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Virat Kohli is currently playing well. I think he will also be able to play well in this series. It is not going to be easy to play against Australia and beat them. But I believe India has the capability to do that.
Australia will play 4 Tests and 3 ODIs with India team from Feb 09. Currently, their excellent innings against Sri Lanka has boosted their confidence level. Although Australia is the biggest opponent for them. However, some Indian cricketers have been in good form in recent times. Especially Virat Kohli is in form hope he can perform well with others. Moreover, as a home ground, India team will get some advantages. Even though some of Australia's batsmen had good idea about that ground. But overall I can say the matches will be competitive.
Things will not be easy for India as they are now as Australia is an equally competitive and strong team and they'll definitely give hard time to India.  Matches are going to be interesting ones but India have an upper hand in this matter as its their home ground.  And by playing IPL they have Immense practice on their pitches. 
BTW India is performing excellently on Sirlankan pitches too .
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Virat Kohli is currently playing well. I think he will also be able to play well in this series. It is not going to be easy to play against Australia and beat them. But I believe India has the capability to do that.
Australia will play 4 Tests and 3 ODIs with India team from Feb 09. Currently, their excellent innings against Sri Lanka has boosted their confidence level. Although Australia is the biggest opponent for them. However, some Indian cricketers have been in good form in recent times. Especially Virat Kohli is in form hope he can perform well with others. Moreover, as a home ground, India team will get some advantages. Even though some of Australia's batsmen had good idea about that ground. But overall I can say the matches will be competitive.
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Unadkat won't be getting anymore opportunity and maybe that's the reason why he's into the squad. He entered the team along with Virat Kohli, but what he had played is just 2 test matches and 7 ODI matches. Let's see what way he can support the team. Indian player selection is something different, because the selection takes place out of different ways and not just on the performance.

I also agree that it is probably going to be the last chance for Unadkat to prove himself. He is already 31 years old. I believe that he does not have too much time left in his career as a fast bowler. So he will have to show a good performance right now. I am not going to say that he is a bad bowler, he is okay. But India has far better options compared to him. Virat Kohli is currently playing well. I think he will also be able to play well in this series. It is not going to be easy to play against Australia and beat them. But I believe India has the capability to do that.
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Squad looks OK for me. I would still prefer Ishan Kishan ahead of KS Bharat. Kishan is in terrific form and he was unfairly treated by Rohit Sharma as Shubman Gill was selected instead of him. BCCI has persisted with Mohammed Siraj, however I would have liked then to provide one or two chances to Umran Malik (his bowling style is more suitable to test format). One disappointment is that Abhimanyu Easwaran has been dropped without getting any chances to represent India. BTW, I don't know why Jaydev Unadkat is in the team.

Yeah, the squad announcement does look really good for India. I am actually interested to see if Jaydev Unadkat is going to perform in this series and if he does how he is going to perform. Because I do not remember the last time I saw him play in international cricket. The squad looks really good. The only thing needed is for every player to prove his worth. Also interested to see the performance of Kuldeep Yadav in test cricket.
Unadkat won't be getting anymore opportunity and maybe that's the reason why he's into the squad. He entered the team along with Virat Kohli, but what he had played is just 2 test matches and 7 ODI matches. Let's see what way he can support the team. Indian player selection is something different, because the selection takes place out of different ways and not just on the performance.
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Squad looks OK for me. I would still prefer Ishan Kishan ahead of KS Bharat. Kishan is in terrific form and he was unfairly treated by Rohit Sharma as Shubman Gill was selected instead of him. BCCI has persisted with Mohammed Siraj, however I would have liked then to provide one or two chances to Umran Malik (his bowling style is more suitable to test format). One disappointment is that Abhimanyu Easwaran has been dropped without getting any chances to represent India. BTW, I don't know why Jaydev Unadkat is in the team.

Yeah, the squad announcement does look really good for India. I am actually interested to see if Jaydev Unadkat is going to perform in this series and if he does how he is going to perform. Because I do not remember the last time I saw him play in international cricket. The squad looks really good. The only thing needed is for every player to prove his worth. Also interested to see the performance of Kuldeep Yadav in test cricket.
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Test series is already ended now we have first ODI today at Karachi which is already in progress.
After the loss of NZ home series the newly appointed interim selector Shahid Afridi career also ended.
He seems to be so arrogant and people are not much admiring him after he has become political. Finally the poor selection by the newly appointed selection committee.
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^^^ Squad looks OK for me. I would still prefer Ishan Kishan ahead of KS Bharat. Kishan is in terrific form and he was unfairly treated by Rohit Sharma as Shubman Gill was selected instead of him. BCCI has persisted with Mohammed Siraj, however I would have liked then to provide one or two chances to Umran Malik (his bowling style is more suitable to test format). One disappointment is that Abhimanyu Easwaran has been dropped without getting any chances to represent India. BTW, I don't know why Jaydev Unadkat is in the team.
This seems like a good team and sensible selection bit as things are different in test series well see how things will go . As indias previous test series when no one performed Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer saved their team . Where is shreyas why he's not selected? Suryakumar Yadav selection is a question because he's excellent in t20 format but test series we'll see.
 Balling side is strong for India.
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KL's selection looks bad to me due to his form in Red ball cricket.

Kishan's record is not good in Ranji, it's actually below average if we look at other domestic players. He averages less than 40 but he's a lefty and like to like replacement for Pant although massive downgrade in Batting and we don't have left handed batsman in the top 6, maybe that's why he's in the squad and potentially in the Playing XI. Having said that KS Bharat has similar numbers in Ranji and superior keeper when comparing to Kishan.

Suryakumar's selection is also confusing to me and his selection sets a bad precedent for Ranji Players. Yeah SKY is in good form but his form in a white ball, not red ball cricket. Guys like Sarfaraz etc are scoring tons of runs in the domestic, also with impressive SR but they are neglected.

Recently Unadkat performed really well in Ranji, his career best performance that's why he's in the squad. Being an opener didn't help Abhimanyu because Gill, KL and Rohit are in the squad. Umran malik needs a couple of years.
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^^^ Squad looks OK for me. I would still prefer Ishan Kishan ahead of KS Bharat. Kishan is in terrific form and he was unfairly treated by Rohit Sharma as Shubman Gill was selected instead of him. BCCI has persisted with Mohammed Siraj, however I would have liked then to provide one or two chances to Umran Malik (his bowling style is more suitable to test format). One disappointment is that Abhimanyu Easwaran has been dropped without getting any chances to represent India. BTW, I don't know why Jaydev Unadkat is in the team.
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Aussies are geared up for BGT and announced their squad for the upcoming India tour.

4 spinners in the squad led by Lyon. Todd Murphy is 22yo and considered second best spinner in Australia, next 2 spinners are Agar and Swepson.

Apart from that they also have 1 part timer offie Travis head, maybe add another part timer Marnus in the list.




Now it's BCCI's turn.. team for first 2 tests (4 test series)

Bloody hell!! KL Rahul is VC again, which means he'll play the first 2 tests for sure and he'll open with Rohit.

KS Bharat and Ishan Kishan are 2 wicket keepers. The former is ahead and likely to make his debut.

Jadeja is back in the squad but his fitness status is still not clear. SKY's name is surprising considering there are a bunch of guys breaking tons of records in Ranji.

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Marnus and Smith are leggies so they are not big threat, also both of em are meme characters when they start bowling.

Travis head is alright and can do some serious damage for part timers. On Indian pitches, accuracy is more lethal than turn and a balanced off spinner can do this if he's disciplined with his line.

Lyon is the same bowler in every condition with same average and SR so it's fine, he ridiculously accurate tho.

Total of 4 tests - to be played in Nagpur, Delhi, Dharamshala and Ahmedabad. Out of the 4 venues, only Dharamshala can be considered as a ground where spinners don't get any undue advantage. Other three will be dustbowls by the time the match starts. Or the BCCI may decide to prepare sporting wickets, given that their pacers have performed well recently. Too early to predict the performance from Australian spinners at this point, but I am not expecting any miracles and I expect majority of the wickets to be taken by their pacers (irrespective of the pitch condition).
Dustbowls are good as Green Tops. Batters need to grind on both surfaces that's how test cricket becomes competitive.

After 2016 India somehow cracked a green top formula with its pace attack/bench strength and it's only fair that SENA countries should learn their art on Dustbowl too.

Dharamshala is good for seamers but only on patches, last time Kuldeep rattled the Aussie on the same track. Delhi and Ahmedabad should favor the spin but i do have my reservation on Nagpur, hope it's not a flat deck.

Indian pacers like Shami/Yadav will do good for sure, my money is on Yadav.
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Marnus and Smith are leggies so they are not big threat, also both of em are meme characters when they start bowling.

Travis head is alright and can do some serious damage for part timers. On Indian pitches, accuracy is more lethal than turn and a balanced off spinner can do this if he's disciplined with his line.

Lyon is the same bowler in every condition with same average and SR so it's fine, he ridiculously accurate tho.

Total of 4 tests - to be played in Nagpur, Delhi, Dharamshala and Ahmedabad. Out of the 4 venues, only Dharamshala can be considered as a ground where spinners don't get any undue advantage. Other three will be dustbowls by the time the match starts. Or the BCCI may decide to prepare sporting wickets, given that their pacers have performed well recently. Too early to predict the performance from Australian spinners at this point, but I am not expecting any miracles and I expect majority of the wickets to be taken by their pacers (irrespective of the pitch condition).
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Todd Murphy might be new but it could be a blessing in disguise for him.

I'm not much worried about their frontline spinners but our track record tells us that Indian batters throw their wicket against part-timers.

Our top order needs to step up this time and not rely on middle-lower order much, top order have a habit of putting extra pressure on middle/lower order and we don't have Pant this time so no one is there to tonk bald Aussie spinners. If Rohit is fit to play then we are safe at top, Puji is looking okay and Koach showing some sign of form ( we might get lucky if he gets a couple of knocks in feb). I have faith in Iyer and lower order against any spin attack and Jaddu should be a match fit too then we are all set with Ashwin and Axar batting at 8 and 9 numbers, this is one mighty lower order and i dare to say the best against spin.

SENA countries exploit the subcontinent's team weakness so India should focus on rank turners no matter what, that's an Aussie weakness so exploit it and if Aussie overcomes their weakness then props to them and we'll have cracker series.

Among the Australian part-timers, they have wicket takers in Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith. I haven't seen Travis Head bowling in test matches and don't know how good he is. I would give the benefit of doubt to Murphy, Swepson and Agar, since I don't think that they have much experience in sub-continental wickets. But Lyon is going to be a disaster. I won't be surprised if India gets to mammoth totals of 500-600 against the Australian bowlers. The outcome of the match will depend on the performance of the Indian bowlers. If they are able to bowl out Australia, then we will get a result. Else it will be another boring bilateral series with large number of drawn matches.
Marnus and Smith are leggies so they are not big threat, also both of em are meme characters when they start bowling.

Travis head is alright and can do some serious damage for part timers. On Indian pitches, accuracy is more lethal than turn and a balanced off spinner can do this if he's disciplined with his line.

Lyon is the same bowler in every condition with same average and SR so it's fine, he ridiculously accurate tho.
This series is going to be an interesting one between Australia and India as both of them are equally good teams as far as test series is concerned.  But again test format shows a whole new side of a player  as sometimes experienced players fail to perform in test format .
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Todd Murphy might be new but it could be a blessing in disguise for him.

I'm not much worried about their frontline spinners but our track record tells us that Indian batters throw their wicket against part-timers.

Our top order needs to step up this time and not rely on middle-lower order much, top order have a habit of putting extra pressure on middle/lower order and we don't have Pant this time so no one is there to tonk bald Aussie spinners. If Rohit is fit to play then we are safe at top, Puji is looking okay and Koach showing some sign of form ( we might get lucky if he gets a couple of knocks in feb). I have faith in Iyer and lower order against any spin attack and Jaddu should be a match fit too then we are all set with Ashwin and Axar batting at 8 and 9 numbers, this is one mighty lower order and i dare to say the best against spin.

SENA countries exploit the subcontinent's team weakness so India should focus on rank turners no matter what, that's an Aussie weakness so exploit it and if Aussie overcomes their weakness then props to them and we'll have cracker series.

Among the Australian part-timers, they have wicket takers in Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith. I haven't seen Travis Head bowling in test matches and don't know how good he is. I would give the benefit of doubt to Murphy, Swepson and Agar, since I don't think that they have much experience in sub-continental wickets. But Lyon is going to be a disaster. I won't be surprised if India gets to mammoth totals of 500-600 against the Australian bowlers. The outcome of the match will depend on the performance of the Indian bowlers. If they are able to bowl out Australia, then we will get a result. Else it will be another boring bilateral series with large number of drawn matches.
Marnus and Smith are leggies so they are not big threat, also both of em are meme characters when they start bowling.

Travis head is alright and can do some serious damage for part timers. On Indian pitches, accuracy is more lethal than turn and a balanced off spinner can do this if he's disciplined with his line.

Lyon is the same bowler in every condition with same average and SR so it's fine, he ridiculously accurate tho.
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Todd Murphy might be new but it could be a blessing in disguise for him.

I'm not much worried about their frontline spinners but our track record tells us that Indian batters throw their wicket against part-timers.

Our top order needs to step up this time and not rely on middle-lower order much, top order have a habit of putting extra pressure on middle/lower order and we don't have Pant this time so no one is there to tonk bald Aussie spinners. If Rohit is fit to play then we are safe at top, Puji is looking okay and Koach showing some sign of form ( we might get lucky if he gets a couple of knocks in feb). I have faith in Iyer and lower order against any spin attack and Jaddu should be a match fit too then we are all set with Ashwin and Axar batting at 8 and 9 numbers, this is one mighty lower order and i dare to say the best against spin.

SENA countries exploit the subcontinent's team weakness so India should focus on rank turners no matter what, that's an Aussie weakness so exploit it and if Aussie overcomes their weakness then props to them and we'll have cracker series.

Among the Australian part-timers, they have wicket takers in Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith. I haven't seen Travis Head bowling in test matches and don't know how good he is. I would give the benefit of doubt to Murphy, Swepson and Agar, since I don't think that they have much experience in sub-continental wickets. But Lyon is going to be a disaster. I won't be surprised if India gets to mammoth totals of 500-600 against the Australian bowlers. The outcome of the match will depend on the performance of the Indian bowlers. If they are able to bowl out Australia, then we will get a result. Else it will be another boring bilateral series with large number of drawn matches.
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Biggest issue right now with India in tests is that they are missing a player like Pant who can score freely with a crazy high strike rate which is why Australia shouldn't be underestimated in their upcoming series against India.
The strike rate doesn't really matter in a test match. Right? But, yes. Playe like Rishab can change the game. As you all know he is unable to play due to the injury. I hope he will recover soon and come back to the field.

Rishab Pant is a great player. The strike rate does not matter for the Test format. However, batting with a good striker rate at critical moments makes it easier to win the match. On the other hand, if the pitch is not conducive to batting, scoring runs quickly can give a decent target. And so India needed a batsman like Rishab Pant. As India has been facing some problems with the batting line-up for a long time. India needed an experienced player like Pant against an experienced team like Australia. It will be very difficult for India to win against Australia.
Winning against Australia is tough, and Australia too have the same mentality. Winning against India isn't an easy thing as they do with other countries. Rishab Pant is out due to the accidental rest. To be part of the team it takes time. There will be alternate to fill the position. According to me it is time to find the good in new players as getting opportunity is really difficult thing among the politically influenced selection.
These two countries are well known as the great power of cricket. They are each other's biggest rivals in any format. The recent performance of these two countries is also very appreciable. India's performance in yesterday's India vs Sri Lanka match surprised everyone. They will do well in T20,ODI matches as well as Test matches this time. But even after surviving a major accident, Rishab Pant needs a lot of time to come back to the team. If he could have stayed in the team, the current Indian team would have become much stronger.
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Aussies are geared up for BGT and announced their squad for the upcoming India tour.

4 spinners in the squad led by Lyon. Todd Murphy is 22yo and considered second best spinner in Australia, next 2 spinners are Agar and Swepson.

Apart from that they also have 1 part timer offie Travis head, maybe add another part timer Marnus in the list.

When was the last time any of the Australian spinners were able to make an impact in India? Do you really expect Todd Murphy to do something that even Shane Warne couldn't manage? Australian spin attack is being led by Nathan Lyon, whom I consider one of the most sub-standard bowlers in test cricket right now. I have seen Agar and Swepson bowling in franchise T20 as well as in international cricket and don't think that they have the ability to bother the Indian batsmen. And this is the first time that I am hearing about Todd Murphy. He has played just 7 first class matches till now.

I noticed that they have included Lance Morris and Scott Boland in the squad. These two may come in handy with their pace (even in dead tracks). And the top order looks solid, with Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green likely to make use of the batting friendly conditions.
Todd Murphy might be new but it could be a blessing in disguise for him.

I'm not much worried about their frontline spinners but our track record tells us that Indian batters throw their wicket against part-timers.

Our top order needs to step up this time and not rely on middle-lower order much, top order have a habit of putting extra pressure on middle/lower order and we don't have Pant this time so no one is there to tonk bald Aussie spinners. If Rohit is fit to play then we are safe at top, Puji is looking okay and Koach showing some sign of form ( we might get lucky if he gets a couple of knocks in feb). I have faith in Iyer and lower order against any spin attack and Jaddu should be a match fit too then we are all set with Ashwin and Axar batting at 8 and 9 numbers, this is one mighty lower order and i dare to say the best against spin.

SENA countries exploit the subcontinent's team weakness so India should focus on rank turners no matter what, that's an Aussie weakness so exploit it and if Aussie overcomes their weakness then props to them and we'll have cracker series.

 
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Aussies are geared up for BGT and announced their squad for the upcoming India tour.

4 spinners in the squad led by Lyon. Todd Murphy is 22yo and considered second best spinner in Australia, next 2 spinners are Agar and Swepson.

Apart from that they also have 1 part timer offie Travis head, maybe add another part timer Marnus in the list.

When was the last time any of the Australian spinners were able to make an impact in India? Do you really expect Todd Murphy to do something that even Shane Warne couldn't manage? Australian spin attack is being led by Nathan Lyon, whom I consider one of the most sub-standard bowlers in test cricket right now. I have seen Agar and Swepson bowling in franchise T20 as well as in international cricket and don't think that they have the ability to bother the Indian batsmen. And this is the first time that I am hearing about Todd Murphy. He has played just 7 first class matches till now.

I noticed that they have included Lance Morris and Scott Boland in the squad. These two may come in handy with their pace (even in dead tracks). And the top order looks solid, with Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green likely to make use of the batting friendly conditions.

@Sithara007 I agree as I too don’t expect Australia’s spinners to make much impact in India, but if Indian’s dish out a completely spin friendly track then it doesn’t hurt Australia to include more spinners in the hope that their spin bowlers get lucky and pick few wicket's. Lastly I wonder will team India risk making pitches for their fast bowler’s, because they have quality fast bowler’s too but the risk is that the Australian bowler’s can exploit it to their advantage and then go on to win the match.
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Aussies are geared up for BGT and announced their squad for the upcoming India tour.

4 spinners in the squad led by Lyon. Todd Murphy is 22yo and considered second best spinner in Australia, next 2 spinners are Agar and Swepson.

Apart from that they also have 1 part timer offie Travis head, maybe add another part timer Marnus in the list.

When was the last time any of the Australian spinners were able to make an impact in India? Do you really expect Todd Murphy to do something that even Shane Warne couldn't manage? Australian spin attack is being led by Nathan Lyon, whom I consider one of the most sub-standard bowlers in test cricket right now. I have seen Agar and Swepson bowling in franchise T20 as well as in international cricket and don't think that they have the ability to bother the Indian batsmen. And this is the first time that I am hearing about Todd Murphy. He has played just 7 first class matches till now.

I noticed that they have included Lance Morris and Scott Boland in the squad. These two may come in handy with their pace (even in dead tracks). And the top order looks solid, with Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green likely to make use of the batting friendly conditions.
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Four teams in the race for the final two spots with Australia is surely having their seat confirm after winning against West Indies and South Africa and now three teams are fighting hard with most chances we will have India as other team but still things can change like South Africa and Sri Lanka can upset their opponents for the interesting end of this WTC 2023 round but with the current form and quality mostly peoples love to have Australia vs India final because both teams are having good quality and top players those can compete with each other in this format.

Sri Lanka and South Africa having good performance in past but sadly right now both are facing problems and their current form and quality is also not good to compete with Australia so things looking good for the two top ranked teams to compete with each other in final.

Eventually, it is going to be Australia versus India in the final of that test cricket championship. And it is going to be very interesting to see if India can actually win the test championship title this time. I am not saying that Australia is going to be an easy opponent for India. It is actually quite the opposite. But recently India has good performance against Australia in Australia. That is why I am confident that India might actually win against Australia if both of these teams reached the finals.

India doesn’t have a good amount of competition right now. But I do not think that is going to be a major problem for India. I believe India will be able to reach the finals.
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