Brad Haddin
Matthew Hayden
Ben Hilfenhaus
Brad Hodge
Brad Hogg
James Hopes
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Andrew Symonds
Adam Voges

Note:
Team India only for the First 3 matches.
Team Australia does not have Hussey and Watson,out due to injury.
Nathan bracken expected to miss a few matches owing to the delivery of his first child.