I am very excited about the Australia vs India match tomorrow. The aim of both these teams is to become the champion of the World Cup this year. So the match is expected to be very competitive.
Australia team is not in very good form. They lost both the series before the World Cup against South Africa and India. The performance of their players is very erratic. Also, although the Australian batsmen performed well in the warm-up matches, the performance of their bowlers was not satisfactory. If the bowlers do not perform well against India, it will be difficult for Australia to win.
I am considering India as the favorite in this match. The Indian team is very strong in this World Cup. And more importantly India will be playing at their home ground. They know their pitch very well. I guess India will start the World Cup journey with a win against Australia in the first match.
Today is a big match between the two giant teams. I would call them the two best teams of cricket will face each other today.
It is indeed very difficult to predict who will win today's match but it would be interesting to see how bookmakers think the outcome of the match.
I just checked Stake.com to get the odds and here we go ;
India seems to be the favorite with odds of 1.59. If you bet on Australia, you will get odds of 2.26 which is also not bad. It will be an interesting game today on the ground and among the bookmakers
Australia won the toss and decided to bat. Today's match is being held in Chennai. M.A. The pitch of Chidambaram Stadium cannot be said to be completely batting friendly. Because the average first innings score of this pitch is 224 runs. And the average second innings score is 205 runs. So today's match is unlikely to see high scores. Bowlers will get good advantage today. And so the match is likely to be very competitive.
Australia lost their first wicket in the third over. Mitchell Marsh could not score any runs in 6 balls. Warner and Smith must bat responsibly. If Australia lose one more wicket in the power play, it will be difficult for them to score big.